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Comment by msualumni on September 29, 2009 at 8:34pm

Go 'head Michael wit' your bad self!

Comment by Lowcountry Africana on September 28, 2009 at 12:23am

New Article in Michael Hait's Lowcountry Genealogy Resource Library: How to Evaluate a Record By Itself

Hi Everyone,

Michael Hait has posted a new article to his Lowcountry Africana Genealogy Resource Library titled "Evaluating a Record by Itself," the latest in a series of articles on how to conduct sound genealogy research:

"In the last article, we discussed the various terms and considerations necessary to properly evaluate source records. Here we will apply this process to a record relating to the Lowcountry..."

The entire content of Lowcountry Africana is, and always will be, 100% free. We invite you to enjoy, and share your comments on, the articles in Michael's Resource Library!

Happy Ancestor Hunting from the Crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Comment by Lowcountry Africana on September 6, 2009 at 8:41pm

New Lowcountry Africana Content!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying a great holiday weekend. We have posted new content to Lowcountry Africana:

Dr. A.E. Gibbes: Former Slaveholder of Samuel Gibbes, Sampson Fenwi...

Historical Contexts: History of the Freedmen's Bureau in SC

Hope there is a tidbit here for your research!

Best,
LCA Crew

Comment by Lowcountry Africana on August 29, 2009 at 1:07pm

Hope everyone is enjoying a great weekend! We have just rolled out a tremendous new block of content in the Lowcountry Africana Research Library; more than 100 Freedmen's Labor Contracts for Colleton County, 1866 as well as Bureau Land Reports which identify final slaveholders in Colleton County and provide insight on conditions there at the close of the war:

Freedmen's Labor Contracts, Colleton County, South Carolina, 1866

Final Slaveholders, Colleton County, South Carolina

Happy Ancestor Hunting from the Crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Comment by Toni Carrier on August 19, 2009 at 12:22am

Hi Everyone,
It's Toni from Lowcountry Africana, we just found a remarkable Freedmen's labor contract for Colleton County, SC that breaks through the 1870 Brick Wall by positively connecting a freed person with a surname to the final slaveholder. In this case the document links Moses Gedos' wife Margret to former slaveholder D.R. Postell. It is posted to our blog:

http://lowcountryafricana.net/blog.asp

Incredible.

Toni

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 17, 2009 at 9:33pm

Okay thanks Quan

Willette

Comment by Quan Pruitt on August 17, 2009 at 9:30pm

Sound the word out then spell the word in as many diffrent ways that could say the samething. Until the education system improved spelling was phonic just like today but with set standards now. Census taker just had to be able to write.

Remember not to think or spell 2009 but to think, sound out the words and spell for the time period that you are searching. Lenn is it short for another name, is it a nickname, middle name and etc?

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 17, 2009 at 4:41pm

Hi Quan,
No I don't know the laws for that time period, what do you mean by phonic the name.

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 17, 2009 at 4:37pm

Hi Angela
I don't know if they lived in the same county, but i am searching in Brinkley, Monroe, Ark.

Comment by Quan Pruitt on August 16, 2009 at 11:34am

Also remember to phonic the name Filamensia or shorten it. Spelling was just a little diffrent then.
Also in 1790 could OFP stand for not only African American slaves but for White or Native American? I know the laws changed rapidly during that time. Henning Statues- 1705 declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian slaves within this dominion, to be real estate. Then later they defined it more by declaring who was a servant and who was a slave. I will have to look this up again. If you know the laws of the time period that you are searching state, county and fed you can find any type of information on the ancestors.

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