by Toni | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Today we are launching our second record set for the Restore the Ancestors Project! Many thanks to all of the dedicated volunteers who indexed our first project, Colleton County, SC Early Marriage Records. Those records are now in post indexing processing and will be...
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by Toni | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
We have been studying the whereabouts of the enslaver, James Kincaid Vance (1818-1897) in Abbeville County, South Carolina. We have followed him and his family from the 1850 and 1860. We found his son, James Wistar Vance (1845-1887), living next to Beverly Vance...
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by Toni | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research, Research Problem Solving
In African American: Finding Out a Little More about the Enslaver, we found James K. Vance in 1850 and 1860 on the census. By the time 1870 came around Beverly Vance (1832-1899) was no longer enslaved and was named in the census. He is at home with his wife and...
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by Toni | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Year: 1850; Census Place: Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: M432_848; Page: 155A; Image: 316 Why would you want to trace the person back in time who enslaved your family? Because if you know he was the...
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by Toni | Aug 1, 2019 | Bible Records
What family is this Bible record for? : Mr. and Mrs. August John Majors’ Family Bible Record for the Wilkerson Branch of the FamilyPlease tell us the county and state the ancestors named in the Bible record are from. : Downey County, North Carolina;...
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