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Welcome to the May 8, 2009 edition of the African Roots Podcast.
You can reach me at http://africanrootspodcast.com
Some important announcements for this week.
There are some changes in the schedule for the all day African American Genealogy Forum in Raleigh, No. Carolina next week. Two of the speakers originally stated to be on the program are unable to attend. Dorothy Spruill Redford and Dr. Henry Louis Gates cannot attend next week’s event. The revised schedule appears here: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/free_events
The Museum of History in St. Louis is hosting a special event for author John Baker,
Author of the Washingtons of Wessyngton. There will be a book signing following his presentation.
http://www.mohistory.org/node/2490?ctx=/education-and-events/browse/87/NULL
In Arkansas, on May 15-16th the PAAC conference will take place at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. This society is devoted to the Preservation of African American Cemeteries. Information can be found at http://www.monticellolive.com/paac-conference-may-15-16/
Good news about the WEB Dubois Collection at Univ. Mass Amherst. The entire collection will be digitized and the process is expected to begin this summer. More information can be found here: http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/138311.
Those interested in the history of the slave trade in the Mid-Atlantic area will find the small piece on Delaware to be interesting. The history of the 18th century slave traders and ferriesthat landed in Camden harbor are discussed in a small piece on Roots Television. To see the video, click this link: http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_africanroots3.php?bctid=22059594001&bclid=240119644
South Carolina Colored School images are located on this site:
http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/SearchResults
Maryland State Archives has some interesting digitized images. For the Blacks in Annapolis images click here: http://www.mdslavery.net/blacks_annapolis/gallery.html
The special images from Names on a Wall can be viewed on the Maryland website. These signatures inscribed on the wall of the Edmonson House in East New Market are located at:
http://www.mdslavery.net/html/projects/enewmarket/enewmarket.html
KENTUCKY researchers will enjoy searching the wonderful website from the University of Kentucky Library. The NKAA (Notable Kentucky African Americans) database contains more than 170 categories to be researched. Please visit
http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/
Chicago African American Heritage Book. The Chicago African American Genealogical Society has embarked on a new project that will document African American families. You can participate in the project. Information is located at:
http://www.aaghsc.org/sitebuilder/images/HeritageBook_SubmittalGuidelines.pdf
Have a great weekend.
And keep researching,
keep documenting and
keep sharing what you find.
