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- [Next Chapter Meeting: Saturday, January 24, 2026](https://aahgsatl.org/chapter-meeting-saturday-january-24-2026/): Join us for our January 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 December 19, 2025.
- [2025 AAHGS National Conference](https://aahgsatl.org/2025-aahgs-national-conference/): Tracing African American Ancestry: Building, Witnessing, & Shaping the Americas The theme “Tracing African American Ancestry: Building, Witnessing, and Shaping the Americas” highlights African American communities’ profound influence and enduring legacy throughout the Americas. It emphasizes the role of African Americans as foundational builders, contributing to the economic, cultural, and social fabric of the region despite centuries of enslavement and systemic oppression. The theme also underscores the importance of bearing witness to African Americans’ struggles, triumphs, and resilience, calling for a deeper exploration of our ancestry, identity, and interconnectedness of the past and present in shaping the future. Furthermore, it […]

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- [Treasurer’s Reports 2025](https://aahgsatl.org/treasurers-reports-2025/): November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025
- [Meeting Handouts 2024](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-handouts-2024/): 23 NOV 2024 — Three Ways To Identify An Enslaver (from Orice Jenkins‘ presentation) 26 OCT 2024 — Mysterious Relatives (from Ari Wilkins‘ presentation)
- [Meeting Handouts 2025](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-handouts-2025/): 25 OCT 2025 — “One Name Studies: How to Use Them for Your Family History” (from Taneya Koonce‘s presentation) 26 APR 2025 — What’s the Tea in Your Family Tree? (presentation slides from A. Danielle Pritchett‘s presentation) 29 MAR 2025 — Do You Have an Artificial Brick Wall? (from Robyn N. Smith‘s presentation)
- [Virtual Chapter Meetings (with timestamps) 2025](https://aahgsatl.org/virtual-chapter-meetings-with-timestamps-2024-copy/): 20 DEC 2025 (Photo Gallery) — “Chapter Members Share their Stories and Breakthrough Discoveries” (Presentations and stories by Andrea Martin, Paula Whatley Matabane, Johnette Brooks, Wendy Broughton and Nefertiti Hawthorne.) 8 NOV 2025 (Photo Gallery) — “Breaking Barriers in Lineage Societies” (Chapter members Jonnie Ramsey Brown, Devra Harney and Janice Bryant discuss how they traced their Revolutionary-era ancestry, earned membership in major lineage societies, and the reasons why doing so is important for persons of African ancestry.) Meeting’s video recording to come. 25 OCT 2025 — “One Name Studies: How to Use Them for Your Family History” (Genealogist and AAHGS […]
- [Meeting Minutes 2025](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-minutes-2023-copy-copy/): November 2025 October 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 (No February minutes. Symposium at GA Archives was held instead. View photo gallery and videos.) January 2025
- [Copy of Meeting Handouts 2023](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-handouts-2023-copy/):   November 2024 October 2024
- [Treasurer's Reports 2024](https://aahgsatl.org/treasurers-reports-2024/): December 2024 November 2024 August 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024
- [Virtual Chapter Meetings (with timestamps) 2024](https://aahgsatl.org/virtual-chapter-meetings-with-timestamps-2024/): 21 DEC 2024 — “Chapter Members Share their Stories of Breakthrough Discoveries.” (Memorable finds and other research accomplishments.)   23 NOV 2024 — “Three Ways to Identify an Enslaver.” (Chapter member Orice Jenkins presents “Three Ways to Identify an Enslaver,” showing case studies relying on (1) traditional genealogy, (2) DNA research, and (3) unintentional fate. See handout on Members Only page.)   26 OCT 2024 — “Mysterious Relatives.” (Genealogist and lecturer Ari Wilkins explains how using cluster genealogy to research unknown persons in photos, letters, censuses and cemeteries can reveal relationships, maiden names, or knock down a brick wall. See […]
- [Meeting Minutes 2024](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-minutes-2023-copy/): December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024
