TIGR Course 2 – “Building Communities Across the South”

TIGR 2025 Coordinator: J. Mark Lowe, FUGA

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Format: Virtual, pre-recorded lectures. Daily, live Q&A.

Maximum Registrants:  40

Description:
Early families found their way into prime lands seeking opportunities and freedom. These citizens included merchants, blacksmiths, preachers, traders, craftsmen, speculators, hunters, and farmers. Early pioneers and settlers were a diverse group with family members across the country. How did their need for essential supplies inspire movement and continued migration?  We will focus on the development of communities throughout the South prior to 1850 but will include some later records that will help shed light on the early settlements.

Additional Information:

Theme Song: Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get? (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
Sessions will be pre-recorded. There will be a live virtual Daily Review/Homework/Discussion/Q&A every day. You are free to watch the sessions at any time. Faculty will be available for Q&A during the week.

Faculty:

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA, Coordinator
Cheri Daniels, MSLS
David Kirkpatrick
Gail Jackson Miller, CG®
Ari Wilkins, FTxSGS

Schedule Course 2 – “Building Communities Across the South”

Start Time (Central Time)	Topic	Instructor
Monday, June 16, 2025
9:30 AM	Welcome	Lowe
10:00 AM	People, Land, and Organization – The Beginnings	Lowe
11:30 AM	Reconstructing Communities with Census Records, City Directories, and Sanborn maps	Wilkins
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Researching Rural Communities	Wilkins
3:00 PM	Following Founders: Research in Kentucky before 1850	Kirkpatrick
4:30 PM	Finding Ties of African American Communities in Quaker Records	Wilkins
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
9:30 AM	Daily Review/Homework/Discussion/Q&A	Lowe
10:00 AM	Blacksmithing, Lead, Market Goods, and Needed Basics	Lowe
11:30 AM	Southern Agriculture: Grist Mills, Livestock, Grain, and Cash Crops	Lowe
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Taxes – The Person, The Family, The Community	Miller
3:00 PM	Using Tax Lists to Answer Questions	Miller
4:30 PM
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review/Q&A	Lowe
10:00 AM	Land Grants, Bounty Land and Speculation	Lowe
11:30 AM	Deeds, Mortgages and Leases	Lowe
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Case Studies in Using Tax Lists Effectively with Other Records	Miller
3:00 PM	Post Office, Post Roads, and Free Home Delivery	Lowe
4:30 PM
Thursday, June 19, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review/Q&A	Lowe
10:00 AM	The War of 1812 in the West: From Fort Detroit to New Orleans	Kirkpatrick
11:30 AM	The War of 1812 in the West: From Fort Detroit to New Orleans – Part 2	Kirkpatrick
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Researching with the Draper Manuscripts: Organization, Access, Assessment, and Reliability	Daniels
3:00 PM	Tracing Ancestors through the Draper Trail: Migration, Communities, Settlements, and Family Connections	Daniels
4:30 PM
Friday, June 20, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review/Q&A	Lowe
10:00 AM	Southern Historical Collection – Finding Aids and Access	Wilkins
11:30 AM	Southern Historical Collection – Analysis and Problem Solving	Wilkins
11:30 am	Tying it All Together Graduation	Lowe

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