General Meeting
February 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
General Meeting
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET
Location:
A virtual presentation by Dr. Abbott.
- Virtual (Members) and
- In-person Watch Party (Members & Non-members) at First Presbyterian Church, 189 Church Street, Marietta, GA 30060, Join us at First Presbyterian Church to watch Dr. Abbott’s virtual presentation together. Networking and discussion opportunities will be available before and after the presentation.
Topic: Researching in Black and White: A Georgia Slavery Case Study
Description: The most difficult part of genealogical research for African Americans is finding and identifying slave ancestors and their owners. Using case studies, we will start with twentieth-century records and follow two families from freedom to slavery. Learn the records needed to take one family who remains in Georgia and the other which begins in Georgia and ends in Texas.
Speaker: Deborah A. Abbott, PhD
Deborah A. Abbott, PhD, is a professional genealogist specializing in genealogical methodology, manuscript collections, and African American family research. She is a member of the Cuyahoga County (OH) Archives Commission, the Lakeview Cemetery Community Outreach Committee (Cleveland, OH), past president of the African American Genealogical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, and a retired professor of Counseling from Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. She holds both the BS and MEd degrees from Tuskegee University and the PhD degree from Kent State University.
Dr. Abbott is coordinator of the African American Track at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) in Athens, Georgia, and the GRIP Genealogy Institute of the National Genealogical Society. She teaches at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR).
Dr. Abbott has articles published in the Ohio Genealogy News and FamilyTree magazines. She can be found teaching African American genealogy in a segment entitled “Needles & Threads” on Ancestry Academy, an educational video course for Ancestry.com. Dr. Abbott also coordinates the “Genealogy and Family History Clinic” for the Cleveland Public Library.
She is a member of the National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Association of Professional Genealogist (APG) and the Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG). A Cleveland, Ohio native, Dr. Abbott is a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Tuskegee University National Alumni Association, and Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland.
