From Deseret News archives:
Genealogy series will aid blacks
The free event will be held Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
The daylong series of classes and workshops will be kicked off by keynote speaker the Rev. Khadijah Matin, the national AAHGS president residing in New York City. The Rev. Matin has more than 30 years of service in the areas of history, health and adult education. Her research has focused on Midwest and Native American/African-American history.
She is a popular national lecturer and performs as a master storyteller, focusing on her family's history in the Midwest (Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska) and Ontario, Canada, as well as 19th and 20th century African-American history.
The Rev. Matin is also an executive board member of the Kansas Institute for African-American and Native-American Family History. The free classes will address popular genealogy topics and tips to succeed in doing African-American family history research. The library staff and volunteers will be available
The class topics include: "The Power of DNA Discovering Relationships." "Beginning Research," "Preserving Living Memory," "Researching Burned Counties," "African-American Online Resources," "FamilySearch Indexing," "Southern History" and "Genealogy Using Census Indexes Effectively." For a complete schedule of classes and times, go to FamilySearch.org, then to Family History Library Monthly Class Schedules.
There are three ways to register for the free classes: Send an e-mail noting desired classes to FHLClassReg@ldschurch.org; call 240-4950; or register at 9 a.m. the day of the event in the Family History Library. The Family History Library is located at 35 N. West Temple, directly west of Temple Square.
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization that maintains the world's largest repository of genealogical resources.
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