More Than Names: How Individual Documents Can Bring the Pieces Together
In one of the most incredible discoveries yet in the new FREE Footnote Collection South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872, volunteer Aaron recently discovered a list of 1,648...
View ArticleOur Volunteers Speak!
Have you volunteered to index records in this free Footnote collection? Would you like to tell readers why you felt it was important to do so?If you would like to share your thoughts, you can add a...
View ArticleWhy Indexing Matters: 1,648 Slaves in the Estate of Nathaniel Heyward,...
Your contribution to indexing the new FREE Footnote Collection South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 makes an enormous difference.Please visit our Why Indexing Matters Page to...
View ArticleNew Volunteer Discoveries!
Alana has discovered three incredible records this weekend:Slaves at Cottage Plantation, Theodore Samuel Gaillard, Berkeley, SC, 1855Slaves at the Farmfield Plantation of John H Corbett, Berkeley, SC,...
View ArticlePieces of the Puzzle: Thomas Fenwick Drayton Purchases 26 Slaves from Estate...
While indexing her 10 pages, Karen Meadows-Rogers discovered a document that further illustrates:The treasures waiting in these extraordinary recordsHow these documents pull the pieces of the puzzle...
View ArticleWelcome to Our New Volunteers!
We bid a warm welcome and so many thanks to new volunteers who answered the call to index!MichelleLeahDarlaFranGlenisNicoleKathleenThomasRobinSandraWelcome! :0)
View ArticleWelcome New Volunteers!
We would like to welcome two new volunteers, Geraldetta and Felicia!Thank you so much signing up to bring the Ancestors' names and lives back into the light!:0)
View ArticleThe Preservinators Reunite to Restore Ancestors
In October of 2009, officials in Sumter County, Florida proposed to relocate an historic African American cemetery in order to clear the way for an industrial park. A miraculous thing happened when...
View ArticleNew Volunteer Discoveries - Monday Sept 20
Check out these new documents YOU, our fab volunteers, have discovered!Sale of 93 Slaves and Kelvins Grove, The Oaks and Rathamay Plantations, Estate of of Alexander England, Colleton, SC, 1850 Indexed...
View ArticleThe Power of YOU: Volunteers Are Restoring 140 Years of Seamless African...
What's so special about SC Estate Inventories, 1732-1872, the new FREE Footnote Collection you can help index?This week we'll be talking about all the ways this collection is helping restore the...
View ArticleSC Estate Inventories: Restoring African American History in Burned Counties
[This is the second of a series of posts where we will take an in-depth look at the new FREE Footnote Collection SC Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872. Today we focus on how your hard work...
View ArticleStaying the Course, Keeping the Faith
Greetings Genfriends, Wonderful Volunteers,We are sure you must have a million questions in the wake of today's announcement that Ancestry.com will acquire iArchives, the parent company of...
View ArticleAmazing Volunteer Discovery: 4 Generations of Slaves on Motte and Broughton...
The estate inventory of Mary Motte of Berkeley, SC, taken in 1842, lists the names, family relationships, birth dates and occupations of 84 enslaved ancestors at Farm Plantation in Berkeley, SC. Three...
View ArticleThis Week's Volunteer Document Discoveries!
Here is a list of documents that YOU (!) our wonderful volunteers, discovered this week! Amazing discoveries just keep coming and all because of YOUR hard work! We cherish your contribution.You may...
View ArticleThank You to These Volunteers Who Finished Their 10!
We are so happy to thank the following volunteers who have finished their 10 and claimed their Ancestors Badges!Carol (@webduck on Twitter)Michael DaughertyRobin Foster (@savingstories on...
View ArticleVolunteer Discoveries, Week Ending Oct 15
Check out the amazing documents our volunteers discovered this week! Many, many thanks to you, our fabulous volunteers!Enslaved Ancestors on 4 Plantations of James McPherson, Beaufort, SC, 1834 Indexed...
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I Did 50 Badge
Introducing ... the I Did 50 Badge!Did you index 10 pages of SC Estate Inventories, then decide to stay and index more? We are so very grateful if you did, but until now we have not had a special way...
View ArticleWe Are Thankful for You
This Thanksgiving is very special, we have so much to be thankful for at Restore the Ancestors.Quite simply, we are thankful for YOU.For all of you who have come and made this project a success, 10...
View ArticlePieces of the Puzzle: Bills of Sale Open New Research Windows for Estate...
The new free Footnote collection SC Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale contains estate inventories which span the years 1732-1872. Through your generosity as volunteers, we have been working since...
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Happy Holidays from Restore the Ancestors!
To the wonderful volunteers who make the Restore the Ancestors project possible, we wish you very Happy Holidays! We'll be on a brief hiatus until the New Year. We will see you then.Thank you so much...
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