The Lincolnville Preservation & Historical Society in partnership with The International African American Museum (IAAM) is excited to invite families who lived in Lincolnville between 1832 and 1970 for an exciting opportunity on:

Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 10 AM – 4:00 PM

Ebenezer AME Church, 124 E. Pinckney Street, Lincolnville, SC

If your family’s roots run deep in Lincolnville or your ancestors helped shape our town’s journey, your voice belongs in the historical records of the ages. 

Deposit your family’s history, memories, and legacy into the Digital Archives of the International African American Museums where generations to come will find you and your family’s stories and artifacts. 

Register Your Family to Participate in this Extraordinary Community Event. 

Please register your family’s participation at www.Lincolnvillesc.org.

Registration is Free. You Must Register! 

We invite your family to give an oral interview to the staff of IAAM and to bring documents detailing the lives and history of people and places in Historic Lincolnville. The staff of IAAM will digitalize and help you preserve your family documents (up to 10 items per person). 

Bring your family’s: 

• Church Obituaries 
• Funeral Programs
• Birth Records 
• Delayed Birth Records
• Marriage Records
• Death Records
• Military Records: Revolutionary War (1775) through Dessert Storm (1991).
• Family Bibles
• Enslavement Period Documents
• Pre-1070 Family, Neighborhood & Business Photos
• School and Sport Photos

*Please bring a USB Drive for your files. 

More Weekend Activities

Friday, May 29, 2026

Ancestral Celebration/Cemetery Clean-up of Family Headstones

Bible Sojourn Cemetery 

Headstone Cleaning Agents Will Be Provided

Saturday, May 30, 2026

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Genealogy Workshop by Darius Brown, Research Assistant, IAAM 

Ebenezer AME Church

Register

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM 

Professional Family Portraits 

Bishop Richard Harvey Cain Community Garden.

Register

1:00 PM – 6:00PM           

Lincolnville HomeTown Festival

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Music, Food, Vendors, Kids Corner!

Vendor Registration

lincolnvillesc.org

PLEASE SHARE THIS INVITATION WITH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NO LONGER LIVE IN LINCOLNVILLE.

REGISTER TODAY

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

info@linocolnvillesc.org

Why It Matters: Your Story is Part of Lincolnville’s Soul.

We’re Preserving it for Generations to Come.