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AAHGS 2013 National Conference – Day 2

Had another great day at the Annual Conference of the African-American Historical and Genealogical Society today! This morning I did my 2nd presentation – one that discusses the potential of using WordPress for genealogy.  If you know me, you know I love WordPress, so I was more than pleased to spend the time sharing it with attendees and answering many questions.  I have uploaded my slides and my handout for your reference if interested.
After my presentation the family and I attended the lunch session and had the opportunity to hear Ms. Ashley Bouknight speak. She is the Assistant Curator at the Hermitage, the home of President Andrew Jackson, and gave a presentation about the former enslaved persons of the estate and what is known about them.  Some very interesting information. I visited the Hermitage in January with the kids and learned a lot then. I still have some follow-up I want to do about one of the former enslaved in particular, so I’ll need to reach out to Ashley!

Ashely discusses the Hermitage

Lunch was a serving of crusted salmon, chicken, broccoli and sweet potatoes. Quite tasty.

yummy lunch
meeting Marsha – she too has family connections to Craven County NC!

The conference planning was done in large part by our Nashville AAHGS Chapter officers Chajuan and Pamela. They did a wonderful job and were acknowledged for their efforts by AAHGS President Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis.  They definitely deserved it!

Chajuan and Pamela receive much deserved acknowledgement

And, look who had her picture taken with Mrs. Carrie Gentry!  Mrs. Gentry is celebrating a birthday tomorrow and Kaleya’s is Wednesday.  Everyone sang happy birthday to Mrs. Gentry and Tamela asked everyone to also wish Kaleya a happy birthday – how kind!

I had such a great time overall. As my first genealogy conference I really enjoyed getting to meet everyone. Perhaps next year I will actually be able to go and attend sessions!  Thanks everyone. 🙂

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