Unlock the secrets of African American genealogy with this presentation, navigating the challenges of tracing enslaved or free ancestors. Explore crucial records like slave schedules, free Negro Registries, and cohabitation records. Discover effective strategies using census clues to trace lineage before 1865, empowering you in ancestral exploration.

 

Presented by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, this free event will occur both online via Zoom and in person at Matthews, 230 Matthews Station St., Matthews, NC 28104 

Please register in advance. 

For details see cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6a3d464a86636e3d00508dbc

Join Olde Meck for our September meeting when we will hear from Nancy Werking Poling, author of the historical fiction book, Leander's Lies. This story brings to life the adventures and tall tales of the real life Elias Leander Muller, who lived in North Carolina after the Civil War and claimed to have hunted with Teddy Roosevelt and been a successful politician, while, in truth, he was an impoverished farmer who abandonded his family and created another identity.

 

Meet Andrew Lawler, nationally famous journalist and author of The Secret Token (about the Lost Colony), as he discusses his new book, A Perfect Frenzy. Discover the stages that led to the outbreak of the Revolution in Virginia, Lord Dunmore's fight to hang onto a Loyalist foothold in the colony, his Proclamation to enslaved men of fighting age, and the "perfect frenzy" it evoked, including the eventual burning of the city of Norfolk. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing afterwards, or bring your own copy. Free. Contact larry.cates@highpointnc.gov with any questions.

Sponsored by the Heritage Research Center (High Point Public Library), the High Point Museum, and the Friends of HPPL.

Join Genealogy Librarian Danielle Pritchett to learn tips and tricks for accessing and navigating Ancestry Library Edition.

 

Presented by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, this program is free.

For details see cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6a33ea8f8ea300e2631e943e

Registration is now open for the Mecklenburg Historical Society upcoming September 21st evening program titled: "The Mecklenburg Longrifle School."

 

C. Michael Briggs will discuss his book, “The Long Rifle Makers of the Mecklenburg School” detailing one of nine long rifle schools that operated in the Piedmont and Western North Carolina areas during the period of 1770-1835. 

He will give background on the nine gunsmiths as well as the gunsmith most responsible for starting the school in Mecklenburg County, Isaac Price. Isaac was born in Anson County [later Mecklenburg] on March 6, 1747. Price and his brother John Price, Jr. made guns and swords for General Thomas Sumter during the Revolutionary War. While working as a gunsmith, goldsmith and sword maker Isaac Price took on a number of apprentices that led to more gunsmiths in our area. 

In addition, Michael Briggs will bring examples of the local gunsmiths’ firearms.. 

 

 

Old Buncombe County Genealogy Society presents Carol Fuller, with The Great Wagon Road Project. This group’s mission is to preserve the historic 18th century migration route mile by mile and to provide the correct route of this important path from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. The group’s research has also identified other 18th century original routes such as the Carolina Road. 

Learn more at https://piedmonttrails.com/great-wagon-road-project/.