• Summer Research Ideas!

    Go on a Research Road Trip  •  Compile Documents  •  Organize Files  •  Create Timelines  • Read Histories  •  Attend a Family Reunion  •  Transcribe a Cemetery  •  View Webinars

    (No Chapter Meetings in July or August)

    NEXT CHAPTER MEETING: Saturday, September 26, 2026

  • Declarations of Independence

    13th Amendment — Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. (1865)

    14th Amendment — All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. (1868)

    15th Amendment — The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or any State on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. (1870)

  • SAVE THE DATE: AAHGS-National’s 1-Day Virtual Symposium

    “RESEARCH. RECOVER. RECLAIM: Documenting Our Legacy With Evidence and Intention“

    October 24, 2026

    Registration is underway!

    Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.