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Black Family Genealogy and History Society (BFGHS) Phoenix
Meeting - Zoom Video Conferencing
Agenda
Saturday, January 9, 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Presentation: “Documenting Native Ancestors in African American Families” … Angela Walton-Raji, Genealogist and Researcher
REMINDER - IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU USE THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETING.
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BFGHS and Amazon Smile:
Our organization can earn money on items we purchase from Amazon! Use the link below and search for our organization. It will show our location as New River. Each time you shop from Amazon, sign into the Amazon Smile and we earn a percentage back.
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Finding Your Roots
One of my favorite TV shows is coming back on tv! New episodes of Finding Your Roots are back Tuesday, January 5th! The first episode will be Gayle King, Jordan Peele, and Issa Rae. Use the link below to see the upcoming episodes.
https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots
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Click on the picture above to watch a video about the Wessyngton Plantation and the genealogy road.
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Upcoming January 2021 Events
- January 5, 2021 - Exec. Brd & Brd Meeting - 7pm
- January 7, 2021 - Social Media/Website Committee Meeting - 7pm
- January 9, 2021 - General Meeting - "Documenting Native Ancestors in AA Families" - A. Walton - Raji - 10am, VIRTUAL, ZOOM MTG
- January 13, 2021 - Membership Committee Meeting - 7pm
- January 14, 2021 - "Efficient Genealogy Research" - Course 1/ Wk 1 - (Roz Matthews) - 7pm
- January 19, 2021 - Finance Committee Meeting - 7pm
- January 20, 2021 - "Pension Files" - Roz Matthews - 7pm
- January 28, 2021 - "African American Lineage" - Roz Matthews - 7pm
Upcoming February 2021 Events
- February 11, 2021 - "Efficient Gen. Research" Course 1/ Wk 2 (Roz Matthews) - 7pm
- February 13, 2021 - General Meeting - "Archive Proj. - ASU - 10 am VIRTUAL, ZOOM MTG
- February 16, 2021 - Program Committee Meeting - 7pm
- February 17, 2021 - Family history Research - Arlene Everett - 7pm
- February 23, 2021 - Fund Development Committee Meeting - 7pm
- February 25, 2021 - African American Lineage - Roz Matthews - 7pm
Upcoming March 2021 Events
- March 11, 2021 - "Efficient Gen. Research - Course 1/ week 3 (Roz Matthews) - 7pm
- March 13, 2021 - General Meeting - "Archives - Arch Diocese of NOLA" - E. Leumas - 10am VIRTUAL, ZOOM MTG
- March 16, 2021 - Finance Committee - 7pm
- March 17, 2021 - "How to Choose a Repository for Family Docs. / Ephemera" - ASU - 7pm
- March 25, 2021 - African American Lineage - Roz Matthews - 7pm
- March 30, 2021 - Bylaws Committee - 7pm
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Past Meetings - October, November & December
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Thom Reed and Lamont Monroe - Completed the BFGHS scavenger hunt!!!!
Thank you for participating. They won a BFGHS lanyard and a BFGHS USB.
The bottom two pictures are from our December Holiday meeting. Such a wonderful performance and a history lesson from Batoto Yetu.
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BFGHS Newsletter
Our newsletter will arrive quarterly (January, April, July and October) to paid members. Please add vpbfghs@gmail.com to your contact list to help ensure its arrival in your inbox. You may submit stories, research information, genealogy hacks, etc., along with a graphic and any web link(s) one month prior to newsletter deadline to vpbfghs@gmail.com. See chart below
January - Submit by December 1st
April - Submit by March 1st
July - Submit by June 1st
October - Submit by September 1st
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