Calendar 2009

 

Meeting Schedule - 2009

 

FRED HART WILLIAMS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Researching and preserving African American Family History since 1979

Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection

5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202

Hotline (313) 438-3233 e-mail: fredhartwilliams@yahoo.com- http://www.fhwgs.org

 

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Detroit Public Library, Main Branch

Meetings will be held in the Old Fine Arts Room unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Saturday, January 3 - 2009 

 

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M., Old Fine Arts Room, DPL

Part 1: Beginning Genealogy Information and Resources

Presenter: Peggy Sawyer Williams, Immediate Past President, FHWGS

 

Part 2: State Club Updates and Breakout Sessions

 

Saturday, February 7 - 2009 

 

10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M., Old Fine Arts Room, DPL

Annual African American History Month Celebration

2009 Margaret McCall Thomas Ward History Maker: Norman McRae, Ph.D. Educator, Historian, Author & FHWGS Charter Member

 

FHWGS unveils a new biography, written by genealogist and Society member Joann Marie Davis, honoring Dr. McRae’s infinite accomplishments and dedication to preserving African American History.

 

Saturday, March 7 - 2009 

 

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M., Old Fine Arts Room, DPL

Helping Hands & Hearts: The Story of the Underground Railroad in

Farmington, Michigan

 

Presenter: Rochelle Danquah, historian and FHWGS Board Member, will discuss the history of Farmington’s founders and their contributions to the Underground Railroad movement in Southeastern Michigan.

 

Saturday, April 18 - 2009 

 

1:30 P.M. (Following 12:00 P.M. Luncheon)

51st Annual Conference on Local History, Michigan in Perspective

McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Wayne State University

Topic: Swimming Upstream: Detroit’s African American Physicians

Presenter: Roberta Hughes Wright, Ph.D., Attorney-at-law, Ret.

 

Saturday, May 2 - 2009 

 

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M., Old Fine Arts Room, DPL Annual Meeting &

Elections

Topic: One Family’s Story

Presenter: Anthony Crutchfield, FHWGS Board Member, shares his family history and research in an engaging power point presentation.

 

Saturday, June 6 - 2009 

 

Day Trip, (Details TBA)

Annual Field Trip: Cass County Historical Sites Tour

In collaboration with Lansing Area African American Genealogical Society

 

 

All meetings are free and open to the public.

Free parking on Saturday in the library’s Putnam Street parking lot.