Selected Past Meetings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2009 | |
| October 10 | The MPAAGHS 5th Anniversary Workshop took place at Angel Visit Baptist Church in Dunnsville, Virginia. Earlier in the day, the Final Collection Time for Funeral Programs Project took place. |
| March 14 | Field Trip to King and Queen Court House
tour of Circuit Court record room conducted by Vanessa Porter, Deputy Circuit Court Clerk tour of King and Queen County Courthouse Tavern Museum conducted by Ellen White |
| February | The Essex County Public Library invited MPAAGHS to create a display for Black History Month 2009. The group created a genealogy exhibition that was on display during February and March 2009. |
| 2008 | |
| October 11 | Field trip to the King William County Museum
tour conducted by Alvin C. Lomax |
| June 14 | Celebration of the 105th birthday of Meta Dishman, of King and Queen County, VA |
| March 8 | "Remembering Together: Stories of Obstacles and Opportunity" an oral history practicum facilitated Dr. Barbara Finkelstein, Director Oral History in Education Institute, University of Maryland, College Park |
| February 9 | "How to Collect Oral Histories" Speaker - Christina Draper Director, Virginia African-American Heritage Program Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, Charlottesville |
| January 12 | Special presentation of vintage photograph of St. John’s Baptist Church by Thomas C. Harris |
| 2007 | |
| March 10 | "Preserving Works on Paper"
Speaker - paper conservator Susan Butler-Walters |
| February 10 | "Virginia Freedmen Indexing Project" Speakers - Darrell Walden and Bessida Cauthorne White Article - Reconstructing African-American Roots (1 MB) |
| 2006 | |
| December 9 | "Family Wisdom: Celebrating 200+ Years of Love and Strength in an
African-American Family" talk and book signing with author, Howard Adams |
| June 10 | Field trip - J. C. Graves Museum, Walkerton, VA tour by museum director Nannie Banks Taylor |
| April 8 | "The Line that Leads to You: Telling Your Family Story in Fabric" Speaker - fabric artist Janice Williams |
| February 11 | "Protecting and Preserving Family Collections" Speaker - Edward D. C. "Kip" Campbell Director, Collection Management Services The Library of Virginia |
| 2005 | |
| December 10 | "Using Family Tree Maker Software" Speaker - Bessida Cauthorne White, assisted by Ronnie Sidney |
| December 3 | Dedication of William Moore Highway Marker |
| November 17 | MPAAGHS is featured in a front-page-of-section story in the Newport News Daily Press |
| October 8 | "Use of County Court Records in Genealogical Research" Speaker - Carolyn Clark, Deputy Clerk, Essex County Circuit Court |
| June 11 | Field Trip to The Library of Virginia |
| May 14 | "Research of Seven King William County, Virginia African-American Families" Speaker - Alvin C. Lomax |
| March 12 | "Whispers from the Dust: The Freedmen Records and African-American Family History" Speakers - Darrell Walden and Roice Luke |
| February 12 | "Tips for Researching Free People of Color" Speaker - Gloria Waller |
| January 8 | "Tips for Searching Family Trees" Speaker - Bessida Cauthorne White |
| 2004 | |
| December 18 | Panel discussion, "History of the Rappahannock Industrial Academy" panelists included Thomas Harris, Ruth Corbin Morris, and Laura Jane Wyatt Tildon |
| September 25 | Organizing Meeting |
