Feb 7, 2017 | LCA Main Blog, SC Records
The estate inventory of John P. Porcher, filed 21 Dec 1865, lists the names of enslaved ancestors in age groups. Enslaved ancestors listed in the estate were: Abel aged 90 Between 70 & 80 years Scye, Fayette, Leah, Amy, George, Will Between 60 and 70 Lauder,...
Jan 31, 2017 | LCA Main Blog
Mark your calendars! RootsTech, the massive family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 8-11, 2017, announced its free live online streaming schedule for 17 of its popular sessions including Jonathan and Drew Scott of...
Jan 14, 2017 | LCA Main Blog
The countdown is on to RootsTech 2017! I can’t wait to see all my Genfriends and meet new ones. This year I’ll be presenting at RootsTech (see schedule below), and blogging, posting and tweeting live from the conference as a RootsTech Ambassador. Last...
Jan 11, 2017 | Florida Ancestors, GA Ancestors, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Plantations were the sites of unspeakable tragedies – unrelenting labor from sunup to sundown and in many cases, violence and rape. Enslaved people lived in houses where an entire family shared a small, single room with a fireplace and nothing more. In...
Nov 29, 2016 | LCA Main Blog
Many congratulations to Anita Henderson, who has won the random drawing for the full RootsTech conference registration (a $299 value). Anita will receive a FREE full registration for the RootsTech conference, plus the Innovator Summit, at the Salt Lake Convention...
Nov 23, 2016 | LCA Main Blog
RootsTech Full Conference Registration Giveaway UPDATE – CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER ANITA R. HENDERSON!!! Would you like to win a FREE Full RootsTech + Innovator Summit Conference pass ($299 value)? As a RootsTech 2017 Ambassador, Lowcountry Africana is...
Oct 21, 2016 | LCA Main Blog
Salt Lake City, UT,October19,2016 FamilySearch International is pleased to announce that LeVar Burton will be the Friday keynote speaker at RootsTech 2017 on February 10, 2017. Burton is known by millions for his legendary starring role as Kunta Kinte in 1977 in the...
May 20, 2016 | LCA Main Blog
(Charleston, SC) The Lowcountry Digital History Initiative, Lowcountry Africana, and the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture are pleased to present a new online exhibition, “A Tribute to the Mother Emanuel Church,”...
