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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by Toni | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
Yesterday we identified one place your ancestor might have been recorded as voting in Georgia in the blog post Did Your African American Ancestor Register to Vote in Georgia, Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1868? In this post you could be led to another place to find...
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by Toni | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
“Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868.” Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 5 December 2018. Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, Georgia. After the Civil War, Georgia was divided into forty-four...
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by Toni | Feb 3, 2020 | Black History Month, Blog, Family History Research, Found on FamilySearch
“Texas, Special Voter Registration, 1867-1869-1869,” database on FamilySearch, voter register Anderson County, p. 1, July 24, 1867 – Caldwell County, p. 500, September 24, 1867, record for Woodley Cook, Frame 714 of 1,022,...
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by Toni | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
Did you know that FamilySearch has many free resources for documenting your ancestors who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT)? Here, we will take a look at ten free FamilySearch resources for documenting USCT veteran ancestors, and the information they...
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