Ancestors Page
So often in our African American genealogy research, we find a truly remarkable document or picture that needs to find its way back to living descendants ~ a letter written by an ancestor, a picture captioned in such a way that a descendant would recognize an ancestor there, a sound recording or video a descendant would treasure.
So we’ve created the Ancestors Page ~ Where the Ancestors Seek YOU! Here we will share those rare treasures of history that need to find their way home and into the care of descendants.
African Americans at the James Hopkinson Plantation, Edisto Island, SC, 1862
Title: Gwine to de field, Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, S.C. Creator(s): Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911, photographer Date Created/Published: [1862] Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-11370 (digital file from original item, front) Rights Advisory:...
Ancestors Seated in Yard of 312 Gaston Street, Savannah, GA, 1939 or 1944
Today's post on the Ancestors Page is a photo of an African American woman, perhaps an elder, seated with a young child in the front yard of 312 Gaston Street in Savannah, GA. The notation for the photo states that the picture was taken in 1939 or 1944. Please click...
Lewis Hunter or Hinter and Family, Ladies Island, Beaufort, SC, 1936
The photographs in the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress are an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. The photographs were taken by field agents for three successive...
Letter Written by Freedman James Perkins, Jacksonboro, SC, 1870
This letter was written by James Perkins of Jacksonboro, Colleton County, SC. Perkins, a veteran who served in Company K, 35th United States Colored Troops, was inquiring about bounty pay due him for his service from 1863 to 1866. Perkins asks that correspondence to...
Portraits of African American Midwives in Florida ~ 1930s and 1940s
[dcs_emptyspace h="15"] [dcs_chain_gallery number="17" gid="93" desc="true" float="left" tw="36" th="36" w="600" h="600" margin="4px 15px 15px 0px"] The Florida Board of Health initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote...
African American Employees of the American Sumatra Tobacco Company, Quincy, FL, ca. 1910
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...
James Jenkins, Formerly Enslaved to Cain Family, Pinopolis, Berkeley, SC, 1867
In this note interfiled with rations requests written to Captain F. Liedke of the Freedmen's Bureau, J. Calhoun Cain states that Freedman James Jenkins formerly belonged to his father. In the note, dated 11 July 1867 and written from Pinopolis, SC, Cain states that...
Images of Students at Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, ca. 1900
These pictures, taken at Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC, were reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Charley McBride and Philippy Cordes, Formerly Enslaved to Stoney Family, Berkeley, SC, 1867
This letter, dated 26 Aug 1867, was written by W.E. Stoney to Captain F.W. Liedke of the Freedmen's Bureau, to request rations for Charles McBride and Philippy Cordes, two elders living at Stoney's plantation in Berkeley, SC. Stoney states that Charles McBride and...
Hector and Harriett Doctor, Berkeley, SC ~ 3 Generations Named In Letter to Freedmen’s Bureau, 1867
This remarkable letter, written in 1867 by Charles B. Lucas of Whitehall, SC to the Freedmen's Bureau, names 3 generations of the African American Doctor family. In the letter, Charles Lucas writes to Captain Liedke of the Freedmen's Bureau, to request rations for the...
Elders at Old Fort Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C., ca. 1860-1870
Title: Group of old folks at home, "Old Fort" plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C. / Photographed by Hubbard & Mix, Beaufort, S.O. [i.e. S.C.] Creator(s): Hubbard & Mix, photographer Date Created/Published: [between 1860 and 1870] Medium: 1 photographic print on stereo...
Tea Pickers, Who Sang for President Roosevelt – Pinehurst Tea Farm, Summerville, S.C., ca. 1902
Title: Little tea pickers, who sang for President Roosevelt - Pinehurst Tea Farm, Summerville, S.C. Creator(s): Underwood & Underwood, publisher Date Created/Published: New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas: Underwood & Underwood, publishers, c1902 May 21....
Brown Family, St. Helena Island, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1939
The Brown family of St. Helena Island, Beaufort County, SC were photographed in June of 1939 by Marion Post Wolcott, a photographer for the Farm Security Administration, an agricultural program mandated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to assist families during the...
Nursery at Elliott’s Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C., ca. 1862-1863
Title: Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C. / photographed and for sale by H.P. Moore, Concord, N.H. Creator(s): Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911, photographer Date Created/Published: [1862 or 1863?] Medium: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 6 x...
Two African American Men Sitting on Stoop, Charleston, South Carolina, 1962
Two African American men sitting on stoop, Charleston, South Carolina Digital ID: (digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g12119 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g12119 Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-12119 (color film copy transparency)...
Family Near Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Negro home near Charleston, South Carolina Creator(s): Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer Date Created/Published: 1938 Dec. Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-050528-D (b&w film neg.) Rights...
Children of the Oliver Family, Tenant Farmers, Summerton, SC, June 1938
Title: Children of the Oliver family, tenant purchase borrowers, Summerton, South Carolina Creator(s): Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer Date Created/Published: 1939 June? Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm. Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-030495-M1 (b&w...
African American Boy, Florence County, South Carolina, Summer 1938
Title: "Negro boy. Florence County, South Carolina" Creator(s): Cox, photographer Date Created/Published: 1938 Summer. Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-015758-D (b&w film nitrate neg.) Rights Advisory:...
Chaplain George W. Williams from Sumter, South Carolina, April 1942
Title: "Chaplain George W. Williams, addressing students at a Negro elementary school in Indianapolis. Chaplain Williams comes from Sumter, South Carolina, where his father is a minister" Creator(s): Delano, Jack, photographer Date Created/Published: 1942 Apr. Medium:...
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