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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Consul General NYC Dr. Rhonda Chipman-Johnson
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NEW YORK, NY - The
Bahamian American Cultural Society, Inc. presented its second Bahamian
Genealogical and Heritage Conference and Workshop in New York City on
Saturday, July 16, 2011. It was held in the American Negro Theatre at
the legendary Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in Harlem.
The
conference was well attended by a diverse cross section of Bahamian
Americans and Americans. The leadership of the Society, who developed
the conference and workshop, said in a statement that the event “Will
guide and respond to the interests of a wide range of individuals and
groups. It will explore direct family linkages and give insights to
potential generational and commonage land claimers. At the same time it
will provide practical approaches for those who wish to begin immersing
themselves in their family history and heritage.”
Beryl Edgecombe, President, Bahamian American Cultural Society and Gloria Ramsey Lucas
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Presenting and
supplying the informational, historical, and policy structure were:
Gloria Ramsey Lucas, on author and genealogist from Augusta, Georgia;
Grace Turner, an archaeologist and lecturer at the College William and
Mary, from Nassau; and Tex Turnquest, a consultant in land policy and
management information also from Nassau.
A member of the Cultural
Society sees the construct, collaboration, and co-sponsorships of the
Genealogical and Heritage conference by a State Senator and two Bahamian
American Assemblymen as a positive sign of the emergence of a strong
coalition of Bahamians in the Diaspora, which can benefit both Bahamian
Americans and The Bahamas. The majority of those attending the
conference scored it as very informative and successful.
The conference
also motivated them to visit more frequently to The Bahamas to reconnect
with their relatives or to vacation.
Beryl Edgecombe, Gloria Ramsey Lucas, Presenter Grace Turner, Presenter, Tex Turner, Presenter
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Patricia Strather-Hazell
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Gift bags from Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
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Tex Turner, Presenter
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Gloria Ramsey Lucas, Genealogist and Author of Slaves Records of Edgefield County, South Carolina
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