Hello everyone! Welcome back to the African Roots Podcast! You can reach me at AfricanRootsPodcast@gmail.com
Well I am delighted to say that I am coming to you from Burbank California. I am here on the west coast to participate in the African American track at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree! This is the first time that there has been an African American track and I am so delighted to be a participant again this year. I am providing a link for you to explore and examine the offerings here. This is one of the largest genealogy gatherings in the country and what a delight to be here!
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I had an interesting project shared with me. The Arabella Chapman Project is an interesting one, based on the efforts of a group in Michigan to learn details about an African American family that can be gleaned from a photo album. A beautiful family photo album was located, and the entire family has remarkable images from the late 1800s and early 1900s. This project came from a group of students who were studying African American Women’s History. The website which is still being developed looks at the images of the family, the photographer, and has been able to construct a few details about their lives. In fact I love the fact that they have also used other resources from census to city directories to contract facts about her life. Of course as a genealogist, this is exactly the kind of thing that we should all do when we want to reconstruct the details about the lives of our ancestors.
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An interesting story was shared on social media this week about an African American family who believes that she is related to the Laroche family that was the only family of color on the Titanic. The story is about a photo that was share about the Laroche family and their voyage on the fateful ship. The woman is Marjorie Alberts and hers is a fascinating story about her journey to determine whether or not she is related to this family. I was delighted to read this an appreciate that is was shared on social media via Facebook.
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Some webinars about African American genealogy and also about Native American genealogy. The African American webinar is late June and the Native American webinar is next week. When I get more information I shall share them with you. And by the way, the Freedom Series is still going on at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Coming soon in July is one of my favorite presenter, Melvin Collier, who will talk about a family reunited after 150 Years.
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Well we are a month out now from MAAGI. Yes, just a month to go and we are busy in preparation mode. We have merged a few things including having a new writing track, and of course don’t forget Dr. Murphy’s rules about the “So What” concept. There is still time to register. Click HERE for more information.
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A quick shout out to everyone who is in New York and attending the Global Family Reunion tomorrow in New York City. This is the brainchild of A. J. Jacobs. Looks like lots of activities, chances for learning and networking will be going on.
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