*Monthly Meetings, from April through December, will be held at St. Moses the Black Catholic Church, located at 7749-51 S. Vernon Ave., Chicago, IL 60619
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Sunday: January 12, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST_online)
AAGHSC’s Annual Business Meeting & Presentation
How to Find Your WWI Ancestors
by Johnette Brooks
Sunday: February 9, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST_online)
Mound Bayou Museum of African American Culture & History
by Hermon Johnson, Jr., Founder
Sunday: March 9, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST_online)
Bringing Green Book Locations to Life, The Chitterling Circuit, BBQ, and More
by Shamele Jordon
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tk5Zk8htQe2-WayZ_pK9qw
Sunday: April 13, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
Madison Veal: A One-Year Odyssey Around the Confederacy
by Alvin Blakes
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u876OdxpQm69Zvwbnhb_rg
*Sunday: May 11, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
Open Forum: “Let’s Talk!”
Share your thoughts and ask questions. How can AAGHSC help further your research?
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/quLDnrxdTueepm8xwvpRnQ
*Sunday: June 15, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
The Journey to Juneteenth
by Evelyn Nabors
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s-kWN3fNSryy7xN3Xbr2lA
*Sunday: July 13, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
Roots, Records, and Resilience: Using HBCU Libraries and Archives for Genealogical Research
by Christina Vortia, MSLIS Chief Librarian (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Dqq4vMF8TlGJKvNO260fXg
*Sunday: August 10, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
AAGHSC’s Annual Picnic
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*Sunday: September 14, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
No Meeting: Allen County Public Library Research (Sept 12-14)
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Saturday: October 11, 2025 (9:00AM -5:00PM CST): 43rd Annual Family History Conference featuring
J. Mark Lowe
3 Clues Found in Every Land Record
Sharecropping Contracts, Chattel Mortgages and Trust Deeds
One African-American family’s story of Migration from the South: A Boarding House in Detroit
Deborah Abbott & Char McCargo Bah
A Tale of Ancestral Families: Two Paths, One Outcome
Deborah Abbott
Critical Thinking in Genealogy Research: A Case Study Using Oral History
*Sunday: October 12, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
Char McCargo Bah
Using Your Skills in Locating Descendants of 19th-Century Lynched Victims
*Sunday: November 9, 2025 (1:15PM – 3:00PM CST)
AAGHSC Website Updates
by Anita Boyd
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ru7ZVUiJRIGQdZMzq8DoaA