Archive for January, 2009
Posted on January 20, 2009. Filed under: Obama, history |
The Library of Congress is featuring digitized copies of the bible on which Abraham Lincoln took his oath of office in 1861. From the LOC website:
“The Library of Congress often provides Bibles from its vast collections for the use of Members of Congress during their swearing-in ceremonies. But it is not every day that a [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2009. Filed under: Philadelphia Slavery, Research, Slavery | Tags: Girard Bank, Mellon Bank, Philadelphia, Philanthropist, Slavery, Stephen Girard, War of 1812 |
Sometimes when you are looking for something, you find something else entirely. Many times what you stumble across is better. Take, for example, a bit of information gleaned from the New York Daily Tribune, Sunday, October 21, 1906, entitled Slave Cells Exhumed:
“The charge that Stephen Girard, philanthropist, was a slave dealer, is being forced upon [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009. Filed under: Education, Newsletter, Online Historical Resources, Resources | Tags: African American, AfriGeneas, Black Studies, Booker T. Washington, Boston University Genealogical Certificate, Census, District of Columbia Estates, Illinois Slavery, International Black Genealogy Summit, Louisiana African American resources, National Archives, New Jersey Slave Births, NGS Family History Conference, Pittsburgh Slavery, Pullman Porters, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Virginia Estates, Washington, Wessyington Plantation |
Here is the list of weblinks for the articles appearing in the November/December 2008 issue of AAHGS News:
p. 3: “Black Studies” NARA Catalog: www.estore.archives.gov
p. 5: Boston University’s Genealogical Research Certificate Program: http://professional.bu.edu/cpe/Genealogy.asp
p. 6: Enumerator Instructions Online http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumInstr.shtml
p. 6: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database www.slavevoyages.org/tast/database/index.faces
p. 6 AfriGeneas Forums: Heritage Arts & Crafts: www.afrigeneas.com/forum-crafts
p. 6 AfriGeneas Forums: AfriGeneas [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Election of Officers |
The AAHGS Board of Directors has voted to defer final ruling on the recent election for officers for the 2009-2010 term pending completion of a review of employed procedures. Current officers will continue in their positions until the issues surrounding the process have been resolved. Chapter presidents, AAHGS News, and the AAHGS website will be [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009. Filed under: Newsletter |
File under better late than never — the November/December 2008 issue of the AAHGS News is at the printer. Right on the heels of that is the January/February 2009 issue which will include the 2008 article index, listing of individuals named in the Remembrance Register and possibly the call for papers for the 2009 conference.
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Posted on January 2, 2009. Filed under: Newsletter, Uncategorized | Tags: AAHGS elections; AAHGS News; |
I would like to wish all of our AAHGS News readers a Happy New Year 2009! After an extended absence, we are back on the blog with the November/December and January/February AAHGS News newsletters in the works as I write this.
Thank you to all of our members for continuing their involvement with our organization. [...]
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