Dear cousins, A year or so ago, I posted information about the excellent results I got from using ESCN Database Reports (ESCN = Early South Carolina Newspapers) when I was searching for the FILYAW surname. It occurs to me that some of the newcomers to the lists may not know about this company. You can go to the website for a full description of its service, AND you can check its searchable surname index for names of interest. I thought the fee was most reasonable; it is explained at the website, which is http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports Here is the latest update from the company, which I'll cut and paste so that you don't get all those << things. Alma Roark Johnson [email protected] Subj: ESCN Informational Update Date: Wed, Apr 15, 1998 11:30 AM EDT From: [email protected] This is an informational update from ESCN Database Reports, publishers of quick reference indexes to the early South Carolina newspapers. RESEARCH ON SCG YEAR 1760 NOW COMPLETE We have now completed research on year 1760 of the South Carolina Gazette newspaper and this new year of data has been added to our main database. With the addition of year 1760, there are now over 155,000 records in the ESCN Database, providing newspaper publication references for over 7,400 surnames. ESCN DATABASE REPORTS WEB SITE NOW UPDATED To reflect the addition of this new year of data, we have updated our web site accordingly. Visitors will find a newly revised Listing of Surnames available there for online review or download. Our web site URL is: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports Please stop by for a visit! SPRING CLEANING COUPON EXPIRING SOON While you're our web site, you might want to take advantage of the special Spring Cleaning Coupon that is available there. A link to the coupon is found on our main introduction page. The coupon may be applied to the cost of a surname search with us, but the coupon expires on May 1, 1998, so there's not much time left! Simply print the coupon while at our site, enclose it with your search request, and then take $2 OFF of the search fees due for your search! THE NOVA SCOTIA - SOUTH CAROLINA BLACK GENEALOGICAL CONNECTION Would you believe there is a strong black genealogical connection between Nova Scotia and South Carolina? It sounds pretty far fetched, doesn't it? Well, believe it or not... it's true! Nova Scotia currently has a large population of black families whose roots can be traced back directly to colonial South Carolina. Pretty amazing, isn't it? You might be wondering how this could happen. Well, it's pretty simple actually. During the years surrounding the American Revolution, a large number of blacks (some free, many still enslaved) eventually emigrated to Nova Scotia from South Carolina via New York, courtesy of the British Army. Many of those still enslaved were simply accompanying their Loyalist owners who had previously been plantation owners in provincial South Carolina. Others had been captured by the British Army or had been purchased by officers of the same. A large number of these blacks eventually ended up in Nova Scotia. So now, there is a large population of black families living in Nova Scotia who can trace their roots directly back to colonial South Carolina. Rather interesting, isn't it? As a matter of fact, the Nova Scotia Museum is involved in a major research project on the subject and utilizes our Surname Search Service from time to time to help research many of the former slave holder families in the early South Carolina newspapers. Their research project on this subject has been going on for some time now and obviously involves many, many, many hours of labor intensive research. It's quite an impressive project and obviously very valuable. Take a look at what they've done so far... we think you'll find it interesting! Their web site is entitled Nova Scotia Black Cultural History and their web site URL is: http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum/arch/blkdata.htm Check it out! THAT'S ALL FOR NOW Well, that's all for now folks! Time for us to get back to the microfilm readers. Hope you all have a GREAT SPRING! BEST REGARDS, ESCN DATABASE REPORTS http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports email: [email protected]