From our friends at the BPL Southern History Department: Getting
the Most Out of the Census: Finding Ancestry Clues in Census
Records, 1790 – 1940 The Birmingham Public Library (BPL)
Southern History Department is hosting a workshop presented by
Frazine Taylor on digging deeper into the information found in
the censuses that even seasoned researchers overlook. Ms. Taylor
is the retired Head of Reference for the Alabama Department of
Archives and History with over twenty years of experience as a
librarian, archivist, lecturer, and writer. She is the author of
“Researching Your African American Ancestor: A Resource Guide.”
One among Taylor’s many honors is working on Tom Joyner’s and
Linda Johnson Rice’s segments in the PBS series, “African
American Lives 2.” This workshop does not require registration.
Contact the Southern History Department of BPL at 205-226-3665
for more information. Event: “Getting the Most Out of the
Census: Finding Ancestry Clues in Census Records, 1790 – 1940”
Presenter: Frazine Taylor D