Please look at this list of A-A Gen-Hist Societies, and important contacts. If you wish to make a change please let Michael Emery (memery@aol.com) and I know (SaundraB@email.msn.com). We publish a FAQ for "soc.genealogy.african" newsgroup frequently (http://members.aol.com/memery/faq ). We would like our viewers to be able to contact you. If you have an email address to contact for the society, please let us know whether to change the address or update it. Some of you may want to update your email addresses from the old ones. Your executive slate may have changed. Please give us all we need to keep our readers in contact with you. Sincerely and Genealogically Yours Saundra Brown Nova Scotia, Canada Africville Genealogical Society 2349 Maynard St Halifax Nova Scotia B3K 3T8 Canada Afro News "The Voice of the Black Community" (604) 525-3666 Fax (604) 525-0089 Roger Jones, Co-Editor This newspaper caters to the Black community and is distributed across Canada. The major market is the West Coast, but subscribers from throughout the Diaspora are supported. Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia POB 2128 East Dartmouth Nova Scotia B2w 3Y2 Canada (902) 434-6223 (902) 434-2306 fax Ontario, Canada Historical Society of St. Catherines Box 1101 St Catherines, Ontario L2R7A3 Canada Niagra Historical Society Box 208 Niagra on the Lake, Ontario L0S1J0 Canada (416) 468-3912 North American Black Historical Museum 277 King St Amherstburg, Ontario N9V2C7 Canada (519) 736-5433 Ontario Black History Society Ontario Heritage Center 10 Adelaide St Easr, Suite 202 Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 Canada Ontario Historical Society (416) 226-9011 Ms. Gwendolyn Robinson, Black Historian (519) 354-4737 Mrs. Helen Smith, Black Historian (905) 934-4175 Toronto Historical Board (416) 392-6827 Joan Crosby, Researcher Uncle Tom's Cabin Historical Site RR#5 Highway 21 Dresden, Ontario N0P1M0 Canada (519) 683-2978 Alabama USA African Ancestored Family Studies PO Box 4250 Anniston AL 36204 Valencia King Nelson, Online Contact, vnelson@tracks.cpxl.com Valencia is also the Founder of Afrigeneas@msstate.edu ; Afrigeneas chat room http://drum.ncat.edu/~carter/chat.html Afrigeneas archives - http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ Slavedata - To View and Download Slavedata ftp://members.aol.com/slavedata/Public/ To Upload Slavedata ftp://members.aol.com/slavedata/Incoming To: E-Mail Slavedata mailto:slavedata@aol.com or mailto:afrigeneas@msstate.edu Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission 468 South Perry St Montgomery AL 36130-0900 (334) 242-3184 Alaska USA The Fairbanks Genealogical Society, http://www.ptialaska.net/~fgs/ PO Box 60534 Fairbanks AK 99706 Gigi Lemoine, President Arizona USA AAHGS Tucson 7739 E Broadway #195 Tucson AZ 85710 G.L. Smith, President, trailst@azstarnet.com Arkansas USA Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives PO Box 134 Washington AR 71862 (501) 983-2633 California USA AAHGS-Bay Area Electra Kimble Price, Online Contact, KimbleP@aol.com California African American Genealogical Society PO Box 8442 Los Angeles CA 90008-0442 Ronald Higgins, President Alva Griffith, Recording Secretary, alvagriff@sprintmail.com Marilyn White, Historian, GFS_Marol@aol.com San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group 9026 Three Seasons Rd San Diego CA 92126 Milton Hines, President, FMTW38A@prodigy.com Colorado USA Black American West Museum 7474 East Arkansas Denver CO 80231 (303) 369-8366 Black Genealogical Research Group 4605 E. Kentucky Ave #5F Denver CO 80222 The Black Genealogy Search Group of Denver, CO PO Box 40674 Denver CO 80204-0674 (303) 294-0907 Iris Agard Hawkins, President Online Contact, edghill@juno.com Underground Railroad Newsletter, National Park Service Denver Service