by Toni | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
“United States Census, 1880,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-SQJ?cc=1417683&wc=XW7Z-K68%3A1589414013%2C1589414117%2C1589394799%2C1589395245 : 24 December 2015), South Carolina >...
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by Toni | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Family History Research
Greenwood County Courthouse. SC, Robin R. Foster, Feb. 2014 I spent the first eight years of my move to South Carolina in Columbia researching in the archives, libraries, and getting to know cousins there. I have worked my way back to the 1800’s in my...
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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 | Jun 5, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
When I moved to Greenwood, South Carolina, I had the opportunity to research the owner of Fairview Cemetery in 1919. It was important because I wanted to know if Beverly Vance (1832-1899) was buried there. He died in 1899. Fairview Cemetery 300 Holman Street,...
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