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...
read more
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,...
read more
by Toni | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
Of all my finds thus far, finding my grandfather, Emory Wallace Vance, Sr. among the Richland County, SC grantor deeds has been the greatest to date. The thought that I could find out what happened with him came into my mind in 1985. I had heard my...
read more
by Toni | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
Rev. Lafayette Franklin Vance (1861-1952), born to Beverly and Matilda Dunlap Vance in Abbeville County, South Carolina, is my great grandfather. I have been trying to document him. I did not realize I would finding an article still mentioning him in 1979: ...
read more
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...
read more
Recent Comments