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 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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by Toni | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
Greenwood County Courthouse. SC, Robin R. Foster, Feb. 2014 I spent the first eight years of my move to South Carolina in Columbia researching in the archives, libraries, and getting to know cousins there. I have worked my way back to the 1800’s in my...
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by Toni | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
In looking for Rev. Simon Miller from the historic newspaper article with Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887), I admit I had to start from scratch. When I wrote Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887) Served in South Carolina Senate, I knew I would try to find out more on Rev....
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