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AAHGS Metro Atlanta

P. O. Box 54131

Atlanta, GA 30308-9998

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FREE! Research Seminar
9 a.m.-Noon, Sat., Nov. 9
LDS Church, Atlanta

Hosts: AAHGS Metro Atlanta &

The Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints

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AAHGS NATIONAL KUDOS!
Atl's Taylor, Stewart-Ross win
Web Development, On-the-Spot

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Presented Feb. 18, 2024

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REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY
GA Loyalists, Slavery, DNA

AAHGS-Atl's Terri Ward and

Adolphus Armstrong

for Coastal GA Genealogical Society

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Held February 1-3, 2024

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Recordings on YouTube

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CHAPTER MEMBERS!
Committee Volunteer
Opportunities:

Grant Writer ● Research Projects

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Virtual Chapter Meetings (with timestamps) 2024

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28 SEP 2024 (Hybriid Meeting at Georgia Archives) -- "Mourning and Remembrance: Resurrecting Black History Through Cemetery Research "(Dr. D. L. Henderson discusses cemeteries as sacred archives of history and culture in the context of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. She provides practical strategies for genealogical research in cemeteries.)  View in-room stills.

 

18 MAY 2024 -- "Member Presentations" (Chapter members) Researchers share processes, discoveries and stories.

 

27 APR 2024 --"Without a Hint, There is No Story" (Bernice Bennett, award-winning author, genealogist, speaker and storyteller discussed the importance of following-up on seemingly minor statements and references made by relatives.)

 

23 MAR 2024 -- "Finding Your Buffalo Soldier Ancestor" (Chapter Vice President Nefertiti Hawthorne discusses the history of this U.S. Army African American group of servicemen and includes a case study of her Buffalo Soldier ancestor, "Finding and Documenting William Gharr.")

 

27 JAN 2024 -- "Exploring the 1906 Atlanta Massacre Through Genealogy" (The AAHGS Metro Atlanta 1906 Research Team takes you on a journey through the history of the 1906 Atlanta Raced Riot/Massacre, unraveling stories, piecing together victims and survivors, and finding descendants.)

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