May 28, 2017 | LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Remembering Isaac Seabrook, Company C 21st USCT Isaac Seabrook, born on Edisto Island about 1840, enlisted in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Hilton Head, SC on May 11, 1863 [1]. Isaac was one of six young men born on Edisto who enlisted that day. The...
Apr 30, 2016 | Freedmens Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau Rations Lists Rations lists, (aka register of destitutes), are among the richest Freedmen’s Bureau resources for locating ancestors in pre-1870 records. In times of crisis, it is often the very old, the very young and the infirm...
Mar 22, 2015 | Freedmens Bureau
FamilySearch has digitized all 106 reels of microfilm of the NARA micropublication Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910). We dare say that there is...
Mar 21, 2015 | Freedmens Bureau, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
FamilySearch has digitized all 106 microfilm reels in the NARA series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910). This digital collection is titled...
Mar 20, 2015 | Freedmens Bureau, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
USCT Bounty Claims and the Information They Contain Above: Announcement of Additional Military Bounties, Charleston Daily News, 12 Nov 1866 1 USCT Bounty Claims Bounties were monetary or material incentives paid for enlisting in the military, or rewards for...
Mar 19, 2015 | Freedmens Bureau, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
A Rich Find for Georgetown Research The FamilySearch collection South Carolina Freedmen’s Bureau Records, 1865-1872 is the digitized version of Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,...
Mar 19, 2015 | Freedmens Bureau, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Rations Lists (AKA Register of Destitutes): Lists of Elders By Plantation, Before 1870 Rations lists (sometimes labeled “Register of Destitutes,” “Register of Those to Whom Rations Were Issued,” etc.) are among the richest records in...
Mar 7, 2015 | SC Ancestors
FamilySearch South Carolina Collections (current to Dec 2013): FamilySearch Collections: Title Records Last Updated South Carolina, Births and Christenings, 1846-1935 14,805 9 Mar 2012 South Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865...
Dec 29, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Source: United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Marriage and Divorce Records for Charleston, Strawberry Ferry, Johns Island, and Camden, 1865-1866. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Series Number .F601301, Record Group Number...
Dec 23, 2014 | Historical Newspapers, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
MARRIED In this city, by Rev. T.W. Lewis, Andrew Smalls to Tena Palmer. 10th Harry White to Marg’t Green. Nov. 17, John Moore to Nancy Ann Ore(?). Nov 23, Joseph Richardson to Anna Lawrence. On Sunday, 17th Inst., by Rev. Jacob Legare, Mr. Joseph...
Nov 28, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, National Day of Listening
A Special Guest Post by Nicka Smith Today, Friday, November 28 is StoryCorps’ 7th annual National Day of Listening! Each year, StoryCorps asks all Americans to set aside an hour on the day after Thanksgiving to interview a friend, loved one or community member...
Nov 27, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, National Day of Listening
A Special Guest Post by Angela Walton-Raji How many times do we recall Thanksgiving events from years gone by? We can remember our elders who were at the dinner, and in many cases they prepared the meal that we all enjoyed. Then time passed and they were gone. We miss...
Nov 26, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, National Day of Listening
Each year, StoryCorps asks all Americans to set aside an hour on the day after Thanksgiving to interview a family member, friend or loved one about their life. This Friday, November 28, is the 7th annual National Day of Listening. Lowcountry Africana is a proud...
Nov 25, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, National Day of Listening
A Special Guest Post by Thomas MacEntee In honor of StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening on Friday, November 28, here’s some advice from Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers on the treasure that is a family story. Stop and Listen to the Stories Being Told Cleaning,...
Oct 4, 2014 | SC Ancestors
FamilySearch recently released more than 875,000 digital images of South Carolina county probate records. These new records, previously available only in county probate offices or on microfilm, may now be browsed online at FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org)....
Aug 13, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Immediately following the Civil War, group labor contracts were the means by which the transition from slave to paid agricultural labor was made. After the Freedmen’s Bureau withdrew from the southern states, contract labor gave way to tenant farming and the...
May 16, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
CONTACT Paul Saylors Preservation Society of Charleston (843) 722-4630 psaylors@preservationsociety.org Corie Hipp (843) 327-2213 corie@coriehipp.com EVENT “Love is Progress, Hate is Expensive” The Esau Jenkins Bus Send-off Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 4 PM until 6 PM,...
Feb 18, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
We enjoy sharing our photos of the beautiful Lowcountry scenery on Instagram. We’ve just added a new batch of photos taken at the gorgeous Botany Bay Nature Preserve on Edisto Island. Below are a few samples, many more await you on Instagram: Come see more on...
Feb 18, 2014 | SC Ancestors
The South Carolina Historical Society, one of the richest archives for Lowcountry genealogy research, has placed their finding aids online. Planning a research trip to Charleston? Be sure to bookmark the South Carolina Historical Society’s Finding Aids page so...
Jan 2, 2014 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
By Toni Carrier no images were found This page contains many photo galleries (we didn’t want to leave anything out!). Please allow a few moments for the galleries to load. The gallery above has 130 pics from this year. Be sure to scroll back up after reading the...
