by Toni | Oct 15, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
We had a lively discussion on last Tuesday’s episode of BlackProGen LIVE! “Biology of a Document: From Analysis to Plan,” about getting the most from the documents we have gathered in our African American genealogy research. The episode focused on...
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by Toni | Sep 27, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
Historic newspapers are an important resource for African American genealogy. Runaway slave ads, jailor’s notices of captured runaway freedom seekers, notices of estate sales, private sales and sheriff’s sales that include the names of enslaved ancestors...
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by Toni | Sep 20, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
One of the biggest challenges in African American genealogy is the sometimes sparse body of documents we have to work in. We’ve been working for years to digitize documents in the Lowcountry, first as Lowcountry Africana, and now as the IAAM Center for Family...
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by Toni | May 23, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research
Greenwood, South Carolina has African American cemeteries that are properly cared for, but unfortunately there are several that have people born before 1870 buried in them. They are at risk of becoming illegible. Researching these internments has brought great joy to...
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by Toni | May 4, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch recently announced that they had added the 2 billionth record to their free online databases of digitized historical documents. The records giant currently adds over 300 million new images a year to their online holdings. A world of free resources for...
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by Toni | May 2, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
Tax records help us reveal more about an ancestor, especially in between census years. When you cannot find an ancestor in the census or when records are scarce, try tax records to prove residence or if an ancestor was over 21. To find tax records for South Carolina...
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