Center 12795 West Alameda Pkwy Denver CO 80225-0287 Connecticut USA Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society 444 Orchard St New Haven CT 06511 Delaware USA Harriet Tubman Historical Society PO Box 146 Wilmington DE 19899 District of Columbia USA AAHGS-James Dent Walker PO Box 34683 Washington DC 20043 Cornelius L. Cooper, President African American Civil War Project 2000-14th Street NW Washington DC 20009 Lyndia Grant, Project Director, (202) 667-2667 or call toll free at 1-888-648-8728. [US Colored Troops--NPS http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/usct.html Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ ] Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History 1407-14th St NW Washington DC 20005-3704 (202) 667-2822 National AAHGS, http://www.erols.com/trirose/aahgs.htm PO Box 73086 Washington DC 20056-3086 (202) 234-5330 Barbara D. Walker, President, BADBDW@aol.com Renee Ingram, Online Contact, ReneeI@aol.com Florida USA AAHGS-Central Florida 722 Mercedes Ave Daytona Beach FL 32114-1623 Mary J. Fears, President Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community 227 East Kennedy Blvd PO Box 2586 Eatonville FL 32751 (407) 647-3307 Florida Black Research Information Coordinating Services, Inc. 614 Howard Ave Tallahassee FL 32304 Ft. Mose Historical Society PO Box 4230 St. Augustine FL 32085 Georgia USA Afro-Americans Communicating and Preserving Legacies PO Box 13607 Atlanta GA 30324-0607 AACPL publishes Intercom. Illinois USA African American Genealogical Research Institute PO Box 637 Matteson IL 60443-6370 (708) 758-5747 Lori Husband, Director, aagri@twne.com Afro-American Genealogical & Historical Society of Chicago, Inc. (AAGHSC, Inc.) PO Box 37-7651 Chicago IL 60637 (312) 987-2112 Saundra Brown, President, SaundraB@email.msn.com AAHGS-Little Egypt IL 703 South Wall St #5 Carbondale IL 62901 Julius E. Thompson, President AAHGS-Chicago, Patricia Liddell Researchers PO Box 438652 Chicago IL 60643 Thelma Strong Eldridge, President Saundra Brown, Past Vice-President of Genealogy and Founder of the PLR NEWS JOURNAL Betty Craft, Online Contact, BCraft1608@aol.com Indiana USA AAHGS-Gary 567 South Vermillion Pl #303 Gary IN 46403 Leslie Green, President Indiana African American Historical & Genealogical Society 502 Clover Terrace Bloomington IN 47404-1809 Indiana Center for African American Studies c/o Northern Indiana Historical Society 510 East Ewing South Bend IN 46613 (219) 235-9664 Indiana National Association for African American Heritage Preservation 830 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St PO Box 441390 Indianapolis IN (317) 685-2750 Online Contact, NAAAHP@aol.com Kansas USA The Archivists and Archives of Color Roundtable c/o Spencer Research Library University of Kansas Lawrence KN 66045-2800 (913) 864-4274 Kentucky USA Kentucky African American Heritage Commission 3014 Petty Jay Rd Louisville KY 40220 (502) 595-4381 Louisiana USA Amistad Research Center Tulane University New Orleans LA (504) 865-5535 Dr. Clifton Johnson, Director African American History Alliance of Louisiana PO Box 51715 New Orleans LA 70151-1715 Louisiana African-Americans University Station PO Box 16726 Baton Rouge LA 70893 Online Contact, DSpill7012@aol.com Louisiana African-Americans has created many genealogical research forms, designed specifically for slave genealogy; the standard forms do not accommodate the necessary information for slave research. Maryland USA AAHGS-Baltimore (410) 525-2882 Roland N. Mills Louis S. Diggs, Online Contact, lsdiggs@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us AAHGS-Central Maryland PO Box 2774 Columbia MD 21045 Sylvia C. Groce, President AAHGS-Prince George's County PO Box 44722 Ft. Washington MD 20744-9998 Carolyn C. Rowe, President, CRowe86288@aol.com