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    Gen-Fed 2025

    National Archives

    The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) will take place Sunday, August 10th through Saturday, August 16th, 2025. LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson will present Immigration & Naturalization: Beyond Basics and Researching Enslaved African Americans in Federal Records.

  • The Rough Draft: Faculty Show and Tell & Emotional Impact: Student Show and Tell

    Online

    In Course: Memorializing Family History—From Intimidation to Empowerment With Angela McGhie, Kaelyn Deeter, Susan Michael, and Mary Kathryn Kozy Faculty each walk students through the beginning phases of their selected projects. The project typically begins with family lore or provenance details of a treasured heirloom. 2:30–3:45 Emotional Impact: Student Show and Tell Students break into small groups of five to “show and tell” the chosen topic. Peers provide feedback.

  • Tracing Your Roots A Family History Event

    Tracing Your Roots: Immigration and Naturalization

    Hughes Library 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, South Carolina

    The details included in naturalization records varied with time and place, but often contained information of critical importance to genealogists. Join Genealogist LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson for an overview of the evolution of the U.S. immigration and naturalization process and the records that were created.

  • Tracing Your Roots A Family History Event

    Tracing Your Roots: A Myriad of Slavery Databases

    Hughes Library 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, South Carolina

    In the summer of 2023, American Ancestors announced the 10 Million Names project, an undertaking to recover the names of people of African descent who were enslaved in the area of the United States between the 1500s and 1865. The monumental task of centralizing datasets about enslaved ancestors is a work in progress. In the interim, there are a multitude of existing databases that serve a similar purpose but are more limited in scope. Join Genealogist LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson for a presentation on applicable Genealogy Standards for using databases, followed by a survey of current databases that name enslaved people and can be accessed free of charge.

  • The Polished Product: Documentation and Historical Context

    Online

    In Course: Memorializing Family History—From Intimidation to Empowerment With Angela McGhie, Kaelyn Deeter, Susan Michael, and Mary Kathryn Kozy Faculty share each of their final pieces that include documentation and historical context. They will emphasize the decisions, reasoning and strategies that fuel the writing choices.

  • Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy

    Researching Enslaved African Americans in the Antebellum Period

    Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy

    In course Lives in Context, SLIG Virtual 2026 Lectures Include: Historical Background, 10:30-11:45 Genealogy standards for researching contemplate the consideration of historical context, a factor that has heightened significance when researching enslaved ancestors due to the dearth of direct evidence of relationships or identities. The first lecture in this session will provide an overview of historical developments that resulted in the creation of records of particular relevance to those of African descent with roots in the antebellum period. Strategies for Using The Records of Slavery, 12:15-1:30 In addition to highlighting selected records of particular use to those of African descent with roots in the antebellum period, this session will cover strategies for researching in this area and the utility of these records. DNA Basics, 3:00-4:15 Reasonably exhaustive research in non-genetic sources is necessary to obtain enough documentary evidence to run meaningful DNA tests that could reveal conflicting or supporting evidence. This session will review decision points involved in planning DNA tests and integrating the results into a proof argument regarding enslaved ancestors. Parents for Isaac Garrett : A Case Study, 4:45-6:00 The Isaac Garrett Case Study (“Parents for Isaac Garrett of Laurens County, South Carolina: DNA Corroborates Oral Tradition,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 108 (June 2020): 85-112) won the NGSQ Award for excellence in 2021. This session will set forth

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  • African American Genealogy: Methodology and Strategies for Researching African American Ancestors

    Largo Public Library

    While Genealogy Standards have universal application, there are strategies that are particularly useful for researching African American ancestors with roots in the antebellum period because they present unique challenges. This program will provide an overview of “best practices” for achieving credible results, by providing a conceptual foundation for tackling genealogical issues in any of the historical slave states. This will be a hybrid meeting held in-person in the Meeting Room/Jenkins B and online via Zoom. Registration is only required for Zoom attendees. Register in advance for this meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOuvrzkiHtbHl9fjiJlf1G3ttzDAEd9N