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FamilySearch Digitizes Freedmen’s Bureau Records for SC
FamilySearch this week digitized all 106 rolls of the microfilm series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910). This new collection of 118,737 images is one...
Overcoming Three Obstacles to Recording Your Oral History Interview
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...
5 Ways to Celebrate the National Day of Listening
Simple Ways to Honor Those Who Have Touched Our Lives Friday, November 29, 2013 is the sixth annual National Day of Listening. Each year, Story Corps asks all Americans to set aside an hour on the day after Thanksgiving to interview a friend, loved one or community...
Marshlands Plantation
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," Database...
Join Lowcountry Africana ~ Unearthing Treasures: Tracing African American Ancestors at the South Carolina Historical Society
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. What's special...
The Campbell Family Reunion: Connecting the Dots
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,...
Slave Dwelling Project ~ 150th Battery Wagner Commemoration, Two Nights in Jail
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...
Sleeping With the Past: Slave Dwelling Project Overnights at Hall House, Salisbury, NC
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...
Adventures on a Dirt Floor: Slave Dwelling Project Visits Oakland Plantation, Simpsonville, SC
There are occasions when the concept of the Slave Dwelling Project is challenged. Oakland Plantation located in Simpsonville, SC would...
Beaufort, SC 1868 Voter Registrations, Bluffton Precinct
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...
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations, St. Helena Church Election Precinct
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...
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations, Gray’s Hill Election Precinct
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 Reported to...
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations, Beaufort Election Precinct
Beaufort County, SC 1868 Voter Registrations St. Helena Parish Registration Precinct Beaufort Election Precinct Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the...
Freedmen's Bureau Transportation Requests, SC, Feb-Dec, 1866
Freedmen's Bureau Lists of Requests for Transportation, Feb - Dec, 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 William Durant...
Georgetown, SC 1868 Voter Registrations, Sampit Muster Shed
Georgetown, SC 1868 Voter Registrations Third Election Precinct Sampit Muster Shed Indexed by Alana Thevenet Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868....