Meeting Schedule - 2008

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 5 - 2008 

Part 1: Breakthroughs & Discoveries: Members Share Recent Research Findings

Part 2: State Club Updates and Breakout Sessions 

Saturday, February 2 - 2008 

African American History Month Celebration: We’re Making History - An FHWGS and DPL Collaboration

Project DayDream Youth Dream Choir; Moving to the Beat with First Circle, Inc.; Family History Displays by FHWGS members; Beginning Genealogy Information and Resources Station; World Market in Strohm Hall

Saturday, February 9 - 2008 

1:00 – 2:30 PM Celebrating African American History Month: Every Family is a History Day at the Detroit Children’s Museum, 6134 Second Avenue

Beginning Genealogy for Kids; Family History Displays by FHWGS Members; Storytelling; Make & Take Crafts

Saturday, March 1 - 2008 

Saturday, April 5 - 2008 

1:30 P.M. (following 12:00 P.M. Luncheon) 50^th Annual Conference on Local History, McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Wayne State University

                        Topic: The Story Corp Griot Initiative: Our Detroit Stories

Saturday, May 3 - 2008 

Saturday, June 7 - 2008

Annual Field Trip to Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Day Trip

(Details TBA)

All meetings are free and open to the public.

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