South Carolina Genealogy and History
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- The Usefullness of Queries Posted on Genealogy Forums
When I launched the new forums for queries here at South Carolina Genealogy.org I asked myself why should there be another South Carolina Genealogy Query forum. Aren’t there enough? Then I remembered the MANY forums I’ve posted on over the years about this family and that family. I also remember the [...]
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:01:37 +0000 - South Carolina Genealogical Society
The South Carolina Genealogical Society is a non profit organization with several chapters throughout the state. Membership in the state society is included in the chapter membership fee. Libraries and Organizations interested in subscribing to the SCGS publications can subscribe for $8. They publish the Carolina Herald. The archives of the [...]
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:23:43 +0000 - Old Shandon
Located in present day Columbia, Old Shandon is a National Historic district and has a high concentration of homes dating from the 19th century. The city of Shandon was incorporated in 1904 and then annexed into Columbia in 1913. They’ve recently had their centennial celebration in 2004. The growth that led to [...]
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:48:12 +0000 - Historic Brattonsville
Historic Brattonsville boasts one of the largest living history and restoration sites in the southeast which is fairly remarkable. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places and will be recognized as a filming location for “The Patriot”. In total it’s a 775 acre living history site and Revolutionary War battlefield. [...]
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:48:26 +0000 - New South Carolina Query Forum, Genealogy Web Directory and Free Newsletter
I’m pleased to announce several exciting new features on the site. Those of you with sharp eyes have already spotted some of them I’m sure. A long time ago we had a way of posting queries and frankly, the forum software I’ve had previously was useless to keep out the junk. Well, [...]
Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:01:46 +0000 - Link Requests, Site Updates
This is just an “in between” regular articles update. As some of you have noticed I’ve been going through the county pages, adding more information there. As you can imagine the process takes a little bit of time. I’ve managed to get to a couple county pages per day. I’m currently [...]
Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:50:05 +0000 - Getting Organized for Genealogy Research
I remember when I first started working on our family history, my trips to the library we’re exciting. I never knew what I was looking for and never knew what I would find. I went in with my notebook and a print or sketch of what we knew for as many generations as possible. Of [...]
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:07:55 +0000 - Quick Update
File this into the site update category. I’ve officially announced the opening of the new directory and forum, links can be found in the sidebar to the left. (Yes, I’ve flipped the navigation from the right side of the page to the left.) In addition, we have a new newsletter in the [...]
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:26:33 +0000 - Kershaw-Cornwallis House - Camden Revolutionary War Site
The Kershaw-Cornwallis House was originally built in 1777 by an early settler of Camden. (Camden, in fact, is the oldest inland town in South Carolina.) Joseph Kershaw had established a store in Camden for a Charleston mercantile company and did quite well. In fact, Camden had become an inland trade hub of [...]
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:29:04 +0000 - Sorry for the disruption
We’ve had a server upgrade today, then a server move and in a few hours we’re getting a software update, so we’ve had some rough sailing today. Hopefully this will be the biggest disruption for a while. Thanks for your patience. ============ Update. If you been around in the last couple hours you’ve probably [...]
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