Program

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Tony Burroughs

• From My Black Oak to My Black Ancestors
• Platting Plantations
• Genealogy in the Electronic Age

Damani Davis

• The Kansas "Exodusters:" Using Federal Documents to Explore the First African-American Migration from the South
• Immigrants from the Caribbean: Using Federal Records to Locate Black Ancestors from the British West Indies

Roberta Estes

• DNA and Genealogy: An Introduction
• Finding Your Native American and African American Heritage Using DNA

Jim Ison

• Using FamilySearch to Solve African-American Research Problems
• Four Key Resources for African-American Research
• The Fugitive Slave Act and the Underground Railroad

Shamele Jordon

• Maps and Genealogy
• Records of Resistance
• Records of the Rebellion: Documenting African Americans in the Civil War

Sandra Joseph

• Beginning African American Research
• U.S. Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors

Lisa Lee

• Finding Blacks in Canada
• Finding Your “Unfindables”
• Search & Reward Notices

Carla Peterson

• What's Under the Dust? Recovering Family History from the Archives

Timothy Pinnick

• African American Veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic
• Developing the Genealogy of an African American Community: A Case Study
• Tips, Strategies & Resources for the African American Researcher
• More Tips, Strategies & Resources for the African American Researcher

Angela Walton-Raji

• The First Days of Freedom
• Finding Native American Ancestors in African American Families
• From Mosaic Templars Through the Royal Circle of Friends
• Breaking Through the Brick Wall of 1870 with Civil War and Reconstruction Era Research

Michele Wood

• Not to be Forgotten: One Artist's Journey of "Going Back Home"