Apr 16, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, Uncategorized
Year two would see many positive changes for the Behind the Big House Tour. One such change was adding school children, so on Thursday morning, April 11 local school groups were scheduled to visit the Hugh Craft House and slave dwelling. This was also an improvement...
Feb 2, 2013 | SC Freedmen's Labor Contracts, Uncategorized
Freedmen’s Labor Contracts Georgetown County, SC, Contracts Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M1910, Reel 76, Target 4 Frames 421-424 TITLE OF...
Nov 23, 2012 | National Day of Listening, Uncategorized
Or, Who Is an Elder? We often think of family elders as the keepers of family history, but do we think to ask aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins what they recall about our families? I recently had an experience that opened my eyes to the need to quiz every family...
Nov 28, 2011 | LCA Main Blog, Uncategorized
The Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project On most Saturday mornings, cousins Taylor Griffith, 12, Camara Casson, 12, Elora Powell, 11 and Rianna Griffith, 6 venture out to spend some quality time with their grandfather Jim Powell. But...