- [JOIN US](https://aahgsatl.org/membership-copy/): BECOME A MEMBER! Join our AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter via the national Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society’s website. Membership is required in both. Our dues are a combination of Chapter and National — $20 (AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter)  +  $50 (AAHGS National). Membership is January 1 through December 31. JOIN OR RENEW HERE! If Postal-Mailing Dues, Send to: AAHGS National PO Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056 BENEFITS: AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter Admission to special events held locally and nationally Unlimited admission to Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings (Non-members can attend two meetings of a SIG) Access to Members Only page: […]
- [Elections, Nominations](https://aahgsatl.org/5358-2/): Officer Vacancies and Incumbents 2024-2025 Term *NOMINATE BY FRI., NOV. 10 (see below)    PRESIDENT No Incumbent   VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Nef Hawthorne   RECORDING SECRETARY No Incumbent   CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Clevlyn Anderson   TREASURER Dawnya Lindsey   PARLIAMENTARIAN No Incumbent   Criteria: — Nominate Someone or Yourself — Must be a Chapter Member — Serve 2-year Term — Limit 2 Consecutive Terms     *How to Nominate by Fri., Nov. 10:     A.  Email Election Committee Members:   (Chair) Devra Harney — daharney55@gmail.com; (Member) Victoria Brown — bvictoria321@gmail.com (Member) Stephanie Woods-Miller — taylormillerlaw@yahoo.com   B.  In the Subject […]
- [2023 AAHGS National Conference (Oct. 18-21)](https://aahgsatl.org/2023-aahgs-national-conference-oct-18-21/): Read about Jonnie Brown and her award-winning book, You Promised to Do No Harm
- [Copy of AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter Webinars & Workshops](https://aahgsatl.org/aahgs-metro-atlanta-chapter-webinars-workshops-copy/): Yes You Can! Getting Started with African American Genealogy (Livestreamed to Cobb County Switzer Library on 7 Feb 2022) Reconstruction: African American History and Genealogy Day (5 Feb 2022) The Enslaved and Free People of Color in Antebellum Georgia (2018 Symposium with Georgia Archives) African Americans in World War I (created for 2017 Symposium with National Archives at Atlanta)
- [Any -- Test Page 1](https://aahgsatl.org/test-page/): President’s Message Welcome to the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)! We are excited about a new year and we hope it will bring us continued learning and research opportunities. We are a volunteer-run charitable organization aimed at educating, advocating, and preserving African American and Black history, culture and genealogy. Read more. (Next Meeting — Sat., Sept. 23, 2023) Dues Atlanta Chapter AND National (INDIVIDUAL) $57.00 USD Atlanta Chapter AND National (YOUTH under 18) $47.00 USD Atlanta Chapter AND National (FAMILY) $67.00 USD Atlanta Chapter AND National (SILVER — Ages 72-76) $52.00 USD Atlanta Chapter […]
- [SITE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE](https://aahgsatl.org/site-down-for-maintenance/): The site will be down for maintenance between 11pm and 2am August 5, 2023
- [President's Message](https://aahgsatl.org/presidents-message-continued/): Welcome to the award-winning Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)! We are a volunteer-run organization aimed at educating, advocating and preserving African American and Black history, culture and genealogy. Our chapter members are like-minded individuals who share this passion for African American family history and all things genealogy related. Our chapter offers workshops, help sessions, and classes on genealogical and historical topics. We have several active Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that serve to support members with more in-depth discussions on a focused subject matter. This year, we will continue to offer virtual and hybrid meetings […]
- ["Freedmen's Bureau Fridays"](https://aahgsatl.org/freedmens-bureau-fridays/): Each Friday evening, Dr. Shelley Murphy instructs newcomers on the value and methods of researching FamilySearch’s collection of Freedmen’s Bureau records. It’s an intensive collection and this weekly meeting dives deep into the record set and “workshops” participants’ ancestors pre- and post-emancipation brick walls. Dr. Murphy is the lead Descendant Project Researcher for the Descendants of Enslaved Communities at the University of Virginia, which seeks to identify descendants of enslaved laborers who helped to build the university for Thomas Jefferson. HERE’S HOW TO ATTEND “FREEDMEN’S BUREAU FRIDAYS”: – Register in advance. – After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]
