June 12-16, 2006 - Sensational Samford Conference
The Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) held a week-long conference in Birmingham, Alabama offering multiple and diverse courses. Course 8, “Researching African-American Ancestors” coordinated by Frazine Taylor of the Alabama Archives, was terrific! AAGS members who attended had the pleasure of widening their knowledge, as well as contacts, through this seminar that included the following presenters
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Elizabeth Wells (center), Samford University Special Collections
Cynthia Rosers, Jamaica resources
James Rose (right), Research methodology and WPA slave narratives
Shamele Jordon, Family web sites and genealogical computing
Frazine Taylor (left), Case Study
Tim Pinnick (right), Newspapers, Slavery Era Insurance
Deborah Abbott (left), Vital records and collateral lines
Ruth Ann Hager (right)- U.S. Colored Troops records
