by Toni | May 21, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
St. Paul Baptist Church in Gadsden, Richland County, SC. Photo taken by Robin Foster on May 22, 2013. I attended this St. Paul Baptist Church in Gadsden, SC. I was invited several times by my cousin, Pastor Betty Fair Harris. I went on some Sundays and to vacation...
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by Toni | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Vance, Mr. and Mrs. E. W., The Palmetto Leader, Columbia, South Carolina, 15 November 1941, page 7, column 1 I found two more birth announcements for Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Vance. This one was for an infant son who Mrs. Vance gave birth to. Unfortunately, he did not live...
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by Toni | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
After all these years, I finally was able to find three of my grandparent’s children’s birth announcements in “The Palmetto Leader.” The first one I found was on the first page of the paper. It is my mother’s birth announcement. I could not wait to tell her of...
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by Toni | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Robin R. Foster looking at how long Martha Vance had property given to her by Emory Wallace Vance, Sr. Photo by Ellis McClure on March 15, 2019. In Emory Wallace Vance, Sr. is Among the Richland County, SC Grantor Deeds, Emory Wallace Vance, Sr (1901-1973) gave Martha...
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by Toni | Feb 18, 2019 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research
Have you ever gotten stuck searching a female ancestor in African American genealogy because you did not know the name she used before she was married? Well if you remember Martha Vance (1884-1978) in Emory W. Vance, Sr. is Among the Richland County, SC Grantor Deeds,...
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