Today we share the sad news that Luckie Daniels, Coordinator of Georgia Records, will be leaving us. It is for happy reasons, though: she has launched the Carnival of African American Genealogy and the A Friend of Friends website. Below is a bit of information about each of Luckie's new creations.

 

 

     A blog carnival comes together when a number of bloggers write about a specific theme. The Carnival of African American Genealogy is an ongoing series of African American themed blog entries which will explore African American genealogy, history and culture. The theme of the first edition of CoAAG, which debuted Friday, March 19, was Restore My Name - Slave records and Genealogy Research.  It was a great success, 35 geneabloggers responded with heartfelt entries, and shared many new records. 

 

     

 

     The website A Friend of Friends is where the records shared for the Carnival of African American Genealogy will reside. Luckie Daniels and Sandra Taliafero, Co-Conductors of the website, will continue to gather records for the website, and will continue to post records shared by Afof readers and CoAAG carnival participants.

 

 

 

     As an all-volunteer organization, Lowcountry Africana is blessed by those who come and bring stones to this pile, and sad when other pursuits take them away.

 

     What Luckie brought to Lowcountry Africana will be enduring - her enthusiasm, heart and soul in the quest to restore the legacies of the Ancestors will abide with us. We are forever grateful to Luckie for bringing such magic to Lowcountry Africana, and look forward to contributing to the Carnival of African American Genealogy and the A Friend of Friends website.