Oct 30, 2013 | Roots Travel
Coming Soon! Wednesday, November 6, 2013, we will launch the new Lowcountry Roots Travel blog on LCA! And who better to launch a travel blog than Genealogy Travel Ninja Thomas MacEntee? Thomas has just published the Kindle book Family History Trippin’ – A...
Mar 24, 2013 | Ancestors Page ~ Where the Ancestors Seek YOU!
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Mar 23, 2013 | Ancestors Page ~ Where the Ancestors Seek YOU!
This picture, taken some time after 1910, depicts African American employees of the American Sumatra Tobacco Company in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida [1]. Formed by a merger of twelve growers in 1910, the American Sumatra Tobacco Company owned 34,000 acres of land...
Mar 1, 2013 | Florida Ancestors
FamilySearch Florida Collections (current to Feb 2013) Title Records Last Updated Florida, Births and Christenings, 1880-1935 20,227 10 Mar 2012 Florida, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 285,975 21 Apr 2012 Florida, Civil War Service...
Apr 15, 2010 | Florida Ancestors
We’re all looking for ways to save money on our genealogy resources. Today we'll look at two sites that can help you save money on books! WorldCat One way to do save money is to check out books from the library, rather than purchasing them. Worldcat...
Apr 7, 2010 | Florida Ancestors
According to wikipedia.org: Duval County was created in 1822 from St. Johns County. It was named for William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 – 1834. Alachua and Nassau counties were created out of parts of Duval County in 1824. Clay...
Feb 23, 2010 | Florida Ancestors
In my last post on the Florida State Census, I talked about finding your ancestors between censuses. Another way to keep up with your ancestors between censuses is to follow them through their land records. Our ancestors bought, sold and leased land to family members...
Feb 23, 2010 | Florida Ancestors
Although genealogy experts recommend that we start our research with records at home, those of us doing research away from our ancestral home often start with the internet. And, of course, that usually leads us to census records. The United States Census Bureau has...
