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Middle Peninsula African American Genealogical & Historical Society Presentation at Essex County Public Library
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Essex Public Library, 117 North Church Lane (Rt. 17), Tappahannock, Virginia (map). Michelle Taylor, a 2015 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), will discuss her ancestral ties to Montpelier, the home of President James… Read more
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36th National Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Conference
This weekend I attended my first National AAHGS-Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. Conference. The entire week was filled with incredible seminars from some of the leading experts in the field. Yesterday evening for the final banquet I introduced the keynote speaker, the television host of the Genealogy Roadshow on PBS, Ms. Kenyatta Berry. I… Read more