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Courtesy of The Eastern Shore Public Library.

http://shorehistory.org/

I spent an interesting afternoon exploring the 1910 census from Ancrestry.  Users can view, save, and print copies of the actual hand written census lists for free through 2/21/2011.   I was able to find my maternal gggrandparents ( both sides).  That was exciting.  It was also interesting to learn how their race was catergorized and listed .  They were listed as “Black” or “Mulattos” in the state of Virginia.  Apparently the census taker determine this by the color of their skin and/or the texture of their hair.  Parents were listed as B or M and their sons and daughters could be either even if they have the same parents.   gggrandfather listed as B  gggrandmother listed as M and their children  were both B and Ms.

Original post by Cynthia Nock Reed