AAHS-Maryland Afro-American Heritage Society of Charles County Highway 925 N Box 316 Waldorf MD 20601 (301) 843-0371 Eastern Shore Historical Association 5731 Mt Holly Rd East New Market MD 21631 (410) 943-3177 Arvel Johnson, President Harriet Tubman Afro-American Genealogical Society 508 Woodbride Cir Cantonsville MD 21228-1126 Angela Walton-Raji, Online Contact, AngelaW859@aol.com Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture Division of Historical & Cultural Programs 84 Franklin St Annapolis MD 21401 (410) 974-2553 William Bakari Johnson, Research Historian Michigan USA The Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society Burton Historical Collection Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Ave Detroit MI 48202 Missippi USA Vicksburg African American Historical Preservation Foundation PO Box 821956 Viscksburg MS 39182 (601) 636-0741 Missouri USA AAHGS-MAGIC 3700 Blue Pkwy Kansas City MO 64130 Joan B. Fletcher, President AAHGS-Landon Cheek PO Box 23804 St. Louis MO 63121-0804 Ivory Spiller, President Margaret Durham, Online Contact, MDurham357@aol.com The Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc. 2033 Vine Kansas City MO 64108 (816) 483-1300 (816) 483-1341 fax Nebraska USA Great Plains Black Museum Library 2213 Lake St. Omaha NE 68110 (402) 345-2212 New Hampshire USA African American Resource Group PO Box 5094 Portsmouth NH 03801 (603) 862-2090 New Jersey USA AAHGS-New Jersey 758 Stirling Dr. East South Orange NJ 07079-2425 Lucius Bowser, President Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers PO Box 2957 Cherry Hill NJ 08034-0265 (609) 662-9858 Online Contact, ahlpub@earthlink.net Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 1841 Kennedy Blvd Jersey City NJ 07305 New York USA The African-American Genealogy Society of Rochester (TAAGS-R-US) 123 Wisconsin St Rochester, NY 14609 Online Contact, Rici2@aol.com Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. PO Box 63 Buffalo NY 14207 AAHANF publishes Afro-Americans in New York Life and History twice a year, which contains analytical, historical, and descriptive articles dealing with Afro-Americans in the state of New York; edited by Monroe Fordham at the State University College at Buffalo. AAHGS-Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York PO Box 022340 Brooklyn, NY 11202 Elvin Montgomery, Jr., President Stanton F. Biddle, Online Contact, sfbbb@cunyvm.cuny.edu Buffalo Genealogical Society of the African Diaspora c/o Sonia Walker PO Box 2534 Buffalo NY 14240-2534 Online Contact, bgsad@juno.com Creole-American Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 2666 Church Street Station New York NY 10008 Landmarks Western New York African American Committee 400 Wellington Ave. Rochester NY 14619 (716) 328-2181 North Carolina USA AAHGS-Charlotte PO Box 32664 Charlotte NC 28232 Alvin A. Ricks, President Online Contact, SLJARMS1@aol.com The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina c/o Linda Simmons-Henry P.O. Box 26334 Raleigh, NC 27611 North Carolina Afro-American Heritage Society PO Box 26334 Raleigh NC 27611 North Carolina Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society PO Box 26785 Raleigh NC 27611-6785 Ohio USA Afro-American Cultural and Historical Society Historical Museum 8716 Harkness Rd Cleveland OH 44106 African-American Genealogical Society Cleveland, Ohio P.O. Box 200382 Cleveland, Ohio 44120-9998 Deborah Abbott - President, deborah.abbott@tri-c.cc.oh.us Paulimer Williams - Recording Secretary Janet Bedingfield - Newsletter Editor The group was formed in 1994 and has over 100 members. African American Genealogy Interest Group c/o Franklin County Genealogical Society Columbus OH, http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/aagig.htm National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center