- [MEETINGS](https://aahgsatl.org/meetings/): We meet monthly (except July and August), usually on the fourth Saturday. We discuss genealogical and historical topics, hear speakers, and learn problem-solving techniques and resources for African American family history research. Meetings are held virtually via Microsoft Teams. They are open to everyone . . . request an invitation at aahgsatlanta@gmail.com. Teams Instructions: Click here for instructions on how to join our Teams meetings. Recordings of virtual meetings are posted on our Members Only page. We are of myriad backgrounds, researching our ancestors in a variety of states and localities and subject areas through respective Special Interest Groups (open […]
- [References -- General](https://aahgsatl.org/references-general/): African Americans and the Federal Census, 1790-1930 Allen County (IN) Public Library Genealogy Center – African American Gateway (U.S. States) The Beyond Kin Project (Research strategy for descendants of enslaved persons) Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry (Chicago, IL) Library (Books-to-know by topic and state) Black Certified Genealogists (Those who have earned the “Ph.D.” of genealogical research expertise) Daughter Dialogues (Women of African American lineage who have proven ancestry for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR]) Freedmen and Southern Society Project Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network – Reflections magazine (2000-2024) LDSGenealogy.com Overview to […]
- [Historical and Research Videos](https://aahgsatl.org/historical-and-research-videos/): (Scene from Whitney Plantation Video: Memorial of 107,000 names of enslaveds in LA) AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter Salutes Its Military Veterans (2016) AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter — 400 Years of “Breaking News: 1619-2019” (2019) African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum African American History — C-SPAN Black ProGen LIVE CBS News’ “60 Minutes” — Family Unknowingly Buys House of Ancestors’ Enslavers Hari Jones: Expert on African Americans in the Civil War Military Hari Jones: Black Soldiers (United States Colored Troops): The Civil War in Four Minutes   Held in the Balance: The Trask 250 (Guest speaker at Amherst […]
- [Databases](https://aahgsatl.org/databases/): Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Black Pearls of Genealogy Black Soldiers Mattered (NC Blacks in WWI) Digital Library on American Slavery Enslaved.org People Not Property (NC project) Sundown Towns Database Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
- [Museums](https://aahgsatl.org/museums/): African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, AL) Civil Rights Memorial Center (Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, AL)
- [Beginner's Workshop](https://aahgsatl.org/beginners-workshop/): Video “Find Your Roots! Getting Started With African American Genealogy” Beginner’s Workshop (22 Apr 2023) Photo Gallery View Photo Gallery here. Handouts AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter Summary Flyer Genealogy Tool Kit: Getting Started(NARA) Beginning Genealogy (Johnna Waldon, Louisville History and Genealogy Conference) RESEARCH GUIDE: African American family research on Ancestry (Ancestry.com) Beginners Researching and the Legal (and other) documents (Chapter member Tamu Taylor) 18 Ways to Get the Most from Family Member Interviews (“Genealogy Bargains” © 2023 copyright Thomas MacEntee. All rights reserved.) A Week of Genealogy: TIMELINES (Margaret M. McMahon, Ph.D., © Copyright 2017, All rights reserved. Individual Worksheet […]
- [Chapter Webinars & Workshops](https://aahgsatl.org/aahgs-metro-atlanta-chapter-webinars-workshops/): Yes You Can! Getting Started with African American Genealogy (Livestreamed to Cobb County Switzer Library on 7 Feb 2022) Reconstruction: African American History and Genealogy Day (5 Feb 2022) The Enslaved and Free People of Color in Antebellum Georgia (2018 Symposium with Georgia Archives) African Americans in World War I (created for 2017 Symposium with National Archives at Atlanta)
- [Meeting Minutes 2023](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-minutes-2023/): May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 January 2023
