Henry Louis Gates Jr., the renowned historian, author, teacher, and genealogist met with the three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre last week and pledged to trace their family trees on his popular PBS show, Finding Your Roots. According to the Oklahoma Eagle, Gates’ meeting with Viola Ford Fletcher, 107, Hughes Van Ellis, 101, …
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Trace Family Lineage of Tulsa Massacre Survivors
Henry Louis Gates Jr., the renowned historian, author, teacher, and genealogist met with the three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre last week and pledged to trace their family trees on his popular PBS show, Finding Your Roots. According to the Oklahoma Eagle, Gates’ meeting with Viola Ford Fletcher, 107, Hughes Van Ellis, 101, …
Excitement Grows as Opening Day Approaches for the NGS 2022 Family History Conference in Sacramento
The following was written by Jane Knowles Lindsey, NGS Local Host Society Chair in Sacramento, California: My excitement is mounting as the first, live, in-person national family history conference in three years draws near! In just over a month, genealogists from around the country will converge on Sacramento for the NGS 2022 Family History Conference. …