Welcome to our Chapter.
The Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS), provides a monthly local enlightening forum for family-tree researchers by sharing historical and genealogical information, methodology and sources about African Americans with roots not just in Georgia, but in all states and nations.
Join Us!
AAHGS members constitute the leading African American genealogy society in the United States. Membership is open to the public.
Membership in the national Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society is required in order to join our Metro Atlanta Chapter.
Membership term is from January 1 through December 31 each year.
Next Meeting
- NEXT CHAPTER MEETING: SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2026
Join us for our March Chapter meeting!
It begins at 1 PM with our featured topic, followed by Chapter business.
Non-members: If you would like to join the meeting, please email aahgsatlanta@gmail.com by March 27, 2026.
Shades of Purple in the Landscape of Wards Chapel Cemetery:
A Narrative Analysis of Alice Walker’s Home Ground
Family history in literary icon Alice Walker’s Eatonton, GA and the ancestral cemetery evoked in her autobiographical poem, “Burial”
Dr. D. L. Henderson
Historian • Genealogist • Preservationist • Author • Former AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter President
View biography.
- “Tracing Footsteps: Austin Dabney’s Revolutionary Life in Georgia’s Records”