- [Newspapers](https://aahgsatl.org/newspapers/): African American Newspapers (Tim Pinnick video on Kalamazoo, MI, Public Library website) It’s a Great Day to Be a Genealogist! Using Newspapers as Part of the Genealogical Process (Tim Pinnick video at the Champaign County, IL Genealogical Society and Champaign County Historical Archives)
- [Meeting Handouts 2023](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-handouts-2023/): 11 NOV 2023 — Storyteller Active Workshop (from Nicka Sewell-Smith‘s presentation)   20 MAY 2023 — Research and Writing Family History and Publishing (from Kathy Lynne “Kanika” Marshall‘s presentation) 22 APR 2023 — Slave Schedules Where the Enslaved Were Named (From Thom Reed‘s presentation) (22 APR 2023 — See Beginner’s Workshop handouts in Beginner’s Workshop section on Members Only page)
- [Meeting Handouts 2022](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-handouts-2022/): 19 NOV 2022 — Answers in African American Newspapers (Tim Pinnick article — Family Tree Magazine, May 2011) 19 NOV 2022 — From Runaways to Reunions (Tim Pinnick and James M. Beidler co-written article on finding African Americans in newspapers — Family Tree Magazine, Jan/Feb 2018) 22 OCT 2022 — My Best Genealogy Tips: Finding Formerly Enslaved Ancestors (by Robin Foster) 24 SEP 2022 — How to Analyze Documents for Clues (PDF of PowerPoint by Laura Carter) How to Analyze Documents for Important Clues Book of Negroes 26 Mar 2022 — Applying for the “Sons & Daughters of the U. […]
- [Meeting Handouts 2021](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-handouts-2021/): 20 Nov 2021 — Looking inside the African Americans in the Military: “Yes, we were there” PDF of PowerPoint Presentation Chat Printout With Links 23 Oct 2021 — OUR SACRED ORDERS: African American Fraternalism & Family History OUR SACRED ORDERS: African American Fraternalism & Family History Book: Twenty-Five Year History of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers 1881-1905 25 Sep 2021 — Held in the Balance: The Trask 250 24 Apr 2021 — Ida B. Wells: World-Class Researcher 23 Jan 2021 — African American Resources Available Online at NARA: Handout Advance Homework PDF of PowerPoint Presentation
- [Virtual Chapter Meetings (with timestamps) 2023](https://aahgsatl.org/virtual-chapter-meetings-with-timestamps-2023/):   16 DEC 2023 — “How I Got Over” (Chapter members share breakthroughs and other discoveries in their family history research.) 11 NOV 2023 — “Storyteller Interactive Workshop “(Guest Speaker: Nicka Sewell-Smith — genealogist, host of the BlackProGenLIVE web show, and Ancestry.com staff consultant and featured spokesperson — conducted a Chapter-members-only virtual workshop on preparing effective family history presentations.) 28 OCT 2023 — “An Introduction to African American Genealogy“ (Guest Speakers: AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter officers conducted a workshop during a hybrid meeting on Teams and on-site at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. It was hosted by Emory University […]
- [Virtual Chapter Meetings (with timestamps) 2022](https://aahgsatl.org/virtual-chapter-meetings-with-timestamps-2022/): 10 DEC 2022 — Show and Tell (Attendees) 19 NOV 2022 — Using Newspapers for African American Research (Guest Speaker: African American Newspapers scholar Tim Pinnick with a live Q&A following the showing of his video recorded June 24, 2022) 22 OCT 2022 — My Best Genealogy Tips: Finding Formerly Enslaved Ancestors (Guest Speaker: Genealogy Researcher, Consultant, Blogger and Author Robin Foster) 24 SEP 2022 — Getting the Most Out of the Documents You Find (Guest Speaker: Genealogy Librarian, Professional Genealogist and AAHGS-Atl Chapter member Laura Carter) 18 JUN 2022 — Stories from the Soil — Fulton County Remembrance Coalition’s Community Remembrance Project […]
- [Virtual Chapter Meetings (with timestamps) 2021](https://aahgsatl.org/virtual-chapter-meetings-with-timestamps-2021/): 20 NOV 2021 — Looking inside the African Americans in the Military: “Yes, We Were There” (Guest Speaker: Genealogist-“Family Tree Girl”-UVA Enslaved Descendant Project Researcher Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy) 23 OCT 2021 — OUR SACRED ORDERS: African American Fraternalism & Family History (Guest Speaker: Prince Hall Freemason-Historian-Archivist James R. Morgan) 22 May 2021 — Speaking of My People: A Granddaughter’s Journey Into the Lives of Her Lowcountry Ancestors (Guest Speaker: Genealogy researcher Akosua Moore) 24 Apr 2021 — Ida B. Wells: World-Class Researcher (Guest Speaker: Black cultural history expert Amadi Ozier) 27 Mar 2021 — Share Your Tips, Successes & […]
