General Meeting Schedule 2023 - 2024
All meetings Sat 10:30 -12:00
(unless otherwise listed)
2024
Jan. 27th Organizing & Putting Together a Presentation That Captures the Audience
Florence Collins Hardy - Rosalyn Green - Erwin Polk
Brandywine Hundred Library
ZOOM Hybrid
Feb. 24th Transitioning Into Freedom: Life in Contrabands Camps
Rosalyn Green
Bear Library
ZOOM hybrid
Mar. 23rd The Struggle For Equal Justice - The Story Of David Walker and America's Leaders in the Pursuit of Equal Justice for All.
author Myrna Heath
Apr. 27th My Gouldtown, New Jersey Family & how they established a
very remarkable community of ancient date
for mixed raced residents
Erwin Polk
May 18th 2024
The Search for David Sims
Pat Johnson
In person - Claymont Library
or ZOOM
22 Jun 2024
Stuff You Missed On That Census -
You know you didn't look at everything .......
Regina Barry
ZOOM only
July 27, 2024 Presenter: TBD
Title: TBD
Aug. 24, 2024
I Never Lied
Robert William Hardy
The historic event occurred August 1971 in Camden New Jersey. I the man who walked the fence top between the FBI and non-violent resistors, the Camden 28, their idea was to stop the war in Vietnam by breaking into a draft board office taking and destroying draft cards. My testimony for the defense and at the U.S. Congress was historical..
Presenter: Florence Collins Hardy
HYBRID/ZOOM
Woodlawn Library, 2020 W. Ninth St Wilmington, DE 19805
Sep. 28, 2024
Presenter: Members Research Expo
Erwin Polk - "Slave Owners That Saw The Light"
Hybrid: ZOOM + In Person
Kirkwood Library
26 Oct 2024
Stories of African Americans in New Castle County, late 1880s to 1930s
Kathy Dettwyler
An overview of research on African Americans from the margins of New Castle County society, including patients at the Delaware State Hospital and those buried in the New Castle County Hospital (Almshouse)/Farnhurst Potter's Field Cemetery, the first two integrated cemeteries in Delaware. A variety of heartbreaking and poignant stories recovered from newspaper accounts and research on ancestry.com, including George White (Delaware's only known lynching victim), Civil War veteran Benjamin Franklin George Washington Butler, Henry Hudson, the Maceys, the Frisbys, the Lones, the Hamilton sisters, and others.
Hybrid: ZOOM + In Person
Brandywine Library
Nov. 23, 2024
The Last Stop on the Underground Railroad
Syl Woolford
No meeting December 2024
2025
Jan. 25, 2024 Presenter: All Attendees
Title: Roundtable sharing of your genealogy accomplishments, goals, brick walls, or fun facts. Share and receive ideas for future use.
February 22, 2025
Deep Dive into African American Genealogy
Presenter: Rosalyn Green
This presentation will include an overview of the African American genealogy research process and a discussion of the types of historical records that can be used to break through the 1870 African American brick wall to find the name of an enslaver and location of enslavement. It will include 2 case studies (1 for free people of color and 1 for enslaved individuals).
November 22, 2025
Joshua Parker, The Godfather of Kent County
Presenter: Syl Woolford
Joshua Parker was born in Dover in 1831, advanced from working as a body servant to several wealthy and politically powerful Delawareans to receiving political appointments in Washington, DC after the Civil War and being a key promoter of recruiting African Americans in Dover to vote Republican. In 1892, and in 1892, organizer of a mob to kill an opponent. This lecture gives insight as to how African Americans participated in the political process during the 19 th Century and the challenges which they faced. A 'don’t miss' presentation!
The dates and places maybe subject to change.
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