by Toni | Oct 11, 2018 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
I visited the room for South Carolina History at the Charleston County Library in Charleston, South Carolina because I wanted to show you that you should not neglect to check Charleston church records back in 1720-1822 for African American genealogy. That’s right!...
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by Toni | Nov 7, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
Birth records are usually the documentation that you seek after you have found the existing death and marriage record for your ancestor. Birth certificates are the hardest to find. Here, we will help you learn how to access birth records in SC and suggest substitute...
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by Toni | Oct 9, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
In How to Document a Death, we shared a few of the most common resources for learning more about your ancestor’s death. The death event generated many different ways to learn more about a person. Even if a person is not present in a record where they were...
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by Toni | Oct 3, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
One of the most common events that beginning researchers attempt to document is an ancestor’s death. Most become familiar right away with death certificates, but when there are challenges finding or accessing a death certificate, it is helpful to know about...
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by Toni | Sep 25, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
This is the final post in the series about mistakes family historians sometimes make. Most of us use a family tree to keep track of the names and events in the lives of our ancestors. How many of us have considered what makes up the foundation of a well constructed...
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by Toni | Sep 18, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
In Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned and Relying on One Source Type, we discussed the pitfalls that family historians can unknowingly fall into. Another very common mistake is rushing back too quickly in an imagined race to find direct ancestors. This more often that...
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