I’m the product of those who came before me…
My credo is “Guided by the Ancestors”.
I’m a Family Historian. I have been researching my family since 1977. In 2004, I gave a workshop on ‘Organizing Your Research’ at the Finding Your Roots Family History Conference in Oakland, CA; sponsored by the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I specialize in retouching & restoring old family photographs including Tin-Types and postcards, using the ‘Digital Darkroom’.
Check out our photography and restorations at: http://indigitalphotographicservices.com.
I manage the ‘Books~Authors~Reviews’ forum at http://afrigeneas.com/forum-books.
Interviews and reviews include:*Bennie McRae Jr.’s “Nineteenth Century Freedom Fighters, the 1st South Carolina Volunteers“.
*Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s “Finding Oprah’s Roots”
*Lisa B. Lee’s “Skin Deep, My Journey to Discover the Black & White Descendants of William Lee”
*Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs' "Claiming Kin, Confronting the History of an African American Family"
Published articles include:July 2007, I was featured in a segment of PBS Television’s ‘History Detectives’.
The segment centered around two African American Civil War veterans who were in a group photo of white former soldiers. My 2nd great grandfather, John Stevenson, was in that picture along with members of the GAR or Grand Army of the Republic.
September 2007, I was published in “The Baobob Tree; quarterly journal of the AAGSNC”. The article titled ‘Ancestors Guided AAGSNC Member to the History Detectives’.
November 2007, I spoke to the students, parents, and faculty at the Lamberton Elementary school in Philadelphia, PA. about Family History & Genealogy and how these disciplines can educate and enhance self esteem among students. The students were given the assignment of creating their family trees.
December 2007, I spoke at the Santa Fe, New Mexico branch of the NAACP on the Importance of Finding Your Roots.
January 2008, I was published in the journal for the United States Colored Troops Living History Association, USCTLHA. The article titled: 'Self Discovery Through Military Ancestry, If I knew then what I know now...'
May 2008, I returned to the Lamberton Elementary school in Philadelphia, PA to view and select the top 10 family trees and preside over the awards ceremony.
Memberships.Descendants of the 29th Connecticut (Colored) Volunteer Infantry Regiment
United States Colored Troops Living History Association USCTLHA)
NAACP, Santa Fe (Legal Redress Co-chair; Historian)
Check out my blog at:
HTTP://GEORGE-GEDER.BLOGSPOT.COMOh, and I read books!
Peace,
“Guided by the Ancestors”
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