Where Genealogy Meets Politics...

Dr. Gatch and the fight to create the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services Center. Photos by Diane Arbus See the full gallery on Posterous “Let Us Now Praise Dr. Gatch” (4 photos) This is an album of photos from an article on Beaufort County Doctor, Dr. Donald Gatch of Sheldon and his fight to create the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services Center in 1969.  My Great Uncle Lawrence Washington - President of the...

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Where Genealogy Meets Politics...

Dr. Gatch and the fight to create the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services Center. Photos by Diane Arbus See the full gallery on Posterous “Let Us Now Praise Dr. Gatch” (4 photos) An Article on Beaufort County Doctor, Dr. Donald Gatch of Sheldon and his fight to create the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services Center in 1969. My Great Uncle Lawrence Washington - President of the NAACP-Beaufort at the time, Reverend...

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Taking African American Genealogy to Smaller Rural Communities...

See the full gallery on Posterous African American Genealogy in Rural Southern Areas We have now started to book a series of workshops in rural southern areas in order to collect and then preserve the stories of African Americans living in these most remote regions of our country.  Our first workshop grant is with the Lobeco Branch Library in Beaufort County, SC.  The Senior populations in many of these Southern Areas are very isolated and the seniors living there do not speak easily with outsiders and so getting their family...

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Taking African American Genealogy to Smaller Rural Communities...

African American Genealogy in Rural Southern Areas We have now started to book a series of workshops in rural southern areas in order to collect and then preserve the stories of African Americans living in these most remote regions of our country.  Our first workshop grant is with the Lobeco Branch Library in Beaufort County, SC.  The Senior populations in many of these Southern Areas are very isolated and the seniors living there...

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Friday, June 22, 2012 The Jazz in the Garden Genealogy Social Club will be meeting this week at The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden on the Constitution Avenue side.  This Friday our Special Guest is Chrissie Capron of the Office of Personnnel Management in Washington, DC.   To register for this week's social...go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/2306931265 Or text to 843.597.3684...

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Friday, June 15, 2012 The Jazz in the Garden Genealogy Social Club will be meeting this week at The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden on the Constitution Avenue side.  This Friday Bring Your Research to Work!  Got a Brick Wall?  Stumped?  Get help from other others as we team-search federal records to find information on your family history. To register for this week's social...go to: http://www.eve...

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AFRICAN AMERICAN DOCTORS IN THE CIVIL WAR

June 19, 2012 - 12:00pm http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/events/ National Archives 700 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC Dr. Robert Slawson will share his fascinating stories of early African American men of medicine, the graduates of American medical schools and the African American men commissioned as Civil War officers based on the original research from his book, Prologue to Change: African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era. CONTACT...

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Don't Miss Your Chance to Meet...

 Dwayne Brewer The Genealogy Social Club  Dwayne Brewer Age: 26 Geographic Specialty: DC, MD, VA, AL, Puerto Rico Research Specialty:  Puerto Rican Genealogy Interest Categories:   Hispanic-American Genealogy Works for:  The Foundation for the National Archives Hometown:  Washington, DC What he's reading:  The Genealogy Toolkit:  Getting Started on Your Family Research at the National...

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Don't Miss...

Friday, June 8, 2012 The Jazz in the Garden Genealogy Social Club will be meeting this week at The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden on the Constitution Avenue side.  We will have two special guests: Christian Tenney of the Foundation for the National Archives Museum Shop and Seth Garfinkel of the U.S. Congressional Intern Office... To register for this week's social meetup...go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/...

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The First African American in the State of Georgia to be inducted in to the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution!

Michael Nolden Henderson was featured in an episode of PBS's History Detective on the Galvez Papers. If you don't know Michael Nolden Henderson, then people...now is the time for you to Look-Him-Up!  As a graduate of Louisiana's Xavier University and a retired US Naval Officer, his latest project has landed him smack dab in the middle of your history books.  On June 29th 2012, Mr. Henderson became the First African American...

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A Severe Thunderstorm in Washington

"On August 25,1814 a severe thunderstorm was bearing down on Washington, and with it was a tornado. The tornado tore through the center of Washington and directly into the British occupation. Buildings were lifted off of their foundations and dashed to bits. Other buildings were blown down or lost their roofs. Feather beds were sucked out of homes and scattered about. Trees were uprooted, fences were blown down, and the heavy chain bridge across...

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Funnel Cloud drops down in DC!!! First Earthquakes in DC...now this?

It's the end of Days...Get Your Bottle Water and Batteries, people....Bottled Water and Batteries...

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Jazz in the Garden Genealogy Social Club | National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden | Penn Quarter | Washington Events at wusa9.com

Jazz in the Garden Genealogy Social Club | National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden | Penn Quarter | Washington Events at wusa9.com Although we rained out...we STILL got some Press!...

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