Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We did check-ins, recapped some recent genealogy events, did a couple of submitted document reviews, and did a review of our experiences browsing through letters sent and received in the Freedmens Bureau.
Next, we broke out into two separate groups (Green and Gold) for project work on the slave schedules and the mortality schedules for 1850 and 1860 in Carroll Parish, Louisiana. After some time, the groups came back together and reported out the following:
- How thorough was the enumerator/marshal?
- What were things that stood out to you as you reviewed the documents?
- How can what you learned help you in your own project?
Our next small group will be held on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 2pm Pacific/4pm Central/5pm Eastern.
Next assignment:
1. Browse the slave schedules and/or mortality schedules for your county or parish of interest.
Take note of the following – Slave Schedules
- babies under 1 year of age
- manumissions
- convicts
- enslaved people who were over 100 years old, with or without names
Take note of the following – Mortality Schedules
- proportion of free population to enslaved (estimates)
- enslaved with surnames listed
- enslaved noted with marital status other than single
- enslaved over 60 years of age
2) Answer the following questions:
- How thorough was the enumerator/marshal?
- What were things that stood out to you as you reviewed the documents?
- How can what you learned help you in your own project?
Send your responses back to me via email at me@whoisnickasmith.com
We’ll go over what you all encountered at the next meeting. Remember, there are only two left for the rest of 2020.