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Newer stories | Older stories Wevonneda Minis
Latest South Carolina HeadlinesLatest HeadlinesGenealogical workshop setMonday, June 29, 2009
Whether you need to know more about South Carolina land records to dig up information on your ancestors, Geographic Information Systems to map their movements or some other genealogical topic, the South Carolina Genealogical Society's workshop could be for you. Read story. Word meaning key in searchMonday, June 22, 2009
In genealogy, words and terms not typically used by the general population are encountered all of the time. When they are, it's important for genealogists to be sure they understand their meaning. Misunderstandings can cause complicated research problems that extend far into the future. Th... Read story. Church records hold lots of dataMonday, June 15, 2009
It was a search for the church that some of my ancestors attended that prompted me to examine the records of a religious congregation during the mid-1990s. While the investigation did not provide any information on my family, that first experience with researching church records, mostly the minute books, taught me to hold them in very high regard. Read story. Mentor teens who dig for historyMonday, June 8, 2009
It's clear the definition of a genealogist does not necessarily include the words senior citizen. The average age of the family historian has gotten younger and younger over the past couple of decades. Read story. Search engine for genealogistsMonday, June 1, 2009
So many Internet genealogy sites and not enough time to sort through them all? That's true for genealogists seeking electronic images of documents containing vital information about their ancestors. And it's true for those seeking an archive with a collection of documents that deals with life in an ancestral community. Read story. Genealogists to gather here in 2011Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Who would have thought? Earlier this year, I wrote a column noting that it would be exceptionally convenient for Charleston genealogists to attend the National Genealogical Society's 2009 conference. The conference took place in mid-May in Raleigh, and I didn't think there would be a better opportunity for local family historians to attend an NGS conference in the near future. Read story. Course an intense learning experienceTuesday, May 19, 2009
Do you recall the February column on taking the opportunity to reflect and recharge at a genealogical institute? It's the one where I suggested that a weeklong immersion course in genealogy made more economic sense than a Caribbean vacation and could be just as much fun. Read story. Records breach walls of family historyTuesday, May 12, 2009
In the not-too-distant past, family historians spent a good deal of time exchanging harmless hearsay about new sources of information that soon could be made available. Read story. Think like a detective in researchTuesday, May 5, 2009
Have you arrived a point where it seems you've researched every source of genealogical information about some ancestors? Does it seem that sources for researching them dried up just as you were beginning to understand who they were? Read story. Testing talents keeps genealogists on toesTuesday, April 28, 2009
Genealogists should occasionally test their knowledge of those little things that make a big difference in how their research turns out. Knowing the answers to situations such as those below will help to ensure that their genealogical conclusions are solid. Read story. Hunting ancestors on a shoestringTuesday, April 21, 2009
Looks like that genealogical research trip to a faraway destination will have be postponed again this year. Trips that make sense from a research perspective and those that make sense from a financial perspective are often different. So an opportunity to get creative about an ancestral hunt has presented itself. Read story. Black sheep ancestors worth the searchTuesday, April 14, 2009
There are no firm figures when it comes to the number of family historians who qualify for membership in the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists. But given the likelihood that every family harbors some secret or keeps company with denial, that number probably is pretty high. Read story. Local histories valuable sourcesTuesday, April 7, 2009
You spent hours wading through one set of records Monday. Then you spent all day wading through another set Tuesday. You know that Wednesday won't be too different because you've done this dreadful dance before. Read story. Volunteer genealogists are neededTuesday, March 31, 2009
Genealogists are noticing that hours and staffs are being cut at some of their favorite haunts as major economic woes continue. One prominent sign of the times is the state's elimination of the S.C. Department of Archives and History's Saturday hours. Family historians can't change ... Read story. Magazine highlights Charleston connection to bronze castTuesday, March 24, 2009
Charleston's connection to the Statue of Freedom, which stands on top of the U.S. Capitol Dome, will be highlighted when a story about the man who played an essential role in its completion is published in the May/June issue of "Ancestry," a genealogy magazine. Philip Reid, once a Charleston slave, figured out how to perform the delicate job of separating the plaster model of Freedom and supervised casting its sections in bronze. A number of recent articles on the role of blacks in building the Capitol mention Reid. Read story. Newer stories | Older stories |
Wevonneda Minis writes genealogy columns and lifestyle features. She has 15 years of experience researching family history in the United States, Republic of Guinea, England, Scotland and the Bahamas. She teaches workshops for the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and serves on a Lowcountry database initiative to make 18th and 19th century records about African Americans more accessible. In addition, she is a member of the National Genealogical Society, South Carolina Genealogical Society and South Carolina Historical Society. She graduated from Regis College in Weston, Mass. and formerly covered environmental policy in Washington, D.C.