Leslie,

I have a few questions relating to the index that I
hope you can answer.  I've viewed the microfilm on
several occasions in the past and copied several
entries.  However the one thing I could never
determine was how to determine which title applied to
each slave birth.  The first column could identify the
owner, former owner, overseer, employer or informant. 
Did you find entries for each of these relationships,
or did you find that owners reported a majority of the
births?  Furthermore, do you know if the original
records survive?