Where
did your ancestors
come from?
Before each
monthly meeting, a Beginning Genealogy
class is held from 11:15 to 12 noon. Guests are always welcome!
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2009
Phoenix Mini-Summit
On Saturday,
January 31th, the Black Family Genealogy & History Society a mini-summit
from 9 AM to 2:30 PM at the Double Tree Guest Suites at 320 North 44th Street,
Phoenix, Arizona.
The topic of the mini-Summit was: Black Indians--Searching
for our indigenous and Cultural Roots.
The speaker for the morning session was Darnell
Alanda Morehand-Olufade, M.Ed., who discussed her research on the Choctaw
in Enid, Oklahoma, and the Shinnecock of Long Island, New York.
The afternoon
session featured Helen Cudjo-Woods, a direct descendant of the Seminole
Nation. She has been researching her maternal and paternal ancestors
among the Five Civilized Tribes in Florida and Oklahoma for ten years.
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