Programs

WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? GENEALOGY WORKSHOP, WITH TIPS FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCHER

Where do you come from? Agnes Kane Callum helps participants find the answer, using slides and handouts to introduce genealogical resources such as the federal census; the Soundex; military, cemetery, and church records; federal and state archives; genealogical and historical societies; and Bibles. Ms. Callum also stresses the value of studying the history and geography of the area under investigation. Requires overhead projector and screen. Appropriate for adult and high school audiences. For Baltimore area programs only.

Agnes Kane Callum is a researcher, writer, and lecturer on the United States Colored Troops and Black Genealogy. Among her publications are her books Colored Volunteers of Maryland, 7th Regiment United States Colored Troops 1863 - 1866, Bounty Records of the 9th Regiment United States Colored Troops 1863 - 1866, and History of the 9th Regiment United States Colored Troops Volunteers of Maryland, Civil War 1863 - 1866. She has a B.A. and M.S. from Morgan State University, and she did graduate studies at the University of Ghana under a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship.