Elizabeth Laney

Elizabeth Laney is a professional historian and genealogist who has honed her skills in historical research and public speaking at historical sites and museums throughout South Carolina including the Colleton Museum, Drayton Hall Plantation, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site and, finally, Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site in Beech Island, SC where she spent 11 years as the Park Interpreter. She specializes in African American History and the Reconstruction Era, particularly in the State of South Carolina, as well as community and local histories, the histories of marginalized groups, state tourism history and the methods and practice of genealogy.

Laney holds Bachelor Degrees in Anthropology and History as well as Master’s Degrees in History and Museum Studies. She has been published in Ancestry Magazine, the Journal of the SC Historical Association and the Journal of the GA Association of Historians. She is the curator of “Shaking the Jug: The Tuskegee Airmen at Walterboro Army Air Field” at the Colleton Museum in Walterboro, SC and is the founder of the Walterboro, SC History Notes Facebook page, a site dedicated to sharing historical research and resources related to Walterboro and Colleton County. She is a prevalent public speaker with experience speaking to groups of all ages and in a variety of settings.