Posted by JWC Low on September 24, 1997 at 21:08:38:
In Reply to: FONG posted by Christine M. Fields on August 23, 1997 at 22:51:45:
Well, have you searched the census records for the families in question. At present, cenus records are available from 1790-1920. Earliest Chinese immigrants to U.S.approximately about 1839 with the bulk during the 1850-1870's. After slaves freed, Chinese were brought in to work in the South. If you know where the families are from, search census for those counties. Did their Bell name come about because of interracial marriages? Anyway, hope I was able to help.