AAHGS-NE CHAPTER, INC. - PROGRAM SCHEDULE
2014-2015
Please join us on 3rd Saturdays, September through June ~ Learn about Afro-American History & Genealogical Research
Bedford Free Public Library, 7 Mudge Way, Bedford, MA*
Featured Presentations* @ 11 a.m. followed by Lunch and Business Meeting
Date
Featured Speaker(s)
Featured Presentation
September 20th
Dr. Erica James &
Valerie Cunningham
October 18th
November 15th
December 20st
January 17th
February 21st
March 21st
April 18th
May 16th
Judith Allen-Shaw
National Convention Attendees
Irving Smith
Charles Price
Postponed Due to Weather
Charlie Martin
Rev. Dr. Renée Wormack-Keels
Prof. Lester Lee
Dr. James - Dominion Over the Dead: A Family’s Story of Race, History & the
Politics of Heritage in Virginia
Ms. Cunningham -Update on the Portsmouth NH Colonial Era African Burying
Ground & Plans to Create a Memorial Park at the Site
Pitfalls in Researching My Virginia Families
Highlights of the AAHGS National Convention
Using Vital Records to Identify Descendants of My Paternal Great-Grandfather
Prince Estabrook: American Revolutionary War Militiaman
June 20st
Dr. Janette Greenwood & Frank
Morrill
“My Martin Ancestors: From family lore to so much more”
19th Century African American Women Preachers, Prophets and Healers
Remembering Slavery, Imagining Citizenship: Religion and Racial Uplift among
African Americans in Southampton County, Virginia 1865-1916.
Worcester Massachusetts People of Color Project
(http://worcesterpeopleofcolorphotoproject.wordpress.com)
and AAHGS-NE Annual Meeting
*Please note that the location and programs are subject to change. For more information, contact Robert Pierce at 978-969-1761 or
[email protected], or go to www.aahgs-ne.org
Updated: March 7, 2015