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August 20, 2009 Posted by admin in LCA Main Blog

Lowcountry Africana Welcomes Aisha Taylor as Coordinator of Florida Records

 
Lowcountry Africana Welcomes Aisha Taylor as Coordinator of Florida Records
 
 
      Lowcountry Africana, a free website dedicated to African American genealogy and history in the Lowcountry Southeast (SC, GA and FL) is pleased to welcome Aisha Taylor as Coordinator of Florida Records. In her new role at Lowcountry Africana, Aisha Taylor will coordinate the growth of the Florida document collection, share information on resources for Florida research, and offer insights on research methods to help keep your Florida genealogical research moving forward.
 
     She holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a masters degree in Educational Psychology: Applied Cognition and Development from the University of Georgia. She brings a deep knowledge of software and technology, social networking tools and instructional design to the Lowcountry Africana team.

     Aisha Taylor began her genealogical journey at the age of 15 after a family reunion in South Carolina. After wondering what the stories were behind the names on her family tree, she teamed with a teacher in her high school to establish a genealogy club. After discovering records for her family at the National Archives, she realized that genealogy could help people build a bridge to their past and inspire young African-Americans to achieve.

     Aisha's connection to the Lowcountry runs deep; she is descended from slaves in Orange County, South Carolina and Alachua County, Florida. She has established the Uncommon Roots blog and the Reddick-Benbow-Means family site to share her experience with others and preserve the history of her family.

 
     By day, an Instructional Designer/Developer, Aisha is committed to helping a younger generation embrace genealogy and become committed to learning about the past in order to ensure their future.
 
     She currently volunteers as an indexer for the FamilySearch Indexing Project and the Ancestry.com World Indexing Project. In addition, she works with the Alachua County US Ancient Records to transcribe and index the scanned documents. As part of her indexing efforts, Aisha is working to create an index of slaves mentioned in the Alachua County ancient records. She has also begun working with the Archer Historical Society to incorporate the history of the African-American families of Archer and to document the African-American family cemeteries in Alachua County.
 
     We are honored to welcome Aisha Taylor to the Lowcountry Africana team!
 
 
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August 13, 2009 Posted by admin in LCA Main Blog

Lowcountry Africana Welcomes Michael Hait as Coordinator of Resource Library

Lowcountry Africana Welcomes Michael Hait as Coordinator of Resource Library

Lowcountry Africana, a free website dedicated to African American genealogy and history in the Lowcountry Southeast (SC, GA and FL) is pleased to welcome Michael Hait as Coordinator of the Lowcountry Africana Resource Library. In his new role at Lowcountry Africana, Michael Hait will develop and grow the website's online library with helpful resources on how to conduct a successful ancestor search.        
 
Michael Hait is superbly qualified for his new role at Lowcountry Africana. He began tracing his own family tree at the age of nine, questioning his grandparents and great-grandparents to learn more, and has continued for over twenty years.  His family tree can be traced back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on some lines.

 
He is the creator of The Family History Research Toolkit CD-ROM, available from Genealogical Publishing Co., and has authored several articles for Family Chronicle magazine.  He also writes the African-American Genealogy Examiner column for Examiner.com, where he shares a wealth of information on genealogical methods, as well as in-depth advice on how to get the most from particular record sets. 
 
Michael is the Master Editor of a book on Civil War soldiers from the Albany (New York) "hilltowns", and is currently compiling information for a future book on slave families of Prince George's Co., Maryland.  Michael is also the administrator for the Genealogy Trails websites for Prince George's, Charles, and St. Mary's counties in southern Maryland.

Michael is a current member of the National Genealogical Society, the Association of Professional Genealogists (National Capital Area chapter), the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society, the Maryland Historical Society, the Maryland Genealogical Society, and the Prince George's Co. Genealogical Society.
 
Lowcountry Africana is honored to welcome Michael Hait. We look forward to his contributions and to the quality his depth of experience and expertise will add to the Lowcountry Africana team!    
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