Please post and distribute: -------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----------------Fall Events @ AAGG---------------- Research, Record & Write YOUR History ================================================== September 2004 ================================================== African American Genealogy Group, Learn about family history research, online research and African-American heritage. Our fall events and programs are designed to refresh and enhance your family history research skills. All programs, unless noted otherwise, are held at the Community College of Philadelphia, West Phila- delphia Regional Center, 4725 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Free Parking Lot in the rear. ------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER ------------------------------------------------- +++Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7-9 PM >General Meeting ----Pedigree Analysis & ----Researching at the Library of Congress --------Shamele C. Jordon Pedigree Analysis is a basic, yet fundamental skill that is key for family history researchers. We will closely examine how to prove parentage and vital data? Is one source enough to prove vital data? How do you build a case when direct evidence is not available? FREE and Open to the Public +++Saturday, September 18, 2004 11-1pm >Research Group >Members Only Open Forum Community College of Philadelphia, 47th & Chestnut ------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER ------------------------------------------------- +++Tuesday October 12, 2004, 7-9 PM >General Meeting ----Alexander’s: Documenting Time -------Toni Alexander Austin Member Toni Alexander Austin will discuss her 400 plus page book on the Alexander’s of Kershaw County, South Carolina. Using the 1870-1930 census, vital, tax, voters, city directories, land deeds, wills, military records, and the internet, she traced multiple family histories. FREE and Open to the Public +++Saturday, October 16, 2004 11-1pm >Computer Users Group ----Googling Great Grand Ma Mt Carmel Baptist Church, 58th & Race Have you ever googled your ancestors? This member’s only computer users group workshop will discuss search techniques. Come to receive tips on a variety of search techniques for use with search engines and databases. We will meet in the Outreach Center’s computer lab. (The blue door.) +++Sunday, October 17, 2004, >Trip >Family History Fair Join us on a member’s only van trip to NYC. We will attend the annual NY Archivist Round- table’s Family History Fair. This is a full day of workshops, vendors, exhibits and the Ancestors Road Show. The Association of Professional Genealogists hosts the road show. It is a free, one-on-one session with a professional who can help you to solve a specific problem. The registration for the event is free. We have reserved a 15-passenger van. The transportation cost will be $25. +++Saturday, October 23, 2004,10-12 pm >Research Group Our members only research group meeting will be held at the National Archives in Philadel- phia, 9th & Chestnut. We will have access to the meeting room were we can discuss brickwall problems and possible solutions. Additionally we will have access to NARA’s records, such as the entire US federal census, Freedmen’s Bureau and much more. ------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER ------------------------------------------------- +++Saturday, November 6, 2004, 6:30-8 PM >Trip >Library of Congress This member’s only day trip to Washington, DC will take us to the Library of Congress. We will have an orientation when we arrive. Reading Rooms of interest include the Local History and Genealogy, Geography and Maps, Microfilm and Newspapers and Periodicals. We have space for 15 passengers. The transportation cost will be $25. +++Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 7-9 PM >General Meeting ----Don Scott As a history columnist for the Journal-Register Co., Scott has often focused on black genealogy, such as investigating and writing about the ancestry of modern descendants of United States Colored Troops (USCT) soldiers who fought during the Civil War, black families with roots to colonial America and beyond (see his story in this edition about the Montier family), as well as his own family history with Gullah origins on St. Helena Island off the coast of South Carolina and Abbeville County in that state. http://www.afrigeneas.com/library/montier_article.html FREE and Open to the Public ------------------------------------------------- DECEMBER ------------------------------------------------- +++Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 7-9 PM >Holiday Auction & Party FREE and Open to the Public Our annual fundraiser will take place in-lieu of our December General Meeting. Contact Mildred Craig if you would like to work on the committee. Also please bring donations for the Auction. We are looking for genealogy and afro centric items. -------------------------------------------------- Copyright(c) 2004 African American Genealogy Group -------------------www.aagg.org------------------- African American Genealogy Group P.O. Box 27356, Philadelphia, PA 19118 (215) 572-6063 ------Research | Record | Write YOUR History------ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx