Thank you Janice Bryant for presenting “What’s Your Ancestor’s Story? Learn Basic Genealogy Strategies and Techniques” this morning online to registered Smyrna Public Library patrons. It was a great additional to our Black History Month activities.
Seminar Summary:
Would you like to figure out your ancestors’ stories behind the dash, which is located between the birth date and the death date on their tombstones? Our ancestors have many unique and interesting real-life stories. Some of these stories will make us feel proud, patriotic or some may even challenge us. This presentation will provide you with basic strategies and techniques of discovering your ancestors’ stories.
Instructor:
Janice Bryant is a retired educator. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Master’s Degree in Education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is a member of the African American Historical & Genealogy Society –ATL Metro Chapter (AAHGS) and the Georgia Genealogy Society (GGS). She has been a genealogist and family historian since the age of 19. She has researched her ancestors living in North Carolina and Virginia before the Revolutionary War, and two ancestors who arrived in Virginia in 1619.
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