FHWGS

  • Karl Hamilton Field Trip – Detroit’s Northend

    Virtual

    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.

  • October 2022 Meeting – Guest Speaker Nicka Sewell-Smith

    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.  

  • 2022 MGC Fall Seminar

    The fall Michigan Genealogical Council Seminar will feature Genealogist LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson

  • January 2023 Membership Meeting

    Member Oya Amakisi will talk about her genealogical research.  Her family history journey was recently featured on WYXZ channel 20 in Detroit.  

  • February 2023 Membership Meeting

    AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM State Club groups will discuss the book; The Ledger and the Chain.

  • LAAAGS 2023 Genealogy Conference

    Union Missionary Baptist Church 500 S. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Lansing, United States

    The Lansing Area African American Genealogy presents their 2023 Genealogy Conference The event is free ($10.00 Box Lunch option).  Registration deadline 2/20/2023 Afternoon Keynote: Black Histories on Native Lands: The Legacies of Slavery and Indian Removal in the United States Presenter: Dr. Nakia D. Parker, Assistant Professor of History Michigan State University

    Free
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