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Welcome to the website for the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC). Please take a look around our NEW website to learn more about our organization, the resources we offer, and about how you can join. Thanks for visiting!

  • Telling our stories, since March 1996!
  • Happy Birthday Alex Haley – August 11
  • Summer Hiatus – No meetings in July and August.
  • AAGSNC Forums are back! In the Members Only section.
  • Summer Hiatus – No meetings in July and August.
  • The Surname Directory is LIVE! Find it in the Links.
  • FIVE sessions left!!

  • Woman fights Harvard over rights to nude SC images of her enslaved ancestors
    by AAGSNC Webmaster
    In 1976, in an unfrequented museum attic at Harvard University, Lorna Condon opened a drawer. Condon, a young editorial assistant at the school’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, had …
  • Our Next Monthly Meeting
    by AAGSNC Webmaster
    Saturday, 19 June 2021Virtual Meeting Righting a Wrong The African American Genealogical Society of Northern California is hosting Tamara Lanier of Connecticut, who will tell the story of her journey …
  • AAGSNC Hosts African American Research Workshop
    by AAGSNC Webmaster
    The Oakland FamilySearch Library (OFSL) is providing an ongoing free research workshop on African Americans (also referred to as Black or Afro-American, or those who harmonize with Sub-Saharan Africa). African …
  • How do I find genealogical resources online?
    by AAGSNC Webmaster
    Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet has over 280,000 categorized and cross-referenced links. Christine’s African American Genealogy Website provides content that is more focused on African Americans, and …
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