PO Box 578 Wilberforce OH 45384 The Underground Railroad Research Center of Southeastern Ohio RT 4 Box 126 (Tunnel), http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx057/ Marietta OH 45750 (614) 373-3125 Henry Robert Burke, Founding President, http://mcnet.marietta.edu/~burkeh/ Michel Perdreau, Executive Director, mperdrea@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu Oklahoma USA Council of Genealogy Columnists 3607 Arlington Lawton OK 73505-6138 Melvin B. Tolson Black Heritage Center Langston University Langston OK 73050 Pennsylvania USA African American Genealogy Group, http://www.libertynet.org/aagg/ PO Box 1798 Philadelphia PA 19105-1798 (215) 572-6063 (215) 885-7244 fax Charles Dorsey, President John Logan, Online Contact, JTLogan@africamail.com AAHGS-Western Pennsylvania PO Box 5707 Pittsburgh PA 15208 Gladys L. Nesbit, President Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust St Philadelphia PA 19107 (215) 732-6201 (215) 732-2680 fax Rhode Island USA Rhode Island Black Heritage Society 46 Aborn St Providence RI 02903 (401) 751-3490 South Carolina USA The Black Family Reunion Institute PO Box 280515 Columbia SC 29228 The Old Slave Mart Museum Miriam B. Wilson Foundation 6 Chalmers St Charleston SC 29401 Tennessee USA African American Heritage Society Museum PO Box 222 Franklin TN 37064 (615) 794-9727 African Genealogical & Historical Society of Tennessee PO Box 17684 Nashville TN 37218 (615) 399-7604 Texas USA African American Genealogical and Historical Society of San Antonio, Texas PO Box 200784 San Antonio TX 78220 Johnnie Davis, President James E. Griffin, Sr., Online Contact, JasGriffin@worldnet.att.net African American Genealogy Network of DGS (Dallas Genealogical Society) PO Box 12648 Dallas TX 75225-0648 Emille Betterson, President Online Contact, janet.williams@why.net AAHGS-Houston PO Box 750877 Houston TX 77215-0877 Eleanor F. Caldwell, President Black Genealogy PO Box 6825 Lubbock TX 79493-6825 Exodus III African American Family History Journal PO Box 43411 Austin TX 78745-0411 Marva Peavy, Founder, marva@bga.com Exodus III is published quarterly. Tarrant County Black History & Genealogical Society 1020 East Humboldt Fort Worth TX 76104 Utah USA Registry of Black American Ancestry PO Box 417 Salt Lake City UT 84110 Virginia USA AAHGS-Hampton Roads PO Box 2448 Newport News VA 23609-2448 Selma Stewart, President, SelinVA@aol.com Online Contact, Debinva@norfolk.infi.net AAHGS-Richmond 7723 Granite Hall Ave Richmond VA 23225 Timothy Wilson, President AAHGS-Tidewater 2200 Crossroad Trl Virginia Beach VA 23456 Esther Lloyd, President Alexandria Black History Resource Center 638 North Alfred St Alexandria VA 22314 Fauquier County Afro-American Historical Association PO Box 268 Midlands VA 22728 Karen White, President The group publishes the Journal of the Fauquier County Afro-American Fauquier County Afro-American Historical Association PO Box 268 Midlands VA 22728 Karen White, President The group publishes the Journal of the Fauquier County Afro-American Historical Association in January. Also, the group has been involved with preserving Fauquier County records, so far reaching back to 1832! Washington USA Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. PO Box 22565 Seattle WA 98122 Wisconsin USA Afro-American Genealogical Society of Milwaukee 5195 N 64th St Milwaukee WI 53218 (414) 463-2350 Julia Saunders, President Online Contact, julias@execpc.com Wisconsin African American Preservation Committee 6302 Mineral Point Rd #311 Madison WI 53705 (608) 274-7790 Wisconsin Black Historical Society 2620 West Center St Milwaukee WI 53206 Clayton Benson, President African-American Genealogy Webring http://www.bigfoot.com/~AfAmgenealogy Lest We Forget http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/