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Hidden Roots: Uncovering African-American Family Histories
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February 19, 2013
"If I do not write about them, nobody else will." -Char Bah
Researching one's ancestry has become a popular activity-there are websites, television shows, and businesses devoted to this very topic. But how does genealogy differ when ethnicity is taken into account?
Genealogist Char Bah says incomplete record-keeping by slave owners, marriages not being recognized sometimes years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and various surnames among relatives are just a few of the unique challenges that African-Americans face when attempting to find their ancestors.
She often travels, giving lectures on African-American genealogy, as navigating through sometimes complex African-American family histories may be challenging for some.
In this interview, she speaks to Sheilah by phone from her home in Stafford, VA.
Char Bah's next speaking engagement:
Saturday, March 16, 2013 – “Beginner’s Genealogy”
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: Central Rappahannock Regional Library
1201 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
More of Char Bah's events here.
Maryland events
Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore
March 23, 2013
Ongoing
The Louis S. Diggs Research Center for African American History, Inc. hosts free monthly genealogy instruction.
Classes are designed for beginners and will be taught by professional genealogist Angela Walton-Raji, author of Black Indian Genealogy Research: African American Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes.
For more information e-mail genealogyclass@gmail.com or call 443.848.2646.
Historical Society of Baltimore County, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville.
First Thursday of each month, from 10 am to 2 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic region
For a comprehensive list of 2013 genealogy events along most of the East Coast, Harold McClendon of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society, has created "Harold's List of Upcoming Genealogy Events." This list compiles events on researching families of various ethnicities.
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