Dec 27, 2013 | Freedmens Bureau, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
FamilySearch Has Digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records for South Carolina Social networks are abuzz today with the happy news that FamilySearch has digitized all 106 rolls of the microfilm series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau...
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...
Feb 27, 2012 | GA Ancestors
If you do not know the actual marriage date for an ancestor, an index to Georgia marriages is available on FamilySearch.org: Georgia Marriages 1808-1967. Click on “Learn More” to understand more about this collection at FamilySearch.org (See image below). It is...
Jun 19, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
7 Days of Juneteenth, Day 7: Georgetown, SC Voter Registrations, Santee Muster Shed Precinct, 1868 Welcome to Day 7 of our 7 Days of Juneteenth Celebration, and Happy Juneteenth! Today we have posted 1868 voter registrations for...
May 3, 2010 | LCA Main Blog
So rarely do we see a document that bridges the 1870 divide by positively linking a freed person with a surname to the final slaveholder. When we do find a document that bridges that divide, we post it to our 1870 Brick Wall page. Here is the latest addition to that...
