To the List: Received this article in a message from the Kind Folks at the Sonoma County Genealogical Society -- Jo Russell, specifically. Happy Trails, Lauren ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. *Honoring the Legacy of Our Fathers" is the theme of the 2nd Annual West Coast Summit on African American Genealogy, hosted by the African American Genealogy Society of Sacramento, California. The Summit will be held June 14-15, 2002 at the Sacramento Convention Center and will bring together all of the major black genealogical associations in the West. Groups from San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Oakland, Seattle and Sacramento will meet to share information on a variety of topics including: "People of Color in the Bible," "Using Color Clues in African American Genealogy Research," "Louisiana Conveyance Records," "Freedmen Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes," and several others. The keynote speaker will be Reginald Washington, African American Genealogy Subject Area Specialist, National Archives, Washington, D.C., who will give his presentation on "The Southern Claims Commission." Full details are available at: <http://www.aagssc.org>