@iaam-cfh.bsky.social
Save the Date
(Documentary Screening)
IAAM Theater, 14 Wharfside St, Charleston, SC 29401
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Event Time: 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Discover the courage that helped reshape America’s history...one battle, one brotherhood & one dream at a time.
#CivilWarHistory
(Documentary Screening)
IAAM Theater, 14 Wharfside St, Charleston, SC 29401
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Event Time: 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Discover the courage that helped reshape America’s history...one battle, one brotherhood & one dream at a time.
#CivilWarHistory
June 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Save the Date
(Documentary Screening)
IAAM Theater, 14 Wharfside St, Charleston, SC 29401
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Event Time: 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Discover the courage that helped reshape America’s history...one battle, one brotherhood & one dream at a time.
#CivilWarHistory
(Documentary Screening)
IAAM Theater, 14 Wharfside St, Charleston, SC 29401
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Event Time: 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Discover the courage that helped reshape America’s history...one battle, one brotherhood & one dream at a time.
#CivilWarHistory
African American genealogy isn’t impossible...
Don't ever believe the myth that African American ancestry is impossible. CFH's genealogists are here to help you break through your ancestral brick walls.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/CFHGenealogyHelp
#blackgenealogy #blackfamilyhistory
Don't ever believe the myth that African American ancestry is impossible. CFH's genealogists are here to help you break through your ancestral brick walls.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/CFHGenealogyHelp
#blackgenealogy #blackfamilyhistory
April 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
African American genealogy isn’t impossible...
Don't ever believe the myth that African American ancestry is impossible. CFH's genealogists are here to help you break through your ancestral brick walls.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/CFHGenealogyHelp
#blackgenealogy #blackfamilyhistory
Don't ever believe the myth that African American ancestry is impossible. CFH's genealogists are here to help you break through your ancestral brick walls.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/CFHGenealogyHelp
#blackgenealogy #blackfamilyhistory
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Brian Sheffey Director of the Family History Center @iaam-cfh.bsky.social speaks about Pierce #Butler of Carlow www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
ENSLAVEMENT-TO-CITIZENSHIP
Irish slaveholders in South Carolina 1670-1865 Harlston (Dublin), McKenna (Donegal) & Lynch (Monaghan) Martine Brennan M.A. (Ireland) 'DNA doesn't lie!' in The stained and bloodied cloths of Ireland.....
www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Brian Sheffey Director of the Family History Center @iaam-cfh.bsky.social speaks about Pierce #Butler of Carlow www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
Live episode link: tinyurl.com/CFHCivilRights
Tune in to our latest episode where we delve into the defining events and figures of the #CivilRightsMovement. Join our distinguished panelists as they reflect on the enduring legacy of resistance and its impact on today's pursuit of equality.
Tune in to our latest episode where we delve into the defining events and figures of the #CivilRightsMovement. Join our distinguished panelists as they reflect on the enduring legacy of resistance and its impact on today's pursuit of equality.
March 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Live episode link: tinyurl.com/CFHCivilRights
Tune in to our latest episode where we delve into the defining events and figures of the #CivilRightsMovement. Join our distinguished panelists as they reflect on the enduring legacy of resistance and its impact on today's pursuit of equality.
Tune in to our latest episode where we delve into the defining events and figures of the #CivilRightsMovement. Join our distinguished panelists as they reflect on the enduring legacy of resistance and its impact on today's pursuit of equality.
CFH Program Manager Jennifer Randall and Researcher Darius Brown hosted the first-ever IAAM History Scanning Day outside Charleston and South Carolina at the historic First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia.
#preservinghistory #archives
#preservinghistory #archives
March 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CFH Program Manager Jennifer Randall and Researcher Darius Brown hosted the first-ever IAAM History Scanning Day outside Charleston and South Carolina at the historic First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia.
#preservinghistory #archives
#preservinghistory #archives
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Brian Sheffey, Director of @iaam-cfh.bsky.social will be joining us on Mar 29 to speak on Pierce Butler of Carlow, Ireland, South Carolina, Georgia & Philadelphia. Grandfather of The Weeping Time. Register here www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Brian Sheffey, Director of @iaam-cfh.bsky.social will be joining us on Mar 29 to speak on Pierce Butler of Carlow, Ireland, South Carolina, Georgia & Philadelphia. Grandfather of The Weeping Time. Register here www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
Our Director, Brian Sheffey will share decades of research from a special group of people. They've researched the descendants & ancestors of the 440 people sold in Savannah, GA in 1859 by Pierce Mease Butler - to settle his gambling debts.
