Where Genealogy Meets Politics...

Dr. Gatch and the fight to create the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services Center.
Photos by Diane Arbus

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“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 NAACP-Beaufort at the time, Reverend I.D. Newman of Orangeburg, Former Senator Fritz Hollings and Dr. Donald Gatch tour Beaufort and Jasper County visiting the poor in what would be dubbed by the NATIONAL PRESS, "The Hunger Tour."  Thirty years ago in Beaufort, people were dying of third world diseases like Pellagra. It was the Dr.'s efforts alongside others that changed all that.

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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

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“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 I.D. Newman of Orangeburg, Former Senator Fritz Hollings and Dr. Donald Gatch tour Beaufort and Jasper County visiting the poor in what would be dubbed by the NATIONAL PRESS, "The Hunger Tour."

Thirty years ago in Beaufort, people were dying of third world diseases like Pellagra. It was the Dr.'s efforts alongside others that changed all that.

 

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Taking African American Genealogy to Smaller Rural Communities...

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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 stories for local district and state collections is darn near impossible.  We hope with our project to inspire other groups of professional genealogists to donate their time researching genealogies within populations that otherwise would not be able to afford.  Our 8 Workshop Series starting in August will educate and inform Library patrons on local, state and federal records research.  For more information on the Lobeco Library Branch Workshop contact Gina Molter at 843-255-6475 or send an email to gmolter@bcgov.net.
For additional info on African American Genealogy with Fallon Green visit our website at www.fallongreen.com.  

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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 do not speak easily with outsiders and so getting their family stories for local district and state collections is darn near impossible.  We hope with our project to inspire other groups of professional genealogists to donate their time researching genealogies within populations that otherwise would not be able to afford.  Our 8 Workshop Series starting in August will educate and inform Library patrons on local, state and federal records research.  For more information on the Lobeco Library Branch Workshop contact Gina Molter at 843-255-6475 or send an email to gmolter@bcgov.net.

For additional info on African American Genealogy with Fallon Green speaking dates go to http://www.speakermix.com/fallongreen

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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.eventbrite.com/org/2306931265

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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 INFORMATION:
The National Archives
700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington , DC 20408 
Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA

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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 Archives

Research Level:
New to Genealogy

Email: 
dwayne.brewer@nara.gov

Accepts Friend Requests: 
Yes

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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/2306931265

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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 in the state of Georgia to be inducted in to the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.  Featured recently on the extremely popular BlogTalk Radio Show, Research at the National Archives and Beyond with Host Bernice Bennett, Mr. Henderson's fascinating story has its genesis in the records of a free creole woman of color by the name of Agnes Mathieu.  I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Henderson and his significant other today as they happened to drop by the National Archives in Washington, DC.

For more on the incredible story go to:

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/12/georgia-lineage-society-installs-first-african-american-as-chapter-president.html

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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 the Potomac River was buckled and rendered useless. A few British cannons were picked up by the winds and thrown through the air. The collapsing buildings and flying debris killed several British soldiers. Many of the soldiers did not have time to take cover from the winds and they laid face down in the streets. One account describes how a British officer on horseback did not dismount and the winds slammed both horse and rider violently to the ground.

The winds subsided quickly, but the rain fell in torrents for two hours. (There may have been a second thunderstorm that followed quickly after the first thunderstorm.) Fortunately, the heavy rain quenched most of the flames and prevented Washington from continuing to burn. After the storm, the British Army regrouped on Capitol Hill, still a bit shaken by the harsh weather. They decided to leave the city that evening. As the British troops were preparing to leave, a conversation was noted between the British Admiral and a Washington lady regarding the storm: The admiral exclaimed, “Great God, Madam! Is this the kind of storm to which you are accustomed in this infernal country?” The lady answered, “No, Sir, this is a special interposition of Providence to drive our enemies from our city.” The admiral replied, “Not so Madam. It is rather to aid your enemies in the destruction of your city.”

For the complete article go to:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8

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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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