Mar 22, 2015 | Freedmens Bureau
FamilySearch has digitized all 106 reels of microfilm of the NARA micropublication Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910). We dare say that there is...
Dec 27, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
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...
Sep 25, 2013 | Joseph McGill
no images were found The weekend of August 30 – 31, 2013 was intense for the Slave Dwelling Project for I would find myself spending the night in two different slave dwellings in two nights. Both locations, 16 ½ Glebe Street and 25 Longitude Lane are located in the...
Aug 6, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
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...
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...
Jun 29, 2012 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Did you know that you can listen to free, live genealogy talk shows online on BlogTalk Radio? BlogTalkRadio is the largest and fastest growing online talk radio network, where you can listen to thousands of shows on such topics as history, education, social networking...
Apr 23, 2012 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
By Robin Foster I just made it home from my first research trip as Co-Director of Lowcountry Africana. I almost willingly succumbed to sleep, but after retiring, my mind kept wandering through the experiences over this past week. I left home with the purpose of...
Apr 10, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
In the early 1900s, the Seashore Farmers’ Lodge No. 767 was a center of African American cultural life in the Sol Legare community on James Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. One of many mutual benefit societies in the Lowcountry, the Seashore...
Sep 20, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
New Name, More Fun at the 2011 Georgia History Festival Savannah, GA, September 20, 2010–The Georgia Historical Society is pleased to announce that the popular and exciting events it presents every February–formerly known as "Georgia...
