Unless otherwise indicated, meetings are held at the
Juanita E. Thornton /Shepherd Park Library - 7420 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
All meetings are at 11:00 unless otherwise indicated!
Most meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday but
please check the listed date closely as there might be changes!
September 16, 2017
Antebellum Free-People of Color
Anthony Smith, Federal Depository Library Program
will discuss his research on Free People of Color
October 28, 2017
(Note change of date..this is the 4th Saturday instead of the 3rd Saturday.)
Discussion of AAHGS National Conference
Link to National Conference Brochure
November 18, 2017
11:00am
How the US government dismantled a community to establish a Naval Weapons Station
after World War 1 in Yorktown, Virginia?
Presented by DC Chapter member Rosa Lee
December 2, 2017
Yearly Chapter Holiday Celebration
This year our celebration will feature a bus trip to the Harriet Tubman Museum!
Bus Trip to Harriet Tubman Museum information
Family and Friends are invited...Please join us!!
January 20, 2018
The Movement and the “Magic of the Great Migration”
Presenter: Judy Collins
February 4, 2018
Joint Black History Month Conference
The Prince Georges County, Montgomery County and Central Maryland Chapters of AAHGS collaborate with the Church of Latter Day Saints for this all-day program!
REGISTER HERE!!
Note that AAHGS DC will not hold it's regular monthly meeting.
February 24, 2018
One of our sister organizations, ASALH, is hosting their annual
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Annual Black History Month Luncheon
See the website for more information!!
March 17, 2018
"The Courtship and Marriage of Fred Smith and Harriet Bell, 1884-1886"
Presenters: Carol Ubosi and Alesia McFadden-Williams
Montgomery County, MD Educator and AAHGS member Carol Ubosi
"inherited" letters that were exchanged by her ancestors who lived in Westchester County, NY in the 1880's. Carol was able to collaborate with Alesia McFadden-Williams to write and publish an article that appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of the "American Ancestors"
Magazine--the publication of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society.
April 21, 2018
Coming to the Table
“The Legacy of Slavery in Rockville: Two Families, One Farmhouse, Six Generations.” Author Hannelore Quigley presents photos and artifacts that stirred curiosity in her as a child and led her to search for the descendants of the Black families in historical family photographs passed down through her family. Hannelore offers us a model for healing in the present by uncovering the past.
May 19, 2018
Using the DC Library Research Database
This will be a genealogy database class with Kenneth Despertt from DC Public Library’s Special Collections. Kenneth will present the resources the library provides you access to, such as Heritage Quest and newspaper obituaries. He will also provide suggestions for other, free genealogy resources that could be of use in your search.
Stay tuned for the exact location for this informative workshop!!
June 16, 2018
We will NOT have a June meeting. However, we will be celebrating "Juneteenth Genealogy Workshop" at the Walker Mills Regional Park. 8840 Walker Mill Road, District Heights, MD 20747. There are also activities at Watkins Regional Park and a shuttle will be provided between the two parks every 15 minutes.
There will be:
Children's Activities
Vendors
Lectures
Workshops
June 16, 2018
8:30am-4:00pm
Prince Georges County, MD AAHGS
13th Annual Juneteenth Celebration & Seminar
Saturday, June 16, 2018, 8:30 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.
Walker Mills Regional Park. 8840 Walker Mill Road, District Heights, MD
and
Watkins Regional Park
301 Watkins Park Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
There will not be July or August meetings. However, we encourage you to visit local
historic and national historic sites...and continue to work on your family genealogy.
Check out these local summer activities!
September 15, 2018
Our September 15th speaker is Lopez Matthews. He is the Digital Production Librarian at Howard University. Lopez will share with us his collection of letters written by
soldiers during WWI.
October 2018
AAHGS NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Philadelphia/Valley Forge, PA
Click here for registration information!!
November 17, 2018
AAHGS-DC Member Linda Crichlow White
will speak on the topic
"Getting Stuff out of our Attics and Basements...
...and into a Proper Repository"
While cleaning out relatives' homes, Linda has found historically valuable documents some of which were subsequently donated to
Northeastern University, Tennessee State University and Archives and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Linda will share what she has learned along the way.
Dates, agenda items and locations are subject to change.