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Meeting Schedule - 2008
FRED HART WILLIAMS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Researching and preserving African American Family History since 1979 Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202 Hotline (313) 438-3233 e-mail: fredhartwilliams@yahoo.com- http://www.fhwgs.org
10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Detroit Public Library, Main Branch Meetings will be held in the Old Fine Arts Room unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, September 6 - 2008 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Old Fine Arts Library, Third Floor Margaret McCall Thomas Ward History Maker: Gilbert A. Maddox, Ph.D., Educator, Historian and Mass Communications Pioneer Join us in honoring Dr. Maddox; Black radio and television broadcast media pioneer and first African American producer and host at WWJ-TV, Channel 4, Detroit, MI; whose biography will be unveiled in the new book written by Society member Joann Davis, author, educator, and genealogist. Saturday, September 27 - 2008 9:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. Detroit Public Library, Main Branch 3rd ANNUAL FREE FAMILY HISTORY FESTIVAL Featuring African American Genealogy presentations by FHWGS members: Dr. Deborah Abbott, President, African American Genealogy Society of Cleveland, and Rochelle and Asante Danquah. Co-sponsored by Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society and the Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation. (For more information visit www.detroitpubliclibrary.org or call (313) 833-1480.) Saturday, October 4 - 2008 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 PM Old Fine Arts Library, Third Floor
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONNECTIONS FROM MICHIGAN TO CANADA 1840-1970
Presented in collaboration with the Lansing Area African American Genealogical Society
FHWGS and LAAAGS present the 42-minute video, researched and documented by husband and wife team Mike and Dorothy Matrich. Included are rare images of Fredrick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Adam Crosswhite, with narration tracing Underground Railroad connections in the Mid-West, as well as Battle Creek, and Cass, Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties. A Q&A follows the video presentation. Saturday, November 1 - 2008
10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Old Fine Arts Library, Third Floor
Part One Topic: BREAKTHROUGHS & DISCOVERIES
Members share their recent research findings, tips, techniques and resources.
Part Two Topic: FHWGS PRE- HOLIDAY TRUNK SHOW
Get a head start on your holiday shopping with genealogy inspired handcrafted items suitable for gift giving created by Society members and local artisans. Members are invited to bring used research books and materials to sell or exchange with fellow members.
No Meeting in December
All meetings are free and open to the public. Free parking on Saturday in the library’s Putnam Street parking lot.
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