I need help please and thank u,im too young for a credit card so i cant find alot of info on ancestry.com.....

Question

I'm now searching for my maternal great great grandmother and grandfather.My great great grandfather name was Jessie Jeffers who born around 1837 in South Carolina.His wife name was Rebecca Jeffers born in 1874 (she was maybe his second wife).

Their children:

Sammie b.1897

Rebecca b.1903

Henry b.1901

Essie b.1890

Jessie Jeffers was also mulatto.Can someone help me find his parents.(And their last name will also be written as Jefferson)And thank you!

Answer 1

What I found:

I looked in every census from 1860 forward to 1930.  I could only find them listed once in the census of 1910.  

U.S. Census of 1910 for Richland County, Center, South Carolina.

Jessie Jefferson, age 73, b. about 1837 in SC

Occupation:  Farmer

Wife:  Rebecca, age 36, born in SC (I don't think they transcribed her age correctly - this census also says that she and Jessie had been married for 31 year in 1910 - well there's no way that she got married at age 5.   In taking a really close look at the census takers handwriting, I think her age was actually 56 in 1910 which means that she was born in 1854.)

It show that she had a total of 14 children but only 8 survived.

The children that were still at home were:

Essie, age 20

Sammie, age 13

Henry, age 9

Rebecca, age 7

All the children were born in South Carolina.

Sorry I couldn't find anything more.

Answer 2

go to usgenweb.com and locate South Carolina.  You may find some transcribed records and if not, usually there are volunteers to look up the info for you.

familysearch.org is another good free site

Answer 3

Thank heavens you are too young for credit cards, don't EVER get one!!!  As far as ancestry goes, it is not the be all end all of genealogy research on the internet.  Yes they do have a lot of records all in one spot and they are easy to search. BUT, if you are dedicated to finding information on the internet, you need to become a detective and hunt for good web sites with information.  Then you might actually find that you can send a money order for records.  There are some very good free sites out there, the first is http://www.familysearch.org.  This is the LDS web site and they have a lot of free information.  The other thing you can do is go to the local LDS family history center. Ought to be listed in your local phone book.  You do not have to be LDS to go and use the information.  You can use their computer for researching and for a small fee you can order microfich.  This is actually the way most genealogy was done just a few years back, in the stone age before computers!  The other thing you can do is find some search engines and start sending out querries.  if you are using Google, you might try combinations like "Jessie Jeffers" South Carolina 1837.  The " " means the search engines will look for those words in that combination.  You will also want to search "Jeffers, Jessie" etc. Lots of ways to search with the information you have.  There are also a lot of other free web sites that offer good information.  Rootsweb has a free surname forum. You could post your query there and see if anyone else is doing research on the same names.  

I have a pretty good list of web sites that offer free genealogy information on my club index page http://www.genzoli.com/cgc/newindex2a.ht...

And when you get to a point that calls for someone to actually go and look at a newspaper for an obit or birth announcement, you can always tag RAGK, (Random acts of genealogy kindness) There are millions of wonderful people out there who will do a look up for you without cost.

Now go out there and HUNT!

Genzoli

founder California Genealogy Club

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/california...

Answer 4

The Church of the Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, are heavy into geneology. You can go to one of their facilities and use their computers. They have memberships to virtually all geneological resources and let you use them for free at their facilities. Google "Mormon geneology resources" and your city to find out where you can go.

There is almost certainly some place near your home.

Answer 5

I did some searchs and nothing pulls up. Are you sure he was born in 1837? then that would mean that his wife was born when he was 37 years of age. Also do you have a death date? if so then you maybe able to pull the death records.

Try www.familysearch.org