Mission Statement

• Educate the African American community on the importance of researching it's family history.

• Expand the African-American genealogist's knowledge base and increase their skill set in exploring African-American heritage and slave research.

• Extract (birth, death, marriage, slave and slave owners, will and deed records, newspaper and obituaries) to assist in African American research.

• Promote African American resources found in the Dallas Public Library.

The DGS/AAGIG promotes the study of Black genealogy and provides information through educational programs on tracing African-American roots. Meetings are held on third Tuesdays in the Library East/West rooms (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE) beginning at 6:00 p.m from September to May.

AAGIG Dates

African American Research

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Revised: May 05, 2008