Hello BAILEY Researchers In VA:
The Bailey lady of Warrensburg, MO has done it again.
Donna Beers who has written on many various Bailey etc. families
for over 20 years and has many published works has issued her
first CD covering the various spellings including BAILEY, BALEY,
BAYLE, BAYLE, BAYLES, BAYLEY, BAYLY, BALY, AND BAILIE
that are found within the 1850 census for the states of NC, KY, TN
and VA.
Regardless of how you surname was spelled, at one time or another
it was spelled as one of the above by various clerks, ministers, store
keepers, bookkeepers, ship lists etc. Most have been interchangable
through the years.
She has searched every county within those states, several hundred
hours work that should answer many questions you may have on the
families.
We are all aware of the many errors found in the 1850 census indexes
and the only way to do an accurate search is to search the counties
as there is much information there that you will not find within the index.
As you may not be aware of the fact that the index was not created until many
years after the actual census by two companies who used inexperienced
people to compile them. A lot of these people were high schoolers who
knew nothing about genealogy or how to read bad hand written material that
was entered by various census takers.
The Bailey lady searched each county within the state and has found many
errors which she has checked through her data base, the largest Bailey data
base in the country, and located many people who do not appear within the
published index. No wonder so many of you have hit brick walls during this
period.
The name Bailey etc. has been found as indexed as Dailey, Railey etc.
and Bailey children employed and living with other families were not
picked up correctly.
This first CD has 5954 individuals listed from this area.
Her CD consists of various facts which are all searchable including State, County,
Township, Page on the Census Roll, Value of the Real Estate, Occupation,
Birthplace of the Individual, Age, Given Name, Surname, an F# which indicates
the household number and who was living there, and year of the census.
In addition Ms. Beers also has many of the families tied together with a number
indication to the various Bailey Family books she has published or has a family
sheet number on families she has not yet published and those would be
available. Many of her books and booklets go back 10 generations, all sourced.
She so far has developed over 200 different Bailey etc. different lines.
If you are having trouble linking various families, this can help you.
Her CD is in WORD DOCUMENT format and is fully searchable and appears
in alphabetical original order.
Just doing a quick search I have found the following to give you an idea on
what a search can do.
WILLIAM appears 78 times in KY, 58 times in NC, 73 Times in TN and 120 in VA
JOHN appears 76 times in KY, 59 times in NC, 74 times in TN & 145 times in VA
THOMAS appears 23 times in KY, 24 times in NC, 28 times in TN, 45 times in VA
JAMES appears 50 times in KY, 41 times in NC, 59 times in TN, 106 times in VA
now for the ladies
ELIZABETH appears 73 times in KY, 46 times in NC, 57 times in TN, 116 times in VA
MARY appears 96 times in KY, 62 times in NC, 76 times in TN, 152 times in VA
NANCY appears 34 times in KY, 27 times in NC, 38 times in TN, 59 times in VA
SARAH appears 51 times in KY, 26 times in NC, 48 times in TN, 79 times in VA
All these people and more were alive in 1850.
How many of there are your ancestors?
For more of what this CD contains and what you can do with it go to;
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/BaileyInfo/1850censusALL.html
Happy hunting to you all.
Harold Oliver
Director
America's First Families
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