Dec 27, 2013 | Freedmens Bureau, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
FamilySearch Has Digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records for South Carolina Social networks are abuzz today with the happy news that FamilySearch has digitized all 106 rolls of the microfilm series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau...
Dec 27, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
FamilySearch this week digitized all 106 rolls of the microfilm series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910). This new collection of 118,737 images is one...
Nov 22, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, National Day of Listening
Simple Ways to Honor Those Who Have Touched Our Lives Friday, November 29, 2013 is the sixth annual National Day of Listening. Each year, Story Corps asks all Americans to set aside an hour on the day after Thanksgiving to interview a friend, loved one or community...
Nov 6, 2013 | Roots Travel
Heritage Travel Comes of Age A Guest Post by Thomas MacEntee There comes a time in our lives when the need to learn more about our ancestors “kicks in.” The timing is different for everyone, but one component of the discovery process that more and more people are...
Oct 30, 2013 | Roots Travel
Coming Soon! Wednesday, November 6, 2013, we will launch the new Lowcountry Roots Travel blog on LCA! And who better to launch a travel blog than Genealogy Travel Ninja Thomas MacEntee? Thomas has just published the Kindle book Family History Trippin’ – A...
Oct 22, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Marshlands Plantation Associated Owners and Documents John Ball (1760-1817) [1] References Cited [1] Ball, Edward 1998 Slaves In the Family. New York: Ballantine Books, p. 264; “South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872,”...
Oct 13, 2013 | Kids Corner, National Day of Listening
What is the National Day of Listening? Friday, November 29, 2013 is the sixth annual National Day of Listening. Each year, Story Corps asks all Americans to set aside an hour on the day after Thanksgiving to interview a friend, loved one or community member about...
Sep 25, 2013 | Joseph McGill
no images were found The weekend of August 30 – 31, 2013 was intense for the Slave Dwelling Project for I would find myself spending the night in two different slave dwellings in two nights. Both locations, 16 ½ Glebe Street and 25 Longitude Lane are located in the...
Aug 30, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Please join Lowcountry Africana for a very special seminar at the South Carolina Historical Society, “Unearthing Treasures: Tracing Your African American Ancestors at the South Carolina Historical Society” on Saturday, November 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....
Aug 29, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
I was once told by a genealogist early on in this project that “you concentrate on saving the places, we will put the people there.” Since the Slave Dwelling Project started in May 2010, unexpected liaisons have been formed. At the Bush Holly House in Greenwich,...
Aug 6, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
150th Anniversary Commemoration, Assault on Battery Wagner By Joseph McGill “Approximately 200,000 African American men served in the Union Army and Navy during the American Civil War. For this particular stay, it was not much of a stretch for the Slave Dwelling...
Jul 30, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
As a field officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I have known Brian Davis, the Director of the Historic Salisbury Foundation in Salisbury, North Carolina since he was employed by the Galveston Historic Society in Galveston, Texas. Approximately one...
Jul 30, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”168″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_horizontal_filmstrip” gallery_width=“500″ gallery_height=“500] There are occasions when the concept of the Slave Dwelling Project is challenged. Oakland Plantation...
Jun 18, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations St. Helena Parish Registration Precinct Bluffton Election Precinct Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the...
Jun 18, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations St. Helena Parish Registration Precinct St. Helena Church Election Precinct Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations...
Jun 17, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations St. Helena Parish Registration Precinct Gray’s Hill Election Precinct Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations...
Jun 17, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations St. Helena Parish Registration Precinct Beaufort Election Precinct Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the...
Jun 16, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Freedmen’s Bureau Lists of Requests for Transportation, Feb – Dec, 1866 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M869, Reel 44, Target 2 Indexed by...
Jun 15, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Georgetown, SC 1868 Voter Registrations Third Election Precinct Sampit Muster Shed Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868....
Jun 15, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Freedmen’s Bureau Lists of Requests for Transportation, Oct. 1, 1865-Dec. 31, 1866 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M869, Reel 44, Target 2 Indexed by...
Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Greetings Genfriends! For Day 2 of 7 Days of Juneteenth, we continue posting new record sets made during the first days of freedom. Today, we have posted three new Beaufort County, SC 1868 voter registration precincts: Peeple’s Election District, Pocotaligo and...
Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Freedmen’s Bureau Lists of Requests for Transportation, Oct. 1, 1865-Dec. 31, 1866 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M869, Reel 44, Target 2 Indexed by...
Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
The Juneteenth holiday, one of the oldest Emancipation Day celebrations in the United States, commemorates the events of June 18 and 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, took possession of the state and...
Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Freedmen’s Bureau Rations Lists (Register of Destitutes) Charleston District, Moncks Corner Sub-District Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M869, Reel...
Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Jun 12, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
no images were found Operated by the state of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Ossabaw Island, Georgia would be the second stay for the Slave Dwelling Project with a high level of bureaucracy, Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia was the first. The...
