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Lowcountry City Directories Online

Hi Everyone, Just discovered these city directories online yesterday: Savannah, GA 1882 Charleston 1851 Charleston 1882 Charleston 1888…

Started by Toni Carrier

2 Jul 22, 2009
Reply by Toni Carrier

New Resource Guide for African American Genealogy Research

Hi Everyone! We have just posted an extensive resource guide for African American genealogy in the Lowcountry and Beyond to our blog: http…

Started by Toni Carrier

0 Jul 17, 2009

Check Out Tony Burroughs' Blog on AC360, on African American Genealogy Research

Tony Borroughs has posted a wonderful blog entry to CNN's ac360 blog. His post discusses the difficulties encountered in African American g…

Started by Toni Carrier

0 Jul 17, 2009

Link to New Blog Entry with CNN Video Embedded (and Comments on What We Wish Had Been Included)

Hi Everyone, Here is a link to Lowcountry Africana's new blog entry with CNN video on Michelle Obama's SC roots embedded. This also gave us…

Started by Toni Carrier

0 Jul 16, 2009

Link to Anderson Cooper's Coverage of Michelle Obama's Ancestry

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/16/michelle.obama.slaveroots/index.html#cnnSTCVideo one comment - in the interview I said that slavery w…

Started by Toni Carrier

0 Jul 15, 2009

Check Out the New Group Afriquest on GenealogyWise

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to alert you to Joyce Reese McCollum's new group Afriquest. Afriquest. is a totally free site for archiving docume…

Started by Toni Carrier

0 Jul 15, 2009

Enslaved Families at Chicora Wood, Nightingale Hall and Other Plantations of Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864), Georgetown, SC, 1864

Hi Everyone, Below are records for the estate of Robert F.W. Allston of Georgetown, SC, made in 1864: Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People…

Started by Toni Carrier

0 Jul 15, 2009

1870 Brick Wall Page: Records Which Positively Connect Freedmen With Surnames to Former Slaveholders

Some call it the 1870 Brick Wall. Others call it the 1870 Divide. It is one of the most frustrating challenges of African American heritage…

Started by Toni Carrier

2 Jul 13, 2009
Reply by Toni Carrier

List of 491 Enslaved People Freed from Heyward Family Plantations from the Heyward Family Papers, 1703-1975, shared by the South Caroliniana Library at USC

List of 491 Enslaved People Freed from Heyward Family Plantations from the Heyward Family Papers, 1703-1975, shared by the South Carolinia…

Started by Toni Carrier

1 Jul 13, 2009
Reply by Luckie Daniels

Draytons of African descent in records I've found via ancestry.com

DRAYTON FAMILY TREE - CHARLESTON - LUKE/LAWRENCE/VIOLA Luke Drayton Sr. 1832 - 1880/190 + Affie Drayton 1836 - 20 Apr 1910 Living in St.P…

Started by Bill Drayton

15 Jul 13, 2009
Reply by Toni Carrier

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