Category: News and Notes
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Update on research and books 2018
It has been some time since Cheves and I have updated this website and reached out to those of you who share our interest in early SC history. The six years of research and writing French Santee followed by several years of book talks and signings plum wore us out! The response to French Santee by families…
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French Santee and our newest work 2018
Our newest book French Santee is almost sold out and we are considering a reprint. Presently we are at work on abstracting one of the early volumes of South Carolina records, The Records of the Register of the Province 1682-1690. This book was badly damaged by mold before SC Archives and History preserved it, making it…
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Fall Book Signings
After a summer off, Cheves and I will be speakers at several events this fall that are open to the general public. The first is to be held on Friday, October 16 at 7 pm at the McClellanville Arts Council. This evening program will kick off a weekend of events by the Arts Council exploring…
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Book Signing October 17, 2015
October 17 is the beginning of a big weekend in Georgetown, SC when they host their annual Wooden Boat Show. There are many beautiful boats to see and competitions and races. Cheves and I will be there as well, at Waterfront Books on Saturday, October 17 from 11 AM ’til 1 PM to sign copies of our new…
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French Santee, A Huguenot Settlement in Colonial South Carolina
French Santee, A Huguenot Settlement in Colonial South Carolina is in local bookstores and the response from our readers to all those years of research is gratifying! We thank you for your kind calls, emails and notes. We are pleased that we have provided so many of you with “a vivid image of our ancestors’…
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Update on French Santee for Genealogists
Our new book French Santee has proven to be very popular with family genealogists. Accessing the little used land records and Proprietary Period records of South Carolina, in addition to research in France, we have provided new genealogical information and links between families. For those wondering if their family is in the book, I am adding the list of the 104…
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French Santee, A Huguenot Settlement in Colonial South Carolina Published
At the end of the 17th century, driven by the terrible persecution in France, thousands of Huguenots fled their country in search of religious freedom. A large number found what they sought in the fledgling colony of (South) Carolina in the new world. Here these noblemen, craftsmen and artisans took up axes and guns and…
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Genealogical Research in France
This past spring, we spent two weeks in France searching for Huguenot ancestors and the places they lived. We began in Paris at the Societe de l’Histoire du Protestantisme Francais where the staff was very helpful – they have collected many records from the small villages and towns in France and are well worth a…
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New Ways to Research Colonial South Carolina History!
For those of you who do not know, there is a wonderful website called British History Online which contains a wealth of information about colonial South Carolina, as well as the other colonies and islands which were part of the British Empire. We have really enjoyed working our way through it – part of the…
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Colonial South Carolina Genealogy
Every now and then a little nugget of gold turns up in the genealogical searches that we all do. This one is for all of the William Pope of Hilton Head and Port Royal, the Smith family of Port Royal, South Carolina and the Samuel Green of Hilton Head, South Carolina descendants. I stumbled across the entry…