by Toni | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
Recently, I was going through the official site of Richland Library in Columbia when I noticed there is an online version of The Palmetto Leader. It has been added as part of the newspaper collection digitized by University of South Carolina. To have this African...
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by Toni | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
If we as African Americans were to just take ministers from one area and research the area and research the other counties and states that they serve, we would learn more about their families, people in the new areas, and churches in the new areas. We could find out...
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by Toni | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
In the last two posts, we have been reviewing The Dial, an African American newspaper that existed in 1914. The editor was Rev. Conley Lincoln Henderson, and Rev. Robert F. Fox was the associate editor. Let’s now go back to our first scheduled cleaning as a community...
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by Toni | Jun 27, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
Now we will share with you even more findings from researching the board members of The Dial, an African American newspaper, that we told you we found while restoring Fairview Cemetery. The first person researched was Conley Lincoln Henderson. He was the newspaper’s...
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by Toni | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
Over two years ago, I was involved in the restoration of Fairview Cemetery in Greenwood, South Carolina. The motive was to find the burial spot for Beverly Vance (1832-1899), my great great grandfather. I still have not found his burial spot, but I have been true to...
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by Toni | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research |
“On this road called life, you have to take the good with the bad. Smile with the sad. Love what you got, and remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget. Learn from your mistakes, but never regret. People change, things go wrong, but just remember life...
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