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AAHGS Metro Atlanta

P. O. Box 54131

Atlanta, GA 30308-9998

aahgsatlanta@gmail.com

2023 AAHGS VIRTUAL
NAT’L CONFERENCE --
OCTOBER 18-21

“Hiding in Plain Sight:

Rediscovering the erased

stories of our ancestors

in the U.S. & the Caribbean”

Early Bird Discount Ends 9/30/23! Register here!

Read about AAHGS here.

 

 

AAHGS Transcribe-a-thon:

Make Our Union Navy Sailor

Ancestors Searchable Online

in Muster Rolls of Civil War

“BlueJackets,” 1861-1865

View details. Contact AAHGS.

VETERANS’ DAY DEADLINE!

 

 

AAHGS-ATL SIG:

Sons & Daughters of

the U.S. Middle Passage

● Honor and formally

document enslaved kin

● Hurry, still time to join --

for AAHGS members only!

● Gather documents now!

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GA ARCHIVES EXHIBIT

"Sacred Chronicles: Exploring

Georgia Church Records"

August 5 – November 4

Read details & why search.

 

 

BCG 2023 PAUL SLUBY
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter

member Clevlyn Bankhead

Anderson is one of three!

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CHAPTER MEMBERS!
Committee Volunteer
Opportunities:

Weekly Events Compiler ● Grant Writer ● Research Projects

Email us for details!

PROJECTS

Chapter Volunteers Help 2023 GPB-TV Pledge Drive

Answered phones and took donations "live" in the studio Feb. 26 during airing of Dr. Henry Louis Gates' "Making Black America" series

African American Church Cemeteries in DeKalb & Fulton Counties

Researched and published an inventory guide

South-View Cemetery Biographies

Researched bios of interred for the South-View Cemetery Foundation

1906 Atlanta Race Riot (Massacre) Commemoration

In 2006, we partnered with the Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot to conduct, research and trace African American victims' families to find descendants. The effort culminated with a Centennial Remembrance Weekend held in September 2006. (Articles accessed from Newspapers.com)

African American Funeral Programs

Collecting and indexing programs with local groups and repositories for online access

Honored U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Graves in Marietta, GA National Cemetery

1940 U.S. Census

Indexed nearly 130,000 names in 2012 to make them searchable on FamilySearch.

Freedmen's Bureau Indexing

Macedonia Cemetery Research

Researched interred in 2017 at Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery

WWII Netherlands Black Liberators

Researched "Finding the Descendants" of the 172 African American soldiers buried in Margraten (Details on our Member's Only page)

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