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Friday,
February 20, 2009
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This schedule is subject to change without prior notice |
7:30
am - 4:30 pm
10:00 am - 4:30 pm |
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Registration
/ Setup
Vendors and Exhibitors |
| 8:45
- 10:00 am |
H1 |
OPENING
SESSION
B.J. Smothers, President
Welcome |
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Frances
Smiley, Alabama Department of Tourism
Heritage Tourism in Alabama |
| 10:30
- 11:30 am |
H2 |
Wimberley
Comer, Center for the Black Belt
Black Belt National Heritage Area |
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G2 |
Alabama
Cemetery Preservation Alliance
Saving African American Cemeteries |
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Experience Selma's Downtown Restaurants
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
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| 1:15
- 2:15 pm |
H3 |
TBA |
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G3 |
Frazine
Taylor, Alabama Department of Archives and History
African American Resources at ADAH |
| 2:30
- 3:30 pm |
H4 |
Tina
Smiley, National Park Service
TBA |
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G4 |
Terry
Peeler, Livingston, Alabama
Tracing the Peeler Family from Waterford, MS to Gaffney, SC |
| 4:00
- 5:00 pm |
H5 |
Dr. Howard Robinson, Alabama State University
The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights
and African-American Culture and Resources at HBCUs |
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G5 |
Film
The Language You Cry In |
WINE and CHEESE RECEPTION
Performing Arts Center, 1000 Selma Avenue
6:30 -8:30 pm
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Saturday,
February 21, 2009
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7:00
- 9:00 am
8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
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Registration
/ Setup
Vendors and Exhibitors |
| 7:00
- 8:00 am |
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Genealogical
Society Summit |
| 8:15
- 9:15 AM |
H6 |
TBA |
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G6 |
Donald
Debrow, Birmingham African American Genealogy Study Group
Finding Your Roots: Getting Started in Genealogical Research |
| 9:30
- 10:30 am |
H7 |
TBA |
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G7 |
David
Bice, Heritage Publishing Consultants
Writing Your Family Story for the Alabama African American
Heritage Book |
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G8 |
B.J.
Smothers, BBAAGHS
Using the Internet for Genealogical Research |
| 10:45
- 11:45 am |
H8 |
TBA |
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G9 |
Robert
S. Davis, Wallace State Community College
Native American Research in the Old South |
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G10 |
Frances
Smiley, Alabama Department of Tourism
Family Reunion Planning |
AWARDS LUNCHEON
Keynote Speaker: Novelist Poet and Playwright Pearl Cleage
Historic St. James Hotel, 1200 Water Avenue
12:00- 2:00 pm
Book Signing Immediately Following
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| 2:45
- 3:45 pm |
H9 |
TBA |
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G11 |
Gwen
Holland, Chicago, Illinois
The McArthur Family History in Black and White |
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G12 |
TBA
Using Family Tree Maker |
| 4:00
- 5:00 pm |
H10 |
TBA |
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G13 |
TBA
Obituaries and Funeral Programs |
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G14 |
Film
The National Geographic GENographic Project |
