by Toni | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
This is the best African American genealogy oral history interview that I have shown you so far. I interviewed the interviewee before and after meeting her, and now that she has passed, I am still finding more. Robin R. Foster, Lutherine Vance Smith, Edna L. Foster,...
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by Toni | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
Of all my finds thus far, finding my grandfather, Emory Wallace Vance, Sr. among the Richland County, SC grantor deeds has been the greatest to date. The thought that I could find out what happened with him came into my mind in 1985. I had heard my grandparents...
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by Toni | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
Remember in Tracing the Lemon’s from Columbia to Greenville to Charleston Using City Directories I found Rev. R. I. Lemon and his wife, Virginia Vance Lemon, who is my great aunt. I was able to see that they lived in Columbia and moved to Greenville and Charleston....
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by Toni | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
Hopefully, you have seen how much city directories have helped in finding family especially when they moved from place to place. I first shared with you how I use city directories in African American Genealogy: Comparing City Directory Resources. Now, I would like to...
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by Toni | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
Antebellum church records can be an important resource for African American genealogy as the records often predate public records that document births, marriages and deaths. Last week, I shared three resources at the room for South Carolina History at the Charleston...
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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 on...
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