by Toni | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
Rev. Lafayette Franklin Vance (1861-1952), born to Beverly and Matilda Dunlap Vance in Abbeville County, South Carolina, is my great grandfather. I have been trying to document him. I did not realize I would finding an article still mentioning him in 1979: ...
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by Toni | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, CFH in the Community, IAAM Announcements
The Center for Family History at the International African American Museum invite you to join us for free genealogy seminars every Saturday in February! Saturday, February 3: Gullah Society and IAAM CFH present “Update on Anson Street African...
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by Toni | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
My husband and I went to Watch Night like we had planned after I found out about First Baptist hosting one, when I posted “Documenting the Newspaper Obituary of Dr. Clarence Adam Chick (1896-1966)” I also checked the vertical file in the...
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by Toni | Jan 16, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
When I sat down at the microfilm reader at Cumberland County Library Local & State History where I would look for the obituary of Clarence Adam Chick (1896-1966), I had no idea what I would find. I imagined I would find a brief recollection that he existed,...
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by Toni | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
My great uncle, Clarence Adam Chick was born in Union County, South Carolina in 1896. I first discovered him on the 1900 US Census with his father and mother and siblings. He was younger brother to my great grandmother, Daisy B. Chick (Tucker). The family...
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