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Black History Month 2002
Genealogy Workshop
| Members of the Multicultural Genealogical Research Society presented a workshop for those researching their African American families at the Main Library, Saturday, February 16. |
Some of the presenters included Debra Guidry (at podium), Donald Brown (seated, center), and Charlotte Brown (extreme right). |
Marie Scott advises the audience to collect and save wedding and obituary programs for future genealogy use. |
Some of the information presented and discussed included homestead documents, Civil War pension applications, slave schedules, slave manifest documents, and more. |
Jacinta Hawkins talks to the audience about manumission records and other documents helpful to the genealogists in conducting family research. |
