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We've combed the Internet to find websites with important resources for Lowcountry research! |
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Featured Site: Free AfriQuest
The Free Online Database for African and African American Genealogy and History |
Featured Site: Free
The World's Largest Genealogy Wiki: Customized for African American Genealogy |
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Major African American Genealogy Sites: Free |
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The absolute mothership of African American genealogy: forums, mailing lists, research tutorials, document database |
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USGenWeb special project: document database and more |
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Resources for the slave trade, historical documents and a database (wiki format) |
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Includes extensive cemetery transcriptions for the Lowcountry Southeast |
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Directories of searchable databases, extensive transcriptions relevant to the Lowcountry, new historical documents coming online here daily |
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Transcriptions of Freedmen's Bureau records for several states, from Christine's Genealogy Website. Extsensive transcriptions for Lowcountry FL, GA and SC. A must for your Lowcountry research toolkit |
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Essential starting point for identifying slaveholders by state |
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Major Genealogy Sites: Free Linkpendium
Astoundingly exhaustive county and state-level links
All-genealogy, all-video, accessible 24/7. A wonderful new concept |
Major Genealogy Sites: Free
Absoloutely free, the USGenWeb just hit the one-million record mark. State and county-level archives
Oldest and largest free genealogy website |
Search Engines, Resource Guides and Tools |
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The definitive collection of Internet genealogy links |
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From Rootsweb.com, all the forms you need to keep your research organized! |
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from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
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The inside scoop on genealogy, updated daily |
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News, articles and podcasts of interest to genealogists |
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Weekly blog with a goal of helping individuals of all ages and genealogical experience sort through and organize the mountain of information available to those who seek to find their family |
State-Level Resources: FL Hosted by the Library of Congress. Search, view and download newspaper pages from 1900 to 1910 from CA, DC, FL, KY, NY, UT and VA Detailed information and driving directions for Florida cemeteries, by county | County-Level Resources: FL Track changes in county boundaries over time Online images at the Jacksonville Public Library |
| State-Level Resources: GA An extensive collection of records for every county in Georgia. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to access the thousands of county-level records there! | County-Level Resources: GA Track changes in county boundaries over time |
| State-Level Resources: SC Sciway is your essential starting point for state and county-level links for South Carolina. The definitive list of South Carolina genealogy links! | County-Level Resources: SC U.S. Colored Troops Organized in South Carolina by Don Troiani
South Carolina County Formation Maps
Track changes in county boundaries over time |
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featured Link:
Kwesi DeGraft-Hanson, Emory University
In 1859, one of the largest slave sales in U.S. history took place at the Ten Broeck Race Course, now an obscured landscape, on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. 436 enslaved persons from the Butler plantations near Darien were sold in an event remembered as "The Weeping Time." In this essay, Kwesi DeGraft-Hanson examines how this once hidden landscape can be re-imagined into Savannah's historic memory through archival research, oral history, physical observations of the landscape, and the art of mapmaking.
Calabash Music is a living musical encyclopedia of the African diaspora. Listen to substantial samples of World Music, download a free song each week, and broaden your musical horizons!
featured Site: Preservation
Chicora's work includes archaeological and historical research throughout the Southeastern United States, public education (primarily in South Carolina), and work in conservation and preservation with museums, libraries, archives, historic organizations, and private citizens.
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Millions of original historical documents, combined with social networking features. The records of the Southern Claims Commission and the American Colonization Society are two especially rich resources for African American genealogy and history.
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Resources for teaching students about African American history and culture, African history and culture, cultural diversity, stereotyping, discrimination, slavery, the Underground Railroad and other aspects of the African diaspora. |
What a wonderland for children this site is. Here kids of all ages can learn about Gullah culture, folktales and music. Design your own Gullah ring shout, listen to Gullah words, and view maps and videos that document the West Africa/Gullah connection! This must-visit site features classroom activities designed for integrating Gullah Net's information and resources into a variety of K-8 classroom curricula. |
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