Among announcements discussed in this week's podcast:
The Tennessee State Library and Archives is announcing that they are hosting an
African American Genealogy Workshop on Saturday July 25, 2009 in Nashville Tennessee.
The
Kentucky Oral History Commission, administered by the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS), recently awarded grants for the second half of the 2009 fiscal year, impacting communities across the Commonwealth. The recipients are listed on their site. This is a great place to get some ideas on the kinds of projects that can be funded, and researchers may want to considering looking at these projects for their own genealogical undertakings.
The list of speakers for the
International Black Genealogy Summit is now online. The list of speakers and workshops is varied, and you may want to consider attending now that the event is online.
The Digital Library of Georgia has a wide number of records and images to look at. Among them you will find:
African American Funeral Program and Obituary Collection.
Footnote has an extensive colelction of African American Families with the Dawes Records..
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