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WE COME THIS FAR BY
G ENEALOGY CONFERENCE:F INDING OUR ANCESTORS IN AFRICAN AMERICANDENOMINATIONS (AME, AMEZ, CME, COGIC, & B APTIST) 1840-1940Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:00 am-3:00 pm Sponsored by the Board of Christian Education Stewart Memorial C.M.E. Church Mrs. Twyla Jones, President Lift ev’ry voice and sing “Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us” The Goal: To provide resources which increase the chances of locating denominational records that contains African Americans Workshop Agenda:
Workshops presented by Rev. Nettie L. Ferguson and members of The African American Interest Genealogy Group of the Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, and church members of The AME, AMEZ, CME, COGIC and Baptist denominations. Search questions for Denominational Records 1840-1940 ........If my grandmother attended a church that is no longer
in existence, name changed, church records got destroyed in a fire or
flood; are there other sources? What is the National Baptist Convention? How do I find the names of the churches that belong to it? What schools or colleges were maintained by ME, AMEZ, CME, COGIC and Baptist from 1870 to 1940? This is the book the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God ....Genesis 4:16 Training Packet: Workshop registration packets contain: 4 Generation Family Tree-8 1/2 x 11, Family Group sheets Beginning African American Genealogy, Methodist, Baptist, COGIC Timelines, (1) Copy of CME Christian Index or Missionary Messenger Bibliography of Sources for: Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, History of Precious Lord , Inspirational Calendar page.Registration Information: The cost is $25 per person if the registration is received by March 3rd; March 4th After March 17th, $30.00 per person. Lunch Lunches are available for workshop attendees. $6.00 per person. Registration due by March 3 rd.Knowledge is like a garden: if not cultivated, it can not be harvested . … African Proverb - Guinea Beginning Genealogy Tool Kit - $25.00 Family Tree Computer Software (various brands) (3) file folders, (2) pencils 1 pencil sharper, (2) pens (1)3 ring binder, 50 sheets of notebook paper, 1 highlighter, 3 business envelops, Make Checks payable to: “Stewart Memorial CME Church” Mail Registration Form and check to: Genealogy Conference: Lucindy Luckett Stewart Memorial C.M.E. Church Questions: Contact: Rev. Nettie L. Ferguson Nlferg@netzero.com or leave a voicemail message at (614) 461-4663 We Come this Far By Faith Registration $25.00 until March 4 th then it is $30.00Name (Please Print Clearly) ______________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ City, State ______________________________________________ zip code______________________ Email address: __________________________________________ Surnames & State/County: ________________________________ ex: Ferguson/Ohio-Hamilton Co _____________________________________ Registration: $25.00 per person: ___________ Box lunch: $ 6.00 per person ____________ Lunch & Tool Kit must be ordered by March 3, 2007 Tool Kit: $25.00 per kit______________ Total amount enclosed: _______________ Circle one: _____ cash _____ check Lord , You have been our dwelling place in all generations. So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom . ...Psalm 90: 1,12
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Denominational Time-Line 1808----Abyssinian Baptist CH, New York 1816---AME Church-Bethel AME; Penn 1822---African AMEZ Church; New York 1861-1865----Civil War 1863 ---Emancipation Proclamation 1868-1972 -ME CH Black Annual Conf 1865-1875-----Reconstruction 1870---CME-Liberty CME CH: Tennessee 1879---(60,000) African Americans leave the South 1889----CWFF 1895----COGIC-Cleveland Tenessee 1895---Nation Baptist Convention USA 1901---The United Free W ill Baptist Church 1907---The National Primitive Baptist 1907---The Church of God Holiness 1911---Pentecostal Holiness Church 1910-1930---Great Migration 1.2 million African Americans leave the South How many people were members of African American denominations in 1890? 2 nd Ecumenical Council - Washington DCAME members 1,220,666 - property $6,782,717 AMEZ Members 423,273, property not listed CME members 175,824; property $319,600 UAME members 3,500, property not listed BAPTIST members 1,399,198; property $6,741,080 CUMBERLAND Presbyterian members 15,000 Denominational Records 1840-1940 W orkshop will provide sources that contain biographical information on members of these denominations. Display tables will contain examples of: denomination publications: newspapers, magazines, conference minutes, association minutes, trustee reports Church records: membership, church officers & boards, meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, property records: church, parsonage, cemetery Without faith it is impossible to please God. He who comes to God must believe He is and He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)Search Tips for Surnames Surnames; can bespelled many different ways; think phonetically. Kane, Kain, Cain, Cane, Ferguson, Fergerson, Fergason, Fergison, Furgison, Furguson; Fergus, Forgin A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches . (Prov. 3:22)Church Survey Records 1936-1940 Church records may contain the first use of surnames selected by African Americans during Reconstruction 1865-1880 outside death or marriage records. From 1870 to 1940 they are the best records to trace ancestors and to tract migration from the southern states to northern and western states. Surnames mentioned in WPA Church Records for Franklin County including Columbus. METHODIST (AME) (AMEZ) (CME) (ME) ST PAUL AME 1823-Payne, Lynch, Rockhold, Page, Chandler, Logan, Brown, Sterling; PHILLIPS CME 1882-Roach,Bradley,Hunt, Walker, Lane, Roