On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, I will be giving a lecture at the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society at the Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road in Alexandria, Virginia. See the press release. The topic is “Finding a Variety of Pre and Post-Civil War Records on Your Virginia Ancestor, Including Plantation Records” please see the lecture syllabus.
Also, my 2018 calendar is now open for genealogical lectures.
Left to Right – Dr. Deborah Abbott, Char McCargo Bah, Stephanie Sparrow Hughes, and Gayle Dowdell Wilson
I was honored to be the Keynote Speaker at the Franklin County African American Interest Group 25th Anniversary Luncheon on May 6, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The invite came from President Elect, Gayle Wilson and the Anniversary Chairperson, Stephanie Sparrow Hughes.
The luncheon was a sell-out with members and their guest as well as a dozen or more members from the Cleveland, Ohio African American Genealogy Society including Dr. Deborah Abbott, Gary Franklin, President of Journey Toledo Ohio African American Genealogy Group, and
Right to left – Marlene Garrett Bransom of Pittsburgh AAHGS and Fran of the Cleveland Ohio African American Genealogy Society
Marlene Garrett Bransom, President of Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society in Pittsburgh, PA.
Memorable moments came when the interest group members shared with me their passion for genealogy and their love for their genealogical group. One of the members stated, “I told by husband that I am not cooking when I have my genealogy meeting. My husband looked at me and said, ‘What’?”
The President Elect, Gayle Wilson will be sworn in as president in January 2018 as the first African American president of the Franklin County Genealogy Society; and she was recently elected as a trustee for the Ohio Genealogical Society. If you want to know more about the event, check out their web site calendar at https://fcghs-oh.org/.
Char McCargo Bah,
CEO/Owner, Professional Genealogist/Independent Historian/Writer
As CEO/Owner of FindingThingsforU, LLC, my Company can provide you with an array of services including topic notch consultation for beginners and the experienced genealogist; provide instructional workshops, classes, and lectures on genealogy. Also the Company provides publishing, writing, academic research, and authorship mentoring to clients.
If you are interested in our services, please click on our contact page.
