Topic: Researching Our Enslaved Ancestry

Speaker: Dr. Terry M Turner, Dallas Genealogical Society Secretary

Location: New Library: 450 Pioneer Trail in Cedar Hill (lower-level event room)

This presentation provides a six-step framework for identifying enslaved ancestors through U.S. Census data, Freedmen’s Bureau records, and estate inventories, and DNA testing to uncover familial ties. By examining marriage histories, slave manifests, and regional records, Dr. Turner highlights methods to reconstruct family lines.

The program begins at 7:00pm and socializing starts at 6:30 PM for free genealogy help, and snacks. Admission is free and guests are always welcome. Learn More

Most Dr Turner’s family research is in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas. He has been able to make family connections as far back as 1770 in Georgia. Dr. Turner found several of his great-grand parents beyond the 1870 brick wall before the Emancipation Proclamation.

He is a member of the National Genealogy Society, National African American Genealogy Society, Texas State Genealogical Society, Dallas Genealogical Society, Dallas African American Genealogical Society, Georgia Genealogical Society, Oklahoma Genealogical Society, and Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).