BAAGSG CLASS SCHEDULE - 2008

Member spot light each month

Each month there will be a discussion on the book,

Before the Mayflower

by author & historian Jerome Bennett. Come prepared for the discussion on this classic.

 

February 9, 2008

Black Heritage Genealogy Fair

Third Floor Auditorium Linn-Henley Library

11:00a.m. – 3:00p.m.

March 9, 2008

· Introduction to Researching Your Family’s History

· Sources: Start with yourself.

· Interviews with family members and longtime family friends.

· United States Census Records. State of Alabama Census Records of 1866.

· Church Records. United States Slave Records. Draft

· Registration Records. Birth and Death Register. United States Land Grant Records. Marriage Records. Tax Records.

· Family Documents. Local, State, and Federal Prison Records.

April 13, 2008

Sources and resources that can be used if researching your family history

May 18, 2008

Analyzing, the U.S. Census of colored population, of 1886 in the search for your ancestors.

TRIP: To Alabama Archives/Tour Alabama Town (TBA)

June 8, 2008

Developing an approach to suspected descendants, to discuss possible family ties.

July 13, 2008

Communicating with relatives of an opposite race to discuss possible family ties.

August 10, 2008

• Analyzing Slave census in an attempt to identify ancestors
• Use of historical maps in locating areas where ancestors were held as slaves.

September 14, 2008

Selecting source and resources, that are best for securing information that you need.

October -2008

Field Trip to be announced.

November 9, 2008

“Imagine that” (workshop)

How to take an idea and turn it into a “Book”

(Guest Speaker renowned author Cedric Threatt).

December 14, 2008