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 | Jun 20, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research |
I know I am very busy these days, but you can catch up with me if you know what you have to talk about happens to be important to you. This time, little did I know that what Rebecca Byrd had to discuss with me was just as important to me. Rebecca Byrd met up with me...
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by Toni | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research |
. A. Chick or Clarence Anderson Chick, The Palmetto Leader, Columbia, South Carolina, 24 December 1938, page 3, column 3 In Documenting Your Ancestor in 1940, I first gave Clarence Anderson Chick’s death, WWI Draft Registration, and appearance of he and his wife,...
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by Toni | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research |
Sometimes you can search and search a historical record and not find your ancestor. It does not mean that he or she is not there. They could have still been recorded in the collection you are searching, but they did not use their formal name. “United States...
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by Toni | May 24, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
The first military action of the United States Colored Troops in South Carolina was an expedition organized by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Infantry (later redesignated 33rd USCT). From January 23 to February 1, 1863, the 1st South...
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by Toni | May 21, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
St. Paul Baptist Church in Gadsden, Richland County, SC. Photo taken by Robin Foster on May 22, 2013. I attended this St. Paul Baptist Church in Gadsden, SC. I was invited several times by my cousin, Pastor Betty Fair Harris. I went on some Sundays and to vacation...
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