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...
May 27, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 23 Names of 166 USCT veterans who were paid bounties from 1866-1868 ~ Please...
May 2, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
The first military action of the United States Colored Troops in South Carolina was an expedition organized by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Infantry (later redesignated 33rd USCT). From January 23 to February 1, 1863, the 1st South...
Feb 28, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
So rarely does a record from Reconstruction actually connect freed people to a former slaveholder. When we find records like this we are so excited. We are very excited today, because we found another! This record is a part of the “Pre-Bureau” records for...
Jul 15, 2012 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, Magnolia Plantation, SC Ancestors
Learn About the Records That Will Help You Trace African American Ancestors Back Beyond 1870 ~And~ Receive Personal Genealogy Advice from a Panel of Experienced Lowcountry Researchers! Please join us at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on Saturday, February 9 for the...
Dec 23, 2010 | LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
The annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration, held the second weekend in November each year, is a celebration of the unique Gullah-Geechee cultural heritage and the history of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, SC. The Penn Center Heritage Symposium explores a...
Nov 9, 2010 | SC Ancestors
Source: United States Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, South Carolina. 1850 South Carolina Federal Population Census Slave Schedules – Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell and Beaufort Counties. Reel...
Nov 7, 2010 | Freedmens Bureau, SC Ancestors
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 22 Names: Ballard, Charles Barber, Jacob Blanchard, Benj. Brown, George Brown,...
Nov 7, 2010 | Freedmens Bureau, SC Ancestors, SC Freedmen's Labor Contracts
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 59 Names: Randolph, W.J. Randolph, William J. Williams, C.F. Haywood, Chas. F. White, Will Pope,...
