by Toni | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
Did you know that FamilySearch has many free resources for documenting your ancestors who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT)? Here, we will take a look at ten free FamilySearch resources for documenting USCT veteran ancestors, and the information they...
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by Toni | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
The Log Hut in Elbert County, Georgia, on the plantation of Thomas Jones, where Bishop Heard was born. June 25, 1850, Heard: From Slavery to the Bishopric, 1969, Arno Press, Inc. Now, we will take the timeline from the blog, Bishop William H. Heard’s (1850-1937)...
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by Toni | Dec 15, 2019 | Black History Month, Blog, Family History Research, Found on FamilySearch
About This Collection Today’s featured FamilySearch collection is Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913. This collection is searchable. What’s in This Collection? Fields indexed in this record collection include the...
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by Toni | Dec 4, 2019 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
You can look up obituaries for any ancestor who passed away between 1862 to about 1992 in The Online Obituary Index online at the Beaufort County, South Carolina Library. The index includes the names of over 24000 people whose deaths were published in the local...
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by Toni | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Bishop William H. Heard, From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church, Page 14, Arno Press and New York Times, New York, NY, 1969 After rereading “One More Day’s Journey,” by Dr. Allen Ballard, I decided to get the autobiography which was cited in his notes on...
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