On the Road

2010
February 6th - NET teacher training workshop, Lincoln, NE
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*KEYNOTE ADDRESS -- What is Genealogy, and Why Should I Care?
*Resources and Ideas for Using Genealogy in the Schools
February 25th - Peoria Public Library-Lakeview Branch, Peoria, IL
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Researcher
*Using African American Newspapers: Discussion and Book Signing
March 27th - Genealogy conference at Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*African American Veterans in the GAR
April 22nd-24th - Ohio Genealogical Society annual conference, Toledo, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Black Ohioans and the Chicago Defender Newspaper
*More Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Researcher
May 1st - St. Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, IN
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Reconstruction 101 for African Americans
*Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the Beginning African American Researcher
June 13th-18th - Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University,
Birmingham, AL
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Reconstruction 101: A Primer for African American Researchers
*Reconstruction 102: Books, Articles, and Online Resources
*African Americans and the Cholera Epidemic of 1873: A Case Study
July 15th - Elgin Genealogical Society general meeting
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestor to the Surface
August 18th-21st - Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference, Knoxville, TN
SCHEDULED EVENT:
*FGS board meeting
September 25th - Family History Festival, Detroit, MI
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION & EVENT:
*The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do Research Without It!
*Bookseller
October 23rd - Illinois State Genealogical Society fall conference, Peoria, IL
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestors to the Surface
*Old Soldiers Do Die, But Often After They Move!
2009
February 7th - The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Finding and Using African American Newspapers
*Some Seldom-Used Resources: A Genealogical Potpourri
March 21st-22nd - Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation,
Seattle, WA
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*KEYNOTE ADDRESS -- African American History: The Rest of the Story
*Finding and Using African American Newspapers workshop
April 2nd-5th - Ohio Genealogical Society annual conference, Huron, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*United Miner Workers Journal and State Mine Reports: Two Exceptional Resources for
Coal Miner Research
*Recreating Early Twentieth Century African American Communities in Ohio
*A History of Nineteenth Century Coal Mining in Ohio
May 2nd - Oberlin African American Genealogy and History Group, Oberlin, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*In Their Own Words: Black Life in the South, 1865-1883
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestors to the Surface
September 2nd-5th - Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference, Little Rock,
AR
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Reconstruction 101 for African Americans
*Congressional Hearings: A Primer on This Valuable Resource
September 29th - Danville Public Library, Danville, IL
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestors to the Surface
October 9th-10th - Iowa Genealogical Society annual conference, Des Moines, IA
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestors to the Surface
*Locating and Using Oral History Collections
*Developing the Genealogy of a Community: A Case Study
*Strikebreakers! The Recruitment and Employment of African Americans in the Coal
Mining Industry 1870-1900
*The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do Research Without It!
October 17th - Fayette County Genealogical Society, Uniontown, PA
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestors to the Surface
October 20th - North Hills Genealogists, Pittsburgh, PA
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do Research Without It!
October 21st - Beaver County Genealogy & History Center, Beaver Falls, PA
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do African American Research Without It!
October 29th-31st - International Black Genealogy Summit, Fort Wayne, IN
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*Finding and Using African American Newspapers workshop
2008
April 17th-19th - Ohio Genealogical Society annual conference, Cincinnati, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Locating and Using Oral History Collections
*African American Veterans in the GAR
May 31st - Hudson Genealogical Study Group, Hudson, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Coal Dust In Your Veins: Tips, Strategies, and Resources to Bring Your Coal Mining
Ancestors to the Surface
June 8th-13th - Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University,
Birmingham, AL
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Sifting the Wheat: Documenting the African American Military Experience in Lesser-Used
Sources
*Living Through the Civil War: The African American Experience
*Understanding and Effectively Using the World War I Draft Registration Card
September 3rd-6th - Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference, Philadelphia,
PA
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Virginians on the Move: African American Migration Within and Out of Virginia,
1861-1890
*The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do African American Research Without It!
*Mov'n & Work'n: African American Migration Patterns and Employment Opportunities
in Pennsylvania, 1900-30
September 12th-13th - African American Genealogical Society conference, Cleveland, OH
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do Research Without It!
*Finding and Using African American Newspapers
September 27th - Family History Festival, Detroit, MI
SCHEDULED EVENT:
*Bookseller
October 1st-5th - 93rd Association for the Study of African American Life and History
conference, Birmingham, AL
SCHEDULED EVENT:
*Authors' Book Signing
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*Reconstructing Early Twentieth Century African American Communities Using
Newspapers
October 10th-11th - 26th AAGHSC annual conference, Chicago, IL
SCHEDULED EVENT:
*Bookseller
October 22nd-25th - 48th Western History Association conference, Salt Lake City, UT
SCHEDULED PRESENTATION:
*Reconstructing the African American Community of Thurber, Texas:
The Presentation of the Findings of an Extended Research Project
November 1st - 5th Annual African American Genealogy Workshop, Indianapolis, IN
SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS:
*Researching Indiana Using the Indianapolis Recorder and The Freeman Newspapers,
1890-1930
*In Their Own Words: Black Life in the South, 1865-1883