Resources

How AI Can Enhance Family History Research: Introducing Claude

Aug 4

How AI Can Enhance Family History Research: Introducing Claude

As genealogists, we're always seeking tools to uncover our family's past and bring ancestral stories to life. Artificial Intelligence...

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Adrienne Fikes

Oct 16, 2023

Catch Me at AAHGS 2023

Feelin Some Type of Way: Mental health considerations w family history research, and A Gold Mine: Data in Virginia's Central State Hospital

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Lisa Beal

Mar 12, 2023

49th Annual DC History Conference

DC History Conference Returns to MLK March 23-25 2023

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Uncovering William Still's Underground Railroad

Lisa Beal

Feb 12, 2023

Uncovering William Still's Underground Railroad

William Still - Underground railroad journal digitized online.

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Lisa Beal

Jan 7, 2023

Reminder - Member Online Research Hour!

AAHGS-DC Members, please join us for the Members Only Research hour on March 13th from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET. Post your research...

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Locating Gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery. There's an App for That!

Adrienne Fikes

May 4, 2022

Locating Gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery. There's an App for That!

Find a grave in Arlington National Cemetery

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Black History: Local, Living, and Imaginative – Descendant Stories Lemon's Legacies Porch Talk

Web Chair

Feb 28, 2022

Black History: Local, Living, and Imaginative – Descendant Stories Lemon's Legacies Porch Talk

This Black History Month Lemon's Legacies Porch Talk will amplify the voices of African American people and families of Virginia’s...

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Web Chair

Feb 28, 2022

When Past Meets Present:

Collaborative Genealogical Research to Find Enslaved Ancestors and Starting the Conversation about Repair by Dr. Jajuan Johnson and Vicki...

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History of Black Mental Healthcare in US

Adrienne Fikes

Feb 17, 2022

History of Black Mental Healthcare in US

Tues Feb 22, 2022 at 7:30p, the American Psychiatric Association Foundation is hosting a Town Hall about Central State Hospital's history

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Keep Up with Genealogy Events With ConferenceKeepers.org

Lisa Beal

Jan 9, 2022

Keep Up with Genealogy Events With ConferenceKeepers.org

It can be really hard keeping up with the many genealogy events, conferences and meetings but there is a really great resources that can...

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From Roots to Ancestry: Doing Black Family History - ASALH 106th Annual Conference Plenary Session

Adrienne Fikes

Nov 21, 2021

From Roots to Ancestry: Doing Black Family History - ASALH 106th Annual Conference Plenary Session

Two founding member of AAHGS, Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, and Debra Newman, are featured with Kendra Field for this ASALH plenary session

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Lisa Beal

Nov 7, 2021

FamilySearch Offers Free Lookup Service

Family Search Offers Free Lookup Service for Library Only Materials.

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Lemon Project Genealogy Initiative Presents the Summer Sankofa Series

Adrienne Fikes

Jun 13, 2021

Lemon Project Genealogy Initiative Presents the Summer Sankofa Series

The Summer Sankofa Series are monthly genealogy workshops hosted by the Lemon Project Initiative at William and Mary

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Reframing Narratives of Enslaver Research

Adrienne Fikes

Apr 18, 2021

Reframing Narratives of Enslaver Research

JDW chapter member Bernice Bennett interviewed Adrienne Fikes in March about shifting to a Black-centered perspective of enslaver research

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African American Civil War Museum Hosts Teacher Workshop on U.S.C.T. Pensions

James Morgan III

Apr 14, 2021

African American Civil War Museum Hosts Teacher Workshop on U.S.C.T. Pensions

Join the African American Civil War Museum for: "Researching the USCT in Pension Files" with Ms. Bernice Alexander-Bennett April 16,...

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Adrienne Fikes

Mar 3, 2021

Call Your 16 Greats By Name - TEDx Talk

How many of your 16 great-great-grandparents can you call by name? Watch the #16Greats Challenge TEDx.

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Split Stories: The Underserved and Unknown

James Morgan III

Feb 6, 2021

Split Stories: The Underserved and Unknown

On February 2, 2021, James Dent Walker Chapter member James R. Morgan III was asked to address students at the University of...

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Volunteer Transcribers Needed - North Carolina People Not Property Project

Adrienne Fikes

Dec 30, 2020

Volunteer Transcribers Needed - North Carolina People Not Property Project

The People Not Property project is a collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, NC Division of Archives and Records, etc

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NMAAHC Helps Families Explore Their History and Genealogy

Adrienne Fikes

Dec 30, 2020

NMAAHC Helps Families Explore Their History and Genealogy

As an NMAAHC Ambassador, I was honored to share my family research and my experience as a AAHGS DC member in this NMAAHC program

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Accessing Virginia's Central State Hospital Digital Library

Adrienne Fikes

Dec 29, 2020

Accessing Virginia's Central State Hospital Digital Library

Efforts are underway to digitize Virginia's Central State Hospital collection containing over 100 years of records.

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Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

James Dent Walker Chapter

Washington, DC