African American SIG

Facilitators:  Janice Sellers

Email: african_american@gfo.org

Meeting Schedule:  3rd Saturday of the month, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (PT)

Register / Join:

• Meeting Registration (Jan 18, 2025)
  - Finding Slave and African Ancestors from Censuses, World Maps, and Slavery Court Cases
• Meeting Registration (Feb 15, 2025)
  - Discover Probable Family Branches through Cluster Research
• Meeting Registration (Mar 15, 2025)
  - Getting Family History Information through the Back Door
• Meeting Registration (Apr 19, 2025)
  - Africa in my Family Tree: Black African Ancestors in Puerto Rico
• Meeting Registration (May 17, 2025)
   - The 1950 Census: One Year (or more) Later
• Meeting Registration (No meeting in June so you can celebrate Juneteenth)
• Meeting Registration (Jul 19, 2025)
   - Social and Civic Clubs: Discovering Your Ancestors' Community Involvement
• Meeting Registration (Aug 16, 2025)
   - Connecting the Past and Present: Exploring the Formation of the Slave Legacy History Coalition
• Meeting Registration (Sep 20, 2025)
   - Hidden in the News: Preserving Black American Family Stories through Newspaper Indexing
• Meeting Registration (Oct 18, 2025)
    - Historical Records of the American Colonization Society, with Sandra Schaad
• Meeting Registration (Nov 15, 2025)
   - Uncovering Heritage through the Periodical Source Index (PERSI)

Handouts:

• Apr 16, 2022 - Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collaboration - Valorie Zimmerman

Recordings:

• Feb 19, 2022 - Blogging Your Family History - Craig Siulinski, M.S. Ed. (available for viewing by our members within MemberSpace)
• Mar 19, 2022 - The Community That Love Built - Richard E. Hunter, Sr.
• Mar 18, 2023 - Online Resources for Black American Genealogy Research - Janice Sellers (available for viewing by our members within MemberSpace)