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AAGSNC Monthly Meeting
- Time: 1:30 – 4:00 PM
- Virtual Meeting Only
- Open to the Public (FREE)
- Duration: Every 3rd Saturday of each month
(except July & August)
April 18, 2026
This Month's Presenter:
David Anthony Taylor
Presentation:
The Black Pearls of Genealogy (BPOG) Website
David Anthony Taylor is a family historian and the Founder & CEO of Black Pearls of Genealogy (BPOG), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and honoring the histories of the enslaved, the displaced, and the forgotten. Through BPOG, he has given communities both free research tools and lasting memorials that restore dignity and remembrance where silence once reigned.
David is a disabled veteran who proudly served with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. His genealogical journey began in 1997, when he joined Ancestry.com and discovered his first record, that of his great-grandfather Kill Burns, and from that moment, he was hooked.
Mr. Taylor is the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) 2025 James Dent Walker Awardee, a member of the Sons and Daughters of the United States
Middle Passage, and a proud alumnus and moderator of the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI). He was a presenter at the 45th National AAGHS Conference, a guest speaker at the University of California, Santa Barbara Center for Black Studies Research, and a featured guest on the GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show.
At the heart of David’s work are memorial projects that bring forgotten stories to public memory. Through BPOG’s Ancestral Memorials Project, David has overseen the installation of cross memorials in Claiborne Parish, LA (Old Pine Hill Slave Cemetery); Kalamazoo, MI (Potter’s Field); Murray County, OK (Old Five Mile Cemetery); and Waverly Hall, GA (Passmore, Lowe, and Whitehead Plantation Cemetery), the Lost Stories Memorial at the Chinese American Cemetery in Santa Clara County, CA, and the Kingstree, Williamsburg County, SC Train Station, projects that ensure names and
stories are never again erased from history.
Taylor is the creator and driving force behind (thebpog.org), a free and comprehensive African American research site designed to make historical resources easy for everyone to access. The site provides genealogists, educators, and descendants with interactive tools, curated archival guides, record collections, and educational materials. Black
Pearls of Genealogy (thebpog.org), equips researchers with pathways to rediscover lost histories and reconstruct family legacies.