Today is the first day of the month. That is a good time to back up your genealogy files. Then test your backups! Your backups aren’t worth much unless you make a quick test by restoring a small file or two after the backup is completed. Actually, you can make backups at any time. However, …
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Over 10 Years of Perquimans Weekly Issues Added to DigitalNC
Thanks to our partners, Perquimans County Library and Pettigrew Regional Library, as well as funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), a massive batch of The Perquimans Weekly adds 10+ years worth of issues to DigitalNC! This batch expands our current holdings to include the years: 1989 to 1992 and 2010 to 2020. Commemorating the migration of Quakers from Perquimans …
Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories
In many ways, the overgrown cemetery on a South Carolina rice plantation where my paternal ancestors are buried is emblematic of Black history itself. On my first visit in 2013, I went in search of the Fields family graves. There I found many unmarked graves, some of them nothing more than sunken depressions, as far …