Finding Black Families: Recording Available

Finding Black Families: 2022 Cliveden Conversation Series

On Tuesday, February 22nd, Cliveden, the African American Genealogy Group, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania presented Finding Black Families: Stories from The Chew Family Papers via Zoom detailing the research, digitization work, and how to use various kinds of documents to trace their family history. Andrew Williams, Digital Archivist at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Adrienne Whaley, Programming Chair and former President of the African American Genealogy Group; and Carolyn Wallace, Education Director at Cliveden, were the program speakers.

A recording of the program is available on YouTube. To view, click here. To learn more about the project, Illuminating Hidden Lives, click here.

This project was funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Interpretation and Education Fund that was made possible by a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.