- [Treasurer's Reports 2021](https://aahgsatl.org/treasurers-reports-2021/)
- [Meeting Minutes 2022](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-minutes-2022/)
- [Meeting Minutes 2021](https://aahgsatl.org/meeting-minutes-2021/): December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021
- [Treasurer's Reports 2023](https://aahgsatl.org/treasurers-reports-2023-2/): November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 May GPB (“Find Your Roots Workshop”) April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023
- [Treasurer's Reports 2022](https://aahgsatl.org/treasurers-reports-2022/): December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022
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- [Welcome to Metro Atlanta Chapter of AAHGS](https://aahgsatl.org/welcome-to-aahgs-atlanta-chapter/): 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 […]
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- [Special Interest Groups (SIGs)](https://aahgsatl.org/special-interest-groups/): SHARPEN YOUR FAMILY RESEARCH SKILLS! Learn more about a State, the Caribbean, the Military, a Lineage Society, even DNA. Attend our “Special Interest Group” (SIG) meetings. ◊◊◊ Unlimited Access for Chapter Members!! ◊◊◊ Held in addition to regular Chapter meetings, SIGs meet separately (as indicated below) to focus on and share information specific to their topic of interest. Virtually . . . In Person . . . Hybrid Email aahgsatlanta@gmail.com to contact any SIG. Members: Want to rekindle a SIG (such as DNA) or create a new one? Let us know. * Active groups * ALABAMA * GEORGIA (Most 1st […]
- [ABOUT US](https://aahgsatl.org/about/): We are part of AAHGS, a national non-profit membership organization of diverse individuals and more than 30 Chapters committed to the preservation of the history, genealogy and culture of African-ancestored populations of the local, national and international communities. Chapter members live in the “ATL” area and elsewhere, ranging in expertise from beginners to published authors, who research any locality — not just Georgia. Metro Atlanta Chapter History The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), Inc. – Metro Atlanta Chapter was established in February 2000 as a vehicle of exchange and support for genealogical research by co-founders Monica J. Hackney and […]
- [_Home](https://aahgsatl.org/welcome/): (2000-2025) Saturday, September 27 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Virtually, Via “Teams” Virtually, Via “Teams” PUBLIC: Click HERE by 5 p.m., Sept. 25 to request link! Preview: Click for a Quick Look Back!
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- [PROJECTS](https://aahgsatl.org/projects/): African American Church Cemeteries in DeKalb & Fulton Counties Researched and published an inventory guide South-View Cemetery Biographies Researched bios of interred for the South-View Cemetery Foundation 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre Remembrance 2006 — Partnered with the Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot to conduct, research and trace African American victims’ families to find descendants. The effort culminated with a Centennial Remembrance Weekend held in September 2006. (Articles accessed from Newspapers.com) “City’s bloody stain seen with new eyes” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution article) “Walk into darkness” (AJC article) “Events in September will mark 1906 Atlanta riot” (AJC article) “A century […]
- [RESEARCH](https://aahgsatl.org/research/): Major Repositories in the Atlanta Metro Area National Archives at Atlanta In Morrow, GA (an Atlanta suburb near Hartsfield-Jackson Atl. Int’l. Airport), next door to the Georgia Archives African American Records Reconstruction Civil Rights Cases (South Carolina) (NARA in DC) NARA Resources for Genealogists (NARA in DC) History Hub for Genealogy (NARA in DC) History Hub for African American Records Georgia Archives In Morrow, GA (an Atlanta suburb near Hartsfield-Jackson Atl. Int’l. Airport), next door to the National Archives at Atlanta Research Room Research Help Page African American Resources 2026 Program Schedule Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture […]
- [Privacy](https://aahgsatl.org/privacy-policy/): Who we are Our website address is: https://aahgsatl.org. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Contact forms Cookies If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two […]


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