• Ancestors*
  
• Africa*
  
• Africa*
  
• Door of No Return*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• Estate Inventory*
  
• 1850/60 Slave Schedules*
  
• Will*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• U.S. Colored Troops*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• Labor Contract*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• 1870 Census detail*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• Land Deed*
  
• Tax Map*
  
• Homestead*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• Social Security Appl.*
  
• Death Certificate*
  
• Funeral Program*
  
• Ancestors*
  
• The reasons we do this*
  

AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter

 

Special Interest Groups

(MEET VIRTUALLY)

Contact any Focus Group via: aahgsatlanta@gmail.com

ALABAMA

 

 

ARKANSAS

 

 

FLORIDA

 

 

GEORGIA

Dawnya Lindsey & Doris Weaver, coordinators

Photos

 

 

LOUISIANA

(Most 4th Sundays @ 3:30 p.m.)

Tammy Ozier, coordinator

 

 

MISSISSIPPI

Coordinator TBD

 

 

 

OKLAHOMA

Vic Floyd Johnson, coordinator

 

 

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

(1st Sat. in Jan., Apr., Jul., Oct.)

Doris Posey, coordinator

 

 

 

TENNESSEE

Devra Harney, coordinator

 

 

 

VIRGINIA

Coordinator TBD

 

 

 

CARIBBEAN

(Most 3rd Saturdays @ 10 a.m.)

Rhonda Barrow, coordinator

 

 

 

DNA

(Most 2nd Saturdays @ 10 a.m.)

Stephanie Powers, coordinator

 

 

 

MILITARY

(No 2021 meetings; emails only)

Johnette Brooks, coordinator

GaAncestors@gmail.com

 

What's YOUR

area of research?

(Not listed here? Start a group and let us know!)

 

2020-2021 Officers

President

Tammy Ozier

Vice President

Janice E. Bryant

Recording Secretary

Clevlyn Bankhead Anderson

Corresponding Secretary

Rhonda Y. Barrow

Treasurer

Maureen Hill

Immediate Past President

Monica Hackney

 

About Us

The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), Inc., Metro Atlanta Chapter was established in February 2000.

 

We are part of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., a national non-profit membership organization of diverse membership committed to the preservation of the history, genealogy and culture of African-ancestored populations of the local, national and international communities. Presently, there are 39 chapters in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

 

 

AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter (in a nutshell)

 

"Maybe we should do it."

 

 

Those words, spoken near the end of the last century between two new acquaintances (Monica J. Hackney and Doris Posey), served as our Chapter's catalyst.

 

Read the full story here.

 

That curiosity and interest in family history, along with chance (and later scheduled) meetings of similarly minded persons, resulted in what is today a fluid and active group of individuals with an ever-changing ebb and flow of membership and participation.

 

We share tracing the life paths of our family lines, tackling the mysteries of family stories, photos and documents. We are of myriad backgrounds researching our ancestors in a variety of states and localities, not just the ones shown here.

 

No matter which state(s) or country you trace back to . . . no matter what fortunes or misfortunes, or stations in life in which you or your ancestors found/find yourselves . . . everyone's search begins with those simple words.