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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!

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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.

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Georgia Ancestors

Researching Georgia ancestors? Read about valuable online and offline resources for Georgia and find great tips to keep your research moving forward.

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Florida Ancestors

Resources for Researching Florida ancestors, tips for organizing and sharing your research and more.

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Lowcountry Roots Travel

Pack your suitcase and plan your next research trip to a Lowcountry destination. Read about key archives and nearby cities.

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Freedmen's Bureau Transportation Requests, SC, Jan 2 to Feb 8, 1866

by Toni Carrier | Jun 15, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog | 0 Comments

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...

7 Days of Juneteenth, Day 2 ~ Freedmen's Bureau Transportation Requests, Beaufort, SC Voter Registrations

by Toni Carrier | Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog | 0 Comments

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 Whippy...

Freedmen’s Bureau Lists of Requests for Transportation, South Carolina, 1865

by Toni Carrier | Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog | 0 Comments

Beaufort County, SC Voter Registrations, Prince Williams Parish Registration Precinct, Peeple’s Election Precinct, 1868

by Toni Carrier | Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors | 0 Comments

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...

Beaufort County, SC Voter Registrations, Prince Williams Parish Registration Precinct, Pocotaligo Election Precinct, 1868

by Toni Carrier | Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors | 0 Comments

Beaufort County, SC Voter Registrations, Prince Williams Parish Registration Precinct, Whippy Swamp Election Precinct, 1868

by Toni Carrier | Jun 14, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors | 0 Comments

7 Days of Juneteenth 2013~ Day 1: Beaufort, SC Voter Registrations, Elders on 112 Plantations

by Toni Carrier | Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors | 0 Comments

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...

Freedmen’s Bureau Register of Destitutes (Rations Lists) by Plantation, Moncks Corner Subdistrict, SC, 1867

by Toni Carrier | Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors | 6 Comments

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 89...