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...
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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...
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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...
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