Mar 13, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
African American Genealogy: Guest Blogger: Bill Grimke-Drayton, Descendant of the Slaveholding Drayton Family in America and Barbados This blog is the first of our posts for the Carnival of African American Genealogy. A blog carnival comes together...
Mar 13, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
Why Didn't I Know My Family Held Slaves? Hey everyone, I'm Toni Carrier, founder of Lowcountry Africana, the USF Africana Heritage Project and Afriquest. I'm blogging today about my...
Mar 12, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
Renowned genealogist Tony Burroughs presented the wisdom-filled webinar "Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy" tonight on Ancestry.com. The webinar focused on common pitfalls that can hinder your search for...
Mar 9, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
Ancestry.com will present a free webinar this Thursday, March 11 by renowned genealogist Tony Burroughs. The webinar "Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy" will air at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The seminar will focus on common mistakes that can hinder...
Mar 9, 2010 | Florida Ancestors
Do you have a nickname that you use instead of your given name? You may even sign documents using your nickname, rather than your given name. Well, our ancestors did the same thing. Let's say Dorothy Smith went as Dottie Smith back in 1885. She signed official...
Mar 2, 2010 | Florida Ancestors
If you've been researching your family for a while, you probably want to share what you've found with your cousins. Well, you don't need a book publisher and publishing your family history doesn't have to be expensive. There are services on the Web...