Registration: www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
Registration: www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our Director, Brian Sheffey will share decades of research from a special group of people. They've researched the descendants & ancestors of the 440 people sold in Savannah, GA in 1859 by Pierce Mease Butler - to settle his gambling debts.
Registration: www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
Registration: www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
Live link: tinyurl.com/CFHscdigital
Discover how the Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL) and the South Carolina Historical Society (SCHS) work together to provide unique access to invaluable records online and offline.
#archivists #historypreservation #genealogy #genealogyresearch #familyhistory
Discover how the Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL) and the South Carolina Historical Society (SCHS) work together to provide unique access to invaluable records online and offline.
#archivists #historypreservation #genealogy #genealogyresearch #familyhistory
March 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Live link: tinyurl.com/CFHscdigital
Discover how the Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL) and the South Carolina Historical Society (SCHS) work together to provide unique access to invaluable records online and offline.
#archivists #historypreservation #genealogy #genealogyresearch #familyhistory
Discover how the Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL) and the South Carolina Historical Society (SCHS) work together to provide unique access to invaluable records online and offline.
#archivists #historypreservation #genealogy #genealogyresearch #familyhistory
Reposted
Have a listen to Brian Sheffey @iaam-cfh.bsky.social speak about the people enslaved by Pierce Butler of Carlow, Ireland www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/videos.html#/ #ButlerIsland
Videos
Martine Brennan is the creator and curator of Enslavement to citizenship (@saytheirnamesir on Bluesky) an open-access digital public history project which is working to identify the names of...
www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Have a listen to Brian Sheffey @iaam-cfh.bsky.social speak about the people enslaved by Pierce Butler of Carlow, Ireland www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/videos.html#/ #ButlerIsland
We received some sad news this morning. Our first Centenarian Stories interviewee Mrs. Ercelle Chillus earned her wings.
The story of the night she was born was only surpassed by the journey her grandparents took in the 1870s.
Video: youtu.be/KSDQbMgI8x0
#centenarian #africanamericanhistory
The story of the night she was born was only surpassed by the journey her grandparents took in the 1870s.
Video: youtu.be/KSDQbMgI8x0
#centenarian #africanamericanhistory
February 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We received some sad news this morning. Our first Centenarian Stories interviewee Mrs. Ercelle Chillus earned her wings.
The story of the night she was born was only surpassed by the journey her grandparents took in the 1870s.
Video: youtu.be/KSDQbMgI8x0
#centenarian #africanamericanhistory
The story of the night she was born was only surpassed by the journey her grandparents took in the 1870s.
Video: youtu.be/KSDQbMgI8x0
#centenarian #africanamericanhistory
Join us today at 1 pm EST as we close out #blackhistorymonth with this episode about researching Free People of Color in the U.S.
Join us live at tinyurl.com/CFHfpoc
#genealogy #familyhistory #blackgenealogy #africanamericangenealogy #freepeopleofcolor #podcast
Join us live at tinyurl.com/CFHfpoc
#genealogy #familyhistory #blackgenealogy #africanamericangenealogy #freepeopleofcolor #podcast
February 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Join us today at 1 pm EST as we close out #blackhistorymonth with this episode about researching Free People of Color in the U.S.
Join us live at tinyurl.com/CFHfpoc
#genealogy #familyhistory #blackgenealogy #africanamericangenealogy #freepeopleofcolor #podcast
Join us live at tinyurl.com/CFHfpoc
#genealogy #familyhistory #blackgenealogy #africanamericangenealogy #freepeopleofcolor #podcast
CFH is excited about this conversation. Free People of Color genealogy has its own set of unique challenges. We're so pleased that Renate will join us to share her knowledge!
Live streaming link: youtube.com/live/qw54ECx...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #genealogyresearch
Live streaming link: youtube.com/live/qw54ECx...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #genealogyresearch
Genealogical Challenges and Strategies for Researching Free People of Color | Podcast
YouTube video by International African American Museum
youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
CFH is excited about this conversation. Free People of Color genealogy has its own set of unique challenges. We're so pleased that Renate will join us to share her knowledge!
Live streaming link: youtube.com/live/qw54ECx...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #genealogyresearch
Live streaming link: youtube.com/live/qw54ECx...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #genealogyresearch
There is a double dose of CFH goodness every Saturday during #BlackHistoryMonth. This year, our Feb. podcast episodes feature Free Blacks of the U.S. - peeling back the layers of their oppression, triumphs & their collective legacy. Live link for February 1st at 1 pm EST: youtube.com/live/qw54ECx...
Genealogical Challenges and Strategies for Researching Free People of Color | Podcast
YouTube video by International African American Museum
youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There is a double dose of CFH goodness every Saturday during #BlackHistoryMonth. This year, our Feb. podcast episodes feature Free Blacks of the U.S. - peeling back the layers of their oppression, triumphs & their collective legacy. Live link for February 1st at 1 pm EST: youtube.com/live/qw54ECx...
