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Louisiana Odyssey 1
Read More: Louisiana Odyssey 1Thomy Lafon 200th Birthday Celebration As many of you know, ever since I took my first genealogy trip to St. Landry parish to visit where my mother’s family grew up in Washington and Opelousas, and to New Orleans to discover a treasure trove of documents, I’ve been in love with the city of New Orleans.…
State Archives
Read More: State ArchivesThe list below contains links to many state archives in the United States. Many have online records, and some may require you to contact them directly. This list is current as of January 1, 2025. Please notify us via your comments below if any of these links do not work, need to be updated, or…
Maps Guide the Way in Arkansas State Research
Read More: Maps Guide the Way in Arkansas State ResearchHow do you go about finding ancestors when all you know from the census is the state where the person was born? We suggest using an atlas and maps to identify counties and centers of African American populations in southern states prior to and after the civil war. In conducting your research, one of the…
Maps Guide the Way in Louisiana State Research
Read More: Maps Guide the Way in Louisiana State ResearchHow do you go about finding ancestors when all you know from the census is the state where the person was born? We suggest using an atlas and maps to identify counties and centers of African American populations in southern states prior to and after the civil war. In conducting your research, one of the…
AAGSNC State Research Group – Louisiana
Read More: AAGSNC State Research Group – LouisianaMEMBERS ONLY – Virtual Meeting via Zoom 2pm Fourth Saturdays Members Only Portal AAGSNC Membership Required. The Members Only section of our website will contain the link and access information. State specific genealogy discussion and research support. This group will guide specific topics and skills for self-discoveries. This meeting will not be recorded.
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Our Next Monthly Program Meeting
The Discovery Phase of DNA: A Pragmatic Approach with Guest Speaker Michael A. Willis Our next monthly program meeting will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Our featured Guest Speaker will be Michael A. Willis. Michael will discuss “The Discovery Phase of DNA: A Pragmatic Approach”. The presentation is designed to show people how…
National DNA Day April 25, 2025
This year, National DNA Day falls on Friday, April 25, 2025. National DNA Day is a unique day when students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics. Congress approved the first National DNA Day in April 2003 to celebrate both the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 50th anniversary…
News from the African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The Guest Speaker for our May 2024 Monthly Program Meeting was Dr. Dawn Chitty, Director of Education at the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. At that time, the indoor exhibit at the Museum was closed to the public due to major renovations that have now been completed. The African American Civil War Memorial…
Need help logging into a Zoom meeting?
Here’s a good resource to help you get logged into our Zoom meetings. This article which provides guidance for many types of access, with helpful links. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Zoom-meeting Here’s a video which is also helpful.
“Roots to Africa: Improving AncestryDNA results for African heritage”,with Nicka Smith
A recent update to AncestryDNA adds powerful insights into African roots, including new regions and ethnic groups. See how you could be connected to multiple groups, and, discover stories from our exciting partnership with local content creators that capture traditions from these ancestral regions. In this video, AAGSNC Lifetime Member, Nicka Smith, introduces a new…