Free Webinar on Researching Enslaved Ancestors to be Held on July 20

Labrenda Garrett-Nelson will provide an overview of the probate process in the antebellum South, and a framework for analyzing estate files to identify enslaved research subjects.

Using Probate Records to Research Enslaved Ancestors

Speaker:  LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
Monday, July 20, 2020
4 p.m. Pacific time
Free

This special presentation is sponsored by the North Hills Genealogists (of Pittsburgh).  LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG®, CGL(SM), will present “Using Probate Records to Research Enslaved Ancestors.“  The speaker will provide an overview of the probate process in the antebellum South and a framework for analyzing estate files to identify enslaved research subjects.

Please sign up for the Zoom meeting at North Hills Genealogists (https://www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org), where the handout is also located. The public is welcome to this live (not recorded) presentation.