MPAAGHS @mpaaghs
African-American Genealogy and Historical Society serving the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck areas of Virginia mpaagenealogicalsociety.org Tappahannock, Virginia Joined February 2010-
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Attention everyone who is attending RootsTech 2025 online (psst, it’s free), the class schedule is now live! Click the link to start planning the classes you want to attend. Watch episode 5 of Road to RootsTech to see how to make your schedule. familysearch.org/en/rootstech/?…
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Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia (MPAAGHS) will hold a virtual meeting on Saturday, January 11, 2025 11am ET. #genealogy calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/e…
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia (MPAAGHS) will hold a virtual meeting on Saturday, December 14, 2024 11am ET. #genealogy calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/e…
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia (MPAAGHS) will hold a virtual meeting on Saturday, October 19, 2024 11am ET. #genealogy calendar.google.com/calendar/event…
Library of Virginia Quarterly Report of Newly Available Accessions (FY 1Q 2025) #genealogy lva.virginia.gov/news/collectio…
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#OnThisDay in 1978, the “72-Year Rule" became law, limiting access to Census Bureau records for 72 years. Currently, records from 1790 to 1950 are available to the public from the @USNatArchives. Learn more: census.gov/about/history/… #CensusHistory
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Dad with his parents on his 36th birthday. The were giddy about all the attention from the press and the fans but simply could not figure out what this Star Trek thing was all about.
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🌐🔍 Ready to explore AI's role in genealogy? Learn how tools like OpenAI ChatGPT & Google Gemini can uncover your family history!us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #NJRoots #GenealogyAI #AIResearch #DiscoverYourStory
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On this day in 1920, a white mob lynched four innocent Black men named Fulton Smith, Ray Field, Ben Givens, and Sam Duncan in Macclenny, Florida. Days after, most of the Black community of Macclenny fled the area in fear of further violent attacks. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
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The entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia is closed as crews continue their assessment of the damage from Hurricane Helene. Update⬇️ nps.gov/blri/planyourv…
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We’re celebrating #AmericanArchivesMonth with LVA tours! #ArchivesMonth promotes institutions that preserve & make accessible important records of residents, businesses, religious groups, govt & society. More about our Archives Month tours & workshops at lva.virginia.gov/public/archive….
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Angel Reese revealed that she’s single and that her next man needs to be over 6'7" and in the NBA 👀
Library of Virginia Quarterly Report of Newly Available Accessions (FY 4Q 2024) #genealogy lva.virginia.gov/news/collectio…
Library of Virginia Quarterly Report of Newly Available Accessions (FY 3Q 2024) #genealogy lva.virginia.gov/news/collectio…
Green v County School Board of New Kent County was argued before the US Supreme Court 56 years ago today. This #civilrights case was argued just hours before Martin Luther King's last speech. oyez.org/cases/1967/695
MPAAGHS of Virginia will hold a virtual meeting on Saturday, March 9, 2024 11am ET. There will be a talk by Mary Chamberlin entitled "Identifying African-Americans Who Lived and Worked at Hundley Hall." #genealogy mpaagenealogicalsociety.org/eventpages/202…
Dred Scott decision issued on March 6, 1857. #amhist archives.gov/milestone-docu…
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia (MPAAGHS) will hold a virtual meeting on Saturday, February 10, 2024 11am ET. #genealogy calendar.google.com/calendar/event…
100 years ago this month, an article in The Journal of Negro History, (Jan., 1924) Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830 #genealogy #slaveowners jstor.org/stable/2713436
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