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- My mother was a Barnes. My grand aunt, Laura Barnes, married William Levi Axton. They and their descendants are recorded in my Barnes Census Files notes. This page is my working document for tracing some of William Levi's ancestors and relations.
- The purpose of the page is to let me easily see what data I have and don't have for each person. I only list years and states here. I have more accurate data in my Family Tree Maker database (which is not posted on the net.) I focus on census records, especially those from 1850 forward. I find that the earlier census records are very difficult to identify since they only list heads of households.
- Along with each transcription of a census record, I have how it was indexed by HeritageQuest.com. Frequently these are incorrect. I don't list Ancestry.com's indexing because users can suggest corrections to them, and Ancestry frequently accepts the corrections.
- The links to records on the Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.com sites are available only when you are logged in there. Ancestry.com requires a subscription, but HeritageQuest.com access is available free through various libraries and the Family History Centers at many Mormon churches. I access HeritageQuest through my local library in Silverton, Oregon. (Family History Centers now seem to be called Family Search Centers. See www.familysearch.org.)
- Much of this data is gleaned from census records. Besides being inaccurate and notoriously difficult to read, I'm not always sure I have the right records. For instance, are J N Brannon (1860), Munrow J Brannon (1870), J M Brannon, (1880), and James M Brannon (1900) really all for the same person? (These Brannon records are in a file for tracking my father's ancestors.)
