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Membership dues are
payable each year in September. Please send your check with the
Membership Form to FHWGS %BHC, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.
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Members |
Guests |
Total |
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Jan 5 |
24 |
14 |
38 |
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Feb 2 |
34 |
15 |
51 |
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Mar 1 |
31 |
14 |
45 |
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April 5 |
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24 |
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May 3 |
40 |
11 |
51 |
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Meeting Schedule |
1 |
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President’s Pages |
2-3 |
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Recap of Programs
Collaborations and Outreach Activities |
2-3 |
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In Memoriam
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4 |
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Transitions |
4 |
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Genealogy News &
Notes |
5 |
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Black Inventors
and Inventions |
6 |
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Photographs |
7-9 |
This edition represents the launching of the
first electronic issue which has been posted to the website for viewing or
printing.
Website:
www.fhwgs.org/
Newsletter
Hotline: (313) 438-3233
Publishers Email:
234stewart@ameritech.net
Editors Email:
fredhartwilliams@yahoo.com
Address: FHWGS
Detroit Public Library
%BHC
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
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Meeting Schedule -
2008
Detroit
Public Library, Main Branch
Saturday, September 6 - 2008
10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Old Fine Arts Library,
Third Floor
Margaret McCall Thomas
Ward History Maker: Gilbert A. Maddox, Ph.D., Educator, Historian and Mass
Communications Pioneer
Join us in honoring
Dr. Maddox; Black radio and television broadcast media pioneer and first
African American producer and host at WWJ-TV, Channel 4, Detroit, MI;
whose biography will be unveiled in the new book written by Society member
Joann Davis, author, educator, and genealogist.
Saturday, September 27
- 2008
9:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. Detroit
Public Library, Main Branch
3rd ANNUAL
FREE FAMILY HISTORY FESTIVAL
Featuring African
American Genealogy presentations by FHWGS members: Dr. Deborah Abbott,
President, African American Genealogy Society of Cleveland, Rochelle and
Asante Danquah. Co-sponsored by Detroit Society for Genealogical Research,
Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society and Detroit Public Library Friends
Foundation.
www.detroitpubliclibrary.org
Saturday, October 4 - 2008
10:00 A.M. – 12:00 PM
Old Fine Arts Library, Third Floor
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
CONNECTIONS FROM MICHIGAN TO CANADA 1840-1970
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Presented in
collaboration with the Lansing Area African American Genealogical Society
FHWGS and LAAAGS
present the 42-minute video, researched and documented by husband and wife
team Mike and Dorothy Matrich. Included are rare images of Fredrick
Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Adam Crosswhite, with narration tracing
Underground Railroad connections in the Mid-West, as well as Battle Creek,
and Cass, Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties. A Q&A follows the video
presentation.
Saturday, November 1 - 2008
10:00 A.M. – 12:00
P.M.
Old Fine Arts Library,
Third Floor
Part One - Topic:
BREAKTHROUGHS & DISCOVERIES
Members share their
research findings, tips, techniques and resources.
Part Two - Topic: FHWGS
PRE- HOLIDAY TRUNK SHOW
Get a head start on
your holiday shopping with genealogy inspired handcrafted items suitable
for gift giving created by Society members and local artisans. Members are
invited to bring used research books and materials to sell or exchange
with fellow members.
No Meeting in December
Free parking on Saturday in the library’s
Putnam Street parking lot
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