African-American Heritage Research - Clayton Library Lecture Series

Saturday, February 25, 2017 | 10:30 AM – 3:45 PM

Join us  at the Clayton Library for a day of research sources and methods celebrating African American heritage. Reservations required, please call 832-393-2600. Adults/Teens.
 
Guest speaker Ari Wilkins is a genealogist, a library associate in the Genealogy Section of the Dallas Public Library, lecturer, and family historian. She has concentrated her interests in North Carolina and Louisiana research and specializes in African American genealogy and research. Ms. Wilkins consults for the Afrigeneas website and Proquest’s African American Heritage database. She has lectured nationally at FGS societies, Samford’s Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, and Alabama State University Genealogical Colloquium.
 
Apprentice Records for Free People of Color | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Explore apprentice records, laws, and circumstances surrounding free children of color. Learn how to find, use, and analyze these documents. Presented by guest speaker Ari Wilkins.
 
Using Southern Ante Bellum Plantation Records | 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Learn about the value of these records, how they are organized, and how to search this major collection. Presented by guest speaker Ari Wilkins.
 
Brown Bag Lunch Break | 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Mining the Slave Narratives: A Genealogical Goldmine | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
For African-Americans the Slave Narratives are not just a rich historical resource but a genealogical goldmine of family history. Join us as staff member Franklin Smith covers tips and strategies, including DNA research, for mining the precious gems of information these documents might contain about your ancestors and their communities.
 
African-American Resources at HPL’s Houston Metropolitan Research Center and the African American Library at the Gregory School | 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
This presentation will highlight the types of records found in archival collections for African-American research that are housed at the sister Special Collections units to Clayton Library.

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