SCHEDULE
10:00 AM - Opening Remarks
Lajoy Y. Mosby
National President of the Afro-American Historic Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS)
Introduction of keynote Speaker
Bernice Alexander Bennett
Keynote Address - Dr. Shelly Viola Murphy
Descendants of Enslaved Communities at UVA
Session 1: 11:00AM - 11:40AM (Concurrent Sessions) |
Class | Presenter | Class Description |
1-1 | Chiquita Clark Sorrels | Introduction to Researching Your Family History |
1-2 | Andrew J. Hochreiter | Introduction to DNA |
Session 2: 11:45AM - 12:25PM (Concurrent Sessions) |
Class | Presenter | Class Description |
2-1 | Carol Kostakos Petranek | Family Search |
2-2 | Dr. Ida Jones | 2023 Black History Theme "Black Resistance" - ASALH ® |
Session 3: 12:30PM - 1:10PM (Concurrent Sessions) |
Class | Presenter | Class Description |
3-1 | Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis | Finding the Forgotten Through Cemetery Preservation |
3-2 | Will Schwartz | Maryland Lynching Memorial Project |
1:15PM - Closing Remarks: Patricia Ford Neal |