We can't wait to see you at our inaugural IAAM History film night on Sat, Feb 1st! This award-winning documentary is the perfect way for us to kick off our #BlackHistoryMonth programming.
A limited number of tickets are available via tinyurl.com/CFH1619Angolans
youtube.com/shorts/qM4y6...
A limited number of tickets are available via tinyurl.com/CFH1619Angolans
youtube.com/shorts/qM4y6...
2025 | Film Screening: Arrival of the 1st Africans in English America #blackhistorymonth
YouTube video by International African American Museum
youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We can't wait to see you at our inaugural IAAM History film night on Sat, Feb 1st! This award-winning documentary is the perfect way for us to kick off our #BlackHistoryMonth programming.
A limited number of tickets are available via tinyurl.com/CFH1619Angolans
youtube.com/shorts/qM4y6...
A limited number of tickets are available via tinyurl.com/CFH1619Angolans
youtube.com/shorts/qM4y6...
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"A letter home" Documentary about a new archive at the University of Galway preserving the letters of thousands of emigrants going back hundreds of years. (repeat broadcast) www.rte.ie/radio/radio/... "With the help of God and the White Star line, we'll be reunited soon" #Genealogy
RTÉ Radio 1
Ireland's Number One. News, arts, drama, music, documentary and debate on 88-90FM, LW252, online, digital radio, satellite, iOS and Android.
www.rte.ie
January 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"A letter home" Documentary about a new archive at the University of Galway preserving the letters of thousands of emigrants going back hundreds of years. (repeat broadcast) www.rte.ie/radio/radio/... "With the help of God and the White Star line, we'll be reunited soon" #Genealogy
Reposted
Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
January 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
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If you like #maps and #FamilyHistory, then you're in luck!
Delighted to see Part 1 of my Mapping article in this month's Family Tree @familytreeplus.bsky.social - we're off to Lancs with my Ancestral Walks and Concentric Survey methods.
Give these a whirl and let me know how you get on! #genealogy
Delighted to see Part 1 of my Mapping article in this month's Family Tree @familytreeplus.bsky.social - we're off to Lancs with my Ancestral Walks and Concentric Survey methods.
Give these a whirl and let me know how you get on! #genealogy
January 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you like #maps and #FamilyHistory, then you're in luck!
Delighted to see Part 1 of my Mapping article in this month's Family Tree @familytreeplus.bsky.social - we're off to Lancs with my Ancestral Walks and Concentric Survey methods.
Give these a whirl and let me know how you get on! #genealogy
Delighted to see Part 1 of my Mapping article in this month's Family Tree @familytreeplus.bsky.social - we're off to Lancs with my Ancestral Walks and Concentric Survey methods.
Give these a whirl and let me know how you get on! #genealogy
On demand link: youtube.com/live/ebheY6H...
We delved into the rich history & mission of the Black Loyalist Heritage Center in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. This episode provides a deeper understanding of an important, yet often overlooked, chapter in North American history. #BlackHistory
We delved into the rich history & mission of the Black Loyalist Heritage Center in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. This episode provides a deeper understanding of an important, yet often overlooked, chapter in North American history. #BlackHistory
January 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
On demand link: youtube.com/live/ebheY6H...
We delved into the rich history & mission of the Black Loyalist Heritage Center in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. This episode provides a deeper understanding of an important, yet often overlooked, chapter in North American history. #BlackHistory
We delved into the rich history & mission of the Black Loyalist Heritage Center in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. This episode provides a deeper understanding of an important, yet often overlooked, chapter in North American history. #BlackHistory
Curious about CFH - who we are, what we do & our resources? This video was made with you in mind!
The Center for Family History overview begins at 00:25:30.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDW...
#museumlife #genealogyresearch #familyhistory #findyourstories #tellyourstories
The Center for Family History overview begins at 00:25:30.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDW...
#museumlife #genealogyresearch #familyhistory #findyourstories #tellyourstories
A Virtual Tour of the International African American Museum and the Center for Family History
YouTube video by International African American Museum
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Curious about CFH - who we are, what we do & our resources? This video was made with you in mind!
The Center for Family History overview begins at 00:25:30.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDW...
#museumlife #genealogyresearch #familyhistory #findyourstories #tellyourstories
The Center for Family History overview begins at 00:25:30.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDW...
#museumlife #genealogyresearch #familyhistory #findyourstories #tellyourstories
As of today, 3K+ International African American Museum (Charleston, SC) visitors have recorded their oral #AfricanAmerican family histories in our Story Booth studio in the Center for Family History!
