Research At The National Archives And Beyond!

Are you worried that you’ve been collecting ancestral information for years but haven’t done anything with it?   In 2016, Kathy Lynne Marshall, 60, felt the mandate from her ancestors to write their stories NOW. She finally figured out a quick-start method for taking the hints and tips from African American genealogists, family lore, and DNA results to write three books in three years, winning three book awards in the process. She will share her method for determining which book to write, how to get started, and how to finish strong, to leave a written legacy for your family. Encouraging others bring their family stories into the American historical record has become her passion. Each chapter in Marshall’s first book, The Ancestors are Smiling!, was written from the point of view of different descendants of her great-great-grandfather, Otho Williams. Her second book, Finding Otho: The Search for Our Enslaved Williams Ancestors, described her research process and included an  interesting interplay wit