by Toni | Jan 19, 2022 | Black History Month, Blog, Events, Family History Research, Webinars, Podcasts and Tutorials
Save the dates! The IAAM Center for Family History and the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will present 4 FREE virtual seminars in February. Please join us every Saturday in February for these exciting seminars! Save the Dates and Register...
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by Toni | Apr 13, 2021 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
One of the biggest research challenges for African American genealogy is documenting enslaved ancestors who were brought from Africa to the Americas in the Atlantic Slave Trade. More than 40% of those who were forced from Africa to the shores of North America arrived...
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by Toni | Jun 19, 2020 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
Family and Home Information Sources Checklist A lot of us start researching by jumping online, and we do not start by using our own family archives. You could miss the best information that would keep you routed in the right direction to find your family. All...
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by Toni | Jun 19, 2020 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History for Youth
Do you feel like you need to start over or are you getting into family history for the first time? You have come to the right place. Even seasoned family historians can learn something for the first time as we go over the principles of doing family history. So, how...
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by Toni | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
If you have been following along, you have seen that I recently wrote about Rev. Simon Miller in Rev. Simon Miller (1819-1875), a Presiding Elder and a Freeman, Served His Community. I commenting at the end of the article, “I could not believe it. Rev. Simon Miller...
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by Toni | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
“United States Census, 1880,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-SQJ?cc=1417683&wc=XW7Z-K68%3A1589414013%2C1589414117%2C1589394799%2C1589395245 : 24 December 2015), South Carolina >...
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