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Keep up with your favorite blogs on Lowcountry Africana – the LCA Main Blog, South Carolina Ancestors, Georgia Ancestors, Florida Ancestors and Lowcountry Roots Travel. Access all of them right here!
LCA Main Blog
Keep up with what’s happening at LCA, learn about upcoming events, read about preservation efforts, and sharpen your research skills. Follow the LCA Main Blog to stay informed!
South Carolina Ancestors
Learn about new online records for South Carolina and sharpen your research skills with tips and tricks for researching your South Carolina ancestors.
Georgia Ancestors
Researching Georgia ancestors? Read about valuable online and offline resources for Georgia and find great tips to keep your research moving forward.
Florida Ancestors
Resources for Researching Florida ancestors, tips for organizing and sharing your research and more.
Lowcountry Roots Travel
Pack your suitcase and plan your next research trip to a Lowcountry destination. Read about key archives and nearby cities.
Lowcountry Africana Main Blog
Index of Crop Liens, James Island, Charleston County, SC, 1885 to 1894
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 crop lien...
“Love Is Progress, Hate is Expensive:” The Esau Jenkins Bus Send-off to the Smithsonian Museum
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,...
Just for Fun ~ We’ve Added New Photos to Our Instagram Page
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 our...
2013: The Year That Was At Lowcountry Africana
By Toni Carrier This page contains many photo galleries (we didn't want to leave anything out!). Please allow a few moments for the galleries to...
Accessing and Navigating the New FamilySearch Collection "South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Records, 1865-1872"
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 of...
FamilySearch Digitizes Freedmen’s Bureau Records for SC
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...
Overcoming Three Obstacles to Recording Your Oral History Interview
You can now more smoothly record and share your ancestor’s story with the tools and advice shared here. With careful planning and the right tools, you can feel the satisfaction that comes with preserving your family history for future generations. If you have tried...
5 Ways to Celebrate the 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...
Marshlands Plantation
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," Database...
Join Lowcountry Africana ~ Unearthing Treasures: Tracing African American Ancestors at the South Carolina Historical Society
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. What's special...
South Carolina Ancestors
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