by Toni | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Lemon, Mrs. Virginia V., The State, Columbia, South Carolina, 9 August 1986, page 8, column 4 To continue to find little pieces of history at a time, African American genealogists just need to patiently keep looking. History is just hidden waiting for you to uncover...
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by Toni | Mar 28, 2019 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
You might be researching family members and come across one that no one in the family can tell you much about. You know it is your job to tell as much about them that you can find. Sometimes information you can discover from family can link you to historical...
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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 | Sep 18, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
In Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned and Relying on One Source Type, we discussed the pitfalls that family historians can unknowingly fall into. Another very common mistake is rushing back too quickly in an imagined race to find direct ancestors. This...
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