May 2022 Membership Meeting (Annual Meeting)
Election of Officers PROGRAM Presenter: Sasha Johnson Topic: Genealogy In a Digital Age: Resources to Jump Start Your Research
Election of Officers PROGRAM Presenter: Sasha Johnson Topic: Genealogy In a Digital Age: Resources to Jump Start Your Research
The FHWGS Annual Karl Hamilton Field Trip will continue during the pandemic. We will have a virtual event. Detroit Historian, Jamon Jordan will guide us through the history of Detroit's Northend neighborhood.
STATE CLUBS
NICKA SEWELL-SMITH AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY CASE STUDIES: Combining Traditional Genealogy With DNA Researching the enslaved is beyond possible, but it’s not one size fits all. In this session, learn about a myriad of research strategies and documents outside of the slave schedules that confirm slaveholders and name their formerly enslaved.
38th Annual Veterans Day Observance Ceremony Honoring the 102nd US Colored Infantry Veterans Day Flyer 2022
The fall Michigan Genealogical Council Seminar will feature Genealogist LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
Member Oya Amakisi will talk about her genealogical research. Her family history journey was recently featured on WYXZ channel 20 in Detroit.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM State Club groups will discuss the book; The Ledger and the Chain.