by Toni | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research |
We have been studying the whereabouts of the enslaver, James Kincaid Vance (1818-1897) in Abbeville County, South Carolina. We have followed him and his family from the 1850 and 1860. We found his son, James Wistar Vance (1845-1887), living next to Beverly Vance...
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by Toni | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research, Research Problem Solving |
In African American: Finding Out a Little More about the Enslaver, we found James K. Vance in 1850 and 1860 on the census. By the time 1870 came around Beverly Vance (1832-1899) was no longer enslaved and was named in the census. He is at home with his wife and...
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by Toni | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research |
Year: 1850; Census Place: Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: M432_848; Page: 155A; Image: 316 Why would you want to trace the person back in time who enslaved your family? Because if you know he was the...
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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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