>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 >To: scroggjm@erols.com >From: avis matthews <avism@info.prge.lib.md.us> >Subject: Renowned Genealogist, Author to Speak at Oxon Hill Library > >Will you please forward this e-mail about Tony Burroughs to interested >parties on your e-mail list? >Please send to as many people as you like. >Thanks! -- Avis Matthews, Chief, Office of Programming & Public Relations, >County Library > >MEET THE AUTHOR > >Tony Burroughs >author of >Black Roots: >A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African-American Family >(Simon & Schuster) > >Thursday, February 22 >7:00 p.m. > >Oxon Hill Branch Library >6200 Oxon Hill Road >Oxon Hill, MD 20745 > >ABOUT THE BOOK: >This comprehensive guide, the first of its kind, >addresses all the obstacles faced in tracing >African-American family histories and offers special >problem-solving techniques, as well as tips on >organizing records, interviewing family members, and >writing the history itself. Burroughs, an internationally >known expert on African-American genealogy, traced >his own family back seven generations. He has >received the National Genealogical Society's >Distinguished Service Award and is featured on the >PBS series "Ancestors." Note: Contact information and a map with the location of the library may be found at http://www.prge.lib.md.us/lib/oh.html