AAGHSC Member Publications

AAGHSC Member Publications

AAGHSC members do more than research family history—they publish it.

Through books, abstracts, cemetery indexes, family histories, research guides, and local history projects, our members have transformed years of research into lasting resources for future generations. These works preserve names, document communities, and make records more accessible for families and researchers alike.

Publications such as Index of Headstones in Lincoln Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois reflect the Society’s long-standing commitment to turning research into preservation and preservation into public knowledge.

At AAGHSC, publication is not the end of research—it is how legacy is shared.

1990

Lori Husband | Deaths in the Chicago Defender, 1910-1920.
Lori Husband | Chicago World War I Draftees: Districts 3,4, 5, and 70.

1991

Roma Jones Stewart, AAGHSC President (1989-1991; 2019-2020) | Liberia Genealogical Research.

1992

Lori Husband | 1930 Hallelujah Contestants.

1993

Roma Jones Stewart | Africans in Georgia, 1870.
Lori Husband | Lost Kinsmen, a compilation of lost relative notices, from 1925-1935, found in the Chicago Defender.
Saundra Rounette Oliver Brown, AAGHSC President (1997-1999) | Leaves upon the same old tree : transcend, ascend or descend, recreate, re-incarnate and re-send the powerful spirits of our ancestors: the black Dents of Charles and St. Mary’s Counties; and Baltimore City (1790-1992)

1995

Lori Husband | Deaths in the Chicago Defender, 1910-1920.
Lori Husband | Chicago World War I Draftees: Districts 3,4, 5, and 70.
Belzora Cheatham, AAGHSC President (1999-2001) | Whittaker Memorial Cemetery index: Cass County, Texas.

1996

Jo Ann Curls Page | Index to the Cherokee Freedmen Enrollment Cards of the Dawes Commission, 1901-1906.
Belzora Cheatham | Slaves & Slave Owners of Bowie County, Texas 1850.
Belzora Cheatham | Slaves and slave owners of Bowie County, Texas, in 1850 : 1850 Bowie County slave census with information from the 1850 free census.
Belzora Cheatham | The History of Whittaker Memorial Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.
Cass County Historical Commission | Dedication of the Official Texas Historical Marker for Whittaker Memorial Cemetery

1998

Lori Husband | 1936 Delegates to the National Negro Congress.

1999

Dee Parmer Woodtor | Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity.
Jo Ann Curls Page | Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee, Volume 1.
Mary Louise (Wallace) Thompson, Chair of the Alabama Study Group, led the Society publication of Index of Headstones in Lincoln Cemetery.

2001

Tony Burroughs, AAGHSC President (1991-1993) | Black Roots: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree.

2002

Belzora Cheatham | The Brown Family of Lodi (Cass County) Texas.

2003

Timuel D. Black, Jr. | Bridges of Memory: Chicago’s First Wave of Black Migration.
Jo Ann Curls Page | Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee, Volume 2.
Lori Husband | Deaths in the Defender, 1921-1935.

2004

Belzora Cheatham | African American Genealogy: Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research.

2005

Grace DuMelle, Newberry Librarian | Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County.

2006

Eric A. Smith, AAGHSC President (2001-2001) | Oak Hill a Portrait of Black Life in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

2007

Jo Ann Curls Page | Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee, Volume 3.

2008

Timuel D. Black, Jr. | Bridges of Memory Volume 2: Chicago’s Second Generation of Black Migration (Chicago Lives).
Timothy N. Pinnick | Finding and Using African American Newspapers
Roma Jones Stewart | The Bunn Family: Americans In Black and White

2010

Janis Minor Forté, Chair of the Alabama Study Group, led the Society publication of Our Heritage: family stories.

2012

Belzora Cheatham | The Ross family of southern Cass : the history of an African American family and community in East Texas.

2016

Melvin C. Ryan | Strong, Beautiful African Women: Selections of Poetry, Prose and Monologues

2019

Timuel D. Black, Jr. | Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black.
DeKalb Walcott | Black Heroes of Fire: The History of the First African American Fire Company in Chicago – Fire Engine Company 21

2022

Evelyn Nabors led the Society publication of Who’s Who in AAGHSC in 2022: Leaving a Trail for Future Generations.

2022-2025

Anita Boyd, AAGHSC President (2025-Present) | 1878 Educable Children in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, a four volume series;
1840 U.S. Federal Census ABSTRACT of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi: A Comprehensive Do-it_Yourself Study Guide and Genealogy Workbook; and,
Beyond the Census Word Search: 50+ Puzzles to Help Uncover Your African American Family History.

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