Schedule
South Carolina Genealogical Society
Virtual 53rd Annual Summer Workshop
Live via Zoom
Friday, July 17, 2026
9:00am – 9:30am
Auditorium
Welcome and Announcements
Mike Becknell – SCGS President
Shelby Hart Lollis – SCGS 1st Vice President; Workshop Chair
Dr. Eric Emerson, Director SCDAH
9:30am – 10:30am
Auditorium
Mark Lowe
Title: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: Using South Carolina Records to Reconstruct Lives in Revolutionary America
11:00am – 12:00pm
Auditorium
Mark Lowe
Title: Finding Your Landless Ancestor
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Auditorium
Dr. David Dangerfield
Title: Liberty and Its Limits: Free People of Color, the American Revolution and South Carolina
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Auditorium
Cheri Hudson Passey
Title: Ask AI: 5 Questions to Unlock Your Records
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Auditorium
Mike Becknell
Title: Real Estate Papers: An Overlooked Resource for Genealogists
*All sessions are Eastern Daylight Time* Link to convert your time to EDT:
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/
Saturday, July 18, 2026
9:00am – 9:30am
Auditorium
Welcome and Announcements
Mike Becknell – SCGS President
Shelby Hart Lollis – SCGS 1st Vice President; Workshop Chair
Patrick McCawley, Deputy Director, SCDAH
9:30am – 10:30am
Auditorium
Mark Lowe
Title: Baptist, Methodist and Other Related Publications
11:00am – 12:00pm
Auditorium
Mark Lowe
Title: Farmer, Rancher or Sharecropper: Shaping a Profile for Your Rural Ancestor
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Auditorium
Larry W. Thomas
Title: Building a Lineage Society Proof Argument
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Auditorium
Larry W. Thomas
Title: South Carolina @ 250: Researching Revolutionary War Ancestors
Thank you for coming!
See you in 2027!
*All sessions are Eastern Daylight Time* Link to convert your time to EDT:
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/