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African American Genealogy

Genealogy Series

Interested in learning about your family's history and ancestry? Join us with Christine Iko, a librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, who specializes in African American History and Genealogy.

This session explores how to conduct genealogical research focusing on African American heritage, family, history, and more. We will solely focus on African American genealogy and the resources, records, and documents to utilize in one's research. African American genealogy requires expertise in research and familiarity with history that differs from other concentrations as, throughout much of American history, African Americans were prohibited from reading, writing, attending school, legally marrying, owning land, owning a business, voting, and participating in many other activities that generate records.

All Maryland residents are eligible to use the online resources of Pratt Library that will be highlighted in this session by signing up for a free ecard online at Pratt Library's website. We invite anyone who is interested in genealogy, research, and/or history; this program is open to everyone.

Interested in attending more genealogy programs?

Join us at Leonardtown Library, Lexington Park Library, and online for informative presentations about using Library resources in your genealogical research and researching specific topics, including how to write your ancestor's stories!

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