Upcoming Events
November 2024 Board Meeting
November 2024 Board MeetingTo be held Live Virtual (via Zoom). Zoom link will be found with the confirmed event registration for the November 20... ...Read More...
RGS Writers Group
If you're trying to preserve your family history in a way others will want to read, this may be the group for you. We're nonprofessionals who want to stop procr... ...Read More...TIG Meeting - Doing a Deep Dive in Ancestry’s New York Collections with Annette Burke Lyttle, owner of Heritage Detective, LLC
Filling out a search form on Ancestry only returns a small percentage of the millions of records available on the site. There is so much more you can find by se... ...Read More...RGS Writers Group
If you're trying to preserve your family history in a way others will want to read, this may be the group for you. We're nonprofessionals who want to stop procr... ...Read More...Exploring Records of the Freedman's Bureau
19 November General Meeting
Renate Yarbourough Sanders is back with RGS via Zoom on Tuesday, 19 November at 6:45 pm. This time she will explore and explain the Freedman's Bureau. While most view these records as focused on the formerly enslaved, they can contain genealogical information for everyone. Renate will show us why everyone researching American ancestors from the antebellum and Reconstruction periods should consider these records essential to their research plan.
Renate, an experienced genealogist and educator, is the descendant of formerly enslaved ancestors, enslavers, and free people of color. She is a member of the National Genealogical Society, the North Carolina Genealogical Society, the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society, and several local genealogy societies. She is a member and Deputy Registrar of the lineage society, Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage. Renate's research has been featured on PBS Radio and in a National Geographic cover story and podcast.
Registration is required for this Zoom only meeting. We hope members and non-members will join us to hear this most accomplished speaker.
