Document Research Workshop

Black Family Genealogy and History Society

Virtual Session Online 7:00 PM

 

In this workshop each participant will bring a document to each meeting related to the subject of the month.  (Documents may be your own or one found related to each topic) Techniques, skills, and a review of your documents will be discussed.

 

2023 Schedule of Topics

 

JANUARY 26, 2023 – Death Certificates, Obituaries, Funeral Programs (and other substitutes)

 

FEBRUARY 23, 2023 – Cemetery Records

 

MARCH  23, 2023 – Birth Certificates, Christening/Baptismal Records (and other substitutes)

 

APRIL 27, 2023 – Marriage Certificates, Bonds, License, etc.

                                         

MAY 25, 2023 – Census Workshop

                                         

JUNE 22, 2023– WWI and WWII – Draft Registrations

 

JULY 27, 2023 – Wills, Successions, and Probate Records

                                         

AUGUST 24, 2023 – Deeds, Homesteads, Bounty, or any land ownership records

                                        

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 – Freedmen’s Bureau Records

 

OCTOBER 26, 2023 – Military and Pension Records

 

NOVEMBER 16, 2023 – City Directories

 

DECEMBER 28, 2023 – Newspapers and other Periodicals

 

 

 Ó 2023 by Rosalind Matthews, Family Historian, rozmatthews@gmail.com