by Toni | Apr 13, 2021 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
One of the biggest research challenges for African American genealogy is documenting enslaved ancestors who were brought from Africa to the Americas in the Atlantic Slave Trade. More than 40% of those who were forced from Africa to the shores of North America arrived...
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by Toni | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, CFH in the Community, Family History Research
Each year, the Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Charleston holds an all day fall workshop on family history research. This year’s workshop is today, Saturday, October 12, 2019. The IAAM Center for Family History will...
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by Toni | Sep 20, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
One of the biggest challenges in African American genealogy is the sometimes sparse body of documents we have to work in. We’ve been working for years to digitize documents in the Lowcountry, first as Lowcountry Africana, and now as the IAAM Center for Family...
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by Toni | May 13, 2018 | Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch has digitized two microfilms of Civil Actions Concerning Slaves and Free Persons of Color, Craven County, NC, 1775-1885. There are several record subsets on these microfilms, the first contains 2,083 frames of selected records for Craven County, NC that...
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by Toni | May 1, 2018 | Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch has digitized the volume Assessment of Property and Census of Slaves and their Owners, 1837, New Orleans, LA. There are more records on this microfilm. This register begins on frame 857. Sample Image Tell Us About Your Finds Have you found...
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