This project has been my dream since 1967. I was nine years old and a student at Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, West Virginia. We were learning about slavery. In the textbook, there was a picture of Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. I was curious about him because we shared the same surname....
A walking tour of the Virginia State Capitol, which is located several blocks from the convention center, will be offered in both the morning and the afternoon on Wednesday, 31 May. Designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1785, the Capitol was first occupied in 1788. It is the second oldest working statehou...
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia features interactive, educational exhibitions that preserve and honor Virginia’s African American history and culture. The BMHVA tells the famous, forgotten, and always inspiring stories of African American history in Virginia. The museum...
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC), formerly known as the Virginia Historical Society, tour covers two long-term exhibits. “The Story of Virginia” is an exhibition that interprets 16,000 years of Virginia history and features more than 500 artifacts, maps, letters, and diaries. Ob...
Highlight your organization and enter the 2023 SLAM! Idea Showcase by 17 March. Societies, libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations are encouraged to submit videos and share creative or innovative projects and programs to inspire the genealogy and family history community. Winners and ...
NGS and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) will present the James Dent Walker Memorial Lecture series on Saturday, 3 June. African American family history researchers encounter many brick walls and the methodology used to solve such research quandaries benefits ...
Diane L. Richard has been doing genealogy research since 1987 and since 2004 she has professionally focused on the records of North Carolina and other southern states. She regularly contributes to Internet Genealogy and has authored over 500 articles on genealogy topics. Since 2016 she h...
Diana Elder, AG®, is a professional genealogist accredited in the Gulf South region of the United States. Diana authored Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide and co-authored the companion volume, Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist’s Guide to Finding and Confirming Ance...
As an author and speaker, I often hear the question: how did I go from researching family history to writing a trilogy about my ancestor Cecily?Mine is a peculiar journey, but I’ve never met a family historian who didn’t have an odd story. We all know that sometimes we find our ancesto...
Over the past twenty years, Ron Arons has given more than 500 presentations on researching criminals, technology, and research methodology. He worked in a marketing capacity for many successful high-tech firms and continues to geek out with new and old technologies. He is the author of three bo...
