key Websites: Where We Go For Info!
There are some sites we find ourselves visiting again and again to research African American heritage in the Lowcountry. Here, we feature the sites that we think you will find essential for your research!
Footnote.com
Footnote combines the best original source content from the world’s archives and users’ shoeboxes to create the leading online repository of historical source documents and photos MORE
GenealogyBank.com
GenealogyBank supplies individuals interested in family history research with over 300 years of U.S. newspapers, and other helpful genealogical documents in all 50 states. Find birth, marriage, obituary notices and much more.
With GenealogyBank, you'll get a glimpse into the triumphs, troubles and everyday experiences of your American ancestors.
GenealogyBank has kindly provided hundreds of beautiful, high-quality images of newspaper articles and advertisements which we shall be incorporating into our Drayton family research, and in other areas of the website. We are very grateful to them for their generous contribution to our research MORE
Roots Television
Roots Television™ is by and for avid genealogists and family history lovers of all stripes. Whether you’re an archives hound, a scrapbooker, a cousin collector, a roots-travel enthusiast, a Civil War re-enactor, a DNA fan, a reunion instigator, a sepia-toned photos zealot, an Internet-junkie, a history buff, an old country traditions follower, a cemetery devotee, a story-teller, a multicultural food aficionado, a flea market and antiques fanatic, a family documentarian, a nostalgia nut, or a mystery-solver, Roots Television™ has something for you -- and that “something” is quality programming. Roots Television's online programs are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Roots Television has customized a video player for Lowcountry Africana, which plays content of interest to readers researching African American genealogy and history. As new programs are added to Roots Television, the player will update to include the new content, so visit this page often. Best of all - it's free! We are grateful to Roots Television for sharing this wonderful content with us, and with you.