The individual stories are typically overlooked by academics & historians
The individual stories are typically overlooked by academics & historians
December 11, 2024 at 6:09 PM
As of today, 3K+ International African American Museum (Charleston, SC) visitors have recorded their oral #AfricanAmerican family histories in our Story Booth studio in the Center for Family History!
The individual stories are typically overlooked by academics & historians
The individual stories are typically overlooked by academics & historians
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Samuel Irwin of #AntrimIreland & #AbbevilleSC named Kiza & her children Tilda & Mary Elizabeth
Little Bet & her children , Charlotte, Emma, Laura, Jane, Anna, Henry, Margaret
Polly & her daughters Allsy, Louisa, Froney & her son Israel in 1852 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-amer...
Little Bet & her children , Charlotte, Emma, Laura, Jane, Anna, Henry, Margaret
Polly & her daughters Allsy, Louisa, Froney & her son Israel in 1852 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-amer...
Samuel Irwin of Antrim, Ireland & Abbeville, South Carolina
, Samuel Irwin was reputedly born in Antrim, Ireland about 1780 and died in Abbeville, South Carolina about 1859. In 1850 he was living in Saluda Regiment, Abbeville with his wife Elizabeth, his...
www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Samuel Irwin of #AntrimIreland & #AbbevilleSC named Kiza & her children Tilda & Mary Elizabeth
Little Bet & her children , Charlotte, Emma, Laura, Jane, Anna, Henry, Margaret
Polly & her daughters Allsy, Louisa, Froney & her son Israel in 1852 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-amer...
Little Bet & her children , Charlotte, Emma, Laura, Jane, Anna, Henry, Margaret
Polly & her daughters Allsy, Louisa, Froney & her son Israel in 1852 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-amer...
New Edition to our Archive | Record Link: iaamcfh.omeka.net/s/IAAM_CFH/i...
Plantation Records of Frierson & Seabrook Estates (#ClarendonCounty & #SumterCounty #SouthCarolina).
The pages included in this document are the plantation records of the Frierson Estates, 1835-1865
#digitalarchives
Plantation Records of Frierson & Seabrook Estates (#ClarendonCounty & #SumterCounty #SouthCarolina).
The pages included in this document are the plantation records of the Frierson Estates, 1835-1865
#digitalarchives
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM
New Edition to our Archive | Record Link: iaamcfh.omeka.net/s/IAAM_CFH/i...
Plantation Records of Frierson & Seabrook Estates (#ClarendonCounty & #SumterCounty #SouthCarolina).
The pages included in this document are the plantation records of the Frierson Estates, 1835-1865
#digitalarchives
Plantation Records of Frierson & Seabrook Estates (#ClarendonCounty & #SumterCounty #SouthCarolina).
The pages included in this document are the plantation records of the Frierson Estates, 1835-1865
#digitalarchives
African American Centenarian Stories: Mrs. Beatrice Myers Givens (100 years old | Educator & Community Leader)
Video link: tinyurl.com/CFHGivens
#oralhistory #oralhistoryproject #centenarian #africanamericanhistory #africanamericanhistorymuseum #preservinghistory #blackhistory
Video link: tinyurl.com/CFHGivens
#oralhistory #oralhistoryproject #centenarian #africanamericanhistory #africanamericanhistorymuseum #preservinghistory #blackhistory
December 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM
African American Centenarian Stories: Mrs. Beatrice Myers Givens (100 years old | Educator & Community Leader)
Video link: tinyurl.com/CFHGivens
#oralhistory #oralhistoryproject #centenarian #africanamericanhistory #africanamericanhistorymuseum #preservinghistory #blackhistory
Video link: tinyurl.com/CFHGivens
#oralhistory #oralhistoryproject #centenarian #africanamericanhistory #africanamericanhistorymuseum #preservinghistory #blackhistory
The International African American Museum presents Unsettled Things: Art from an #AfricanAmerican South, Dec 7, 2024 – May 4, 2025
This compelling exhibition features 44 works by 28 African American artists, many of whom have been marginalized under labels like "folk," "self-taught," or "outsider."
This compelling exhibition features 44 works by 28 African American artists, many of whom have been marginalized under labels like "folk," "self-taught," or "outsider."
December 3, 2024 at 9:09 PM
The International African American Museum presents Unsettled Things: Art from an #AfricanAmerican South, Dec 7, 2024 – May 4, 2025
This compelling exhibition features 44 works by 28 African American artists, many of whom have been marginalized under labels like "folk," "self-taught," or "outsider."
This compelling exhibition features 44 works by 28 African American artists, many of whom have been marginalized under labels like "folk," "self-taught," or "outsider."