Nov 24, 2013 | Got Tools? by Robin Foster, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, National Day of Listening
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...
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,”...
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...
