by Toni | Jul 30, 2019 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research |
Robin Foster is looking at a deed between Lillie Vance and Robert Lee Vance (1858 – ). Photo taken by Ellis McClure on July 11, 2019. Last week I shared, “How Using a Timeline Can Help You in Your Research.” I used the census and city directories to make...
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by Toni | Jul 17, 2019 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National...
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by Toni | Jun 25, 2019 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research
We have a hard time tracking family of ancestors because some left the place they were living in droves due to persecutions or the search for jobs to take care of their families. One such person was Lee Vance of Abbeville County, South Carolina. He appeared on the...
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by Toni | Feb 18, 2019 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research
Have you ever gotten stuck searching a female ancestor in African American genealogy because you did not know the name she used before she was married? Well if you remember Martha Vance (1884-1978) in Emory W. Vance, Sr. is Among the Richland County, SC Grantor Deeds,...
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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...
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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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