Upcoming Events

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.

This will be our last in-person meeting in the Otto Schults center at Nazareth University until the spring. You can also attend via Zoom. Registration is required.

We hope members and non-members will join us to hear this most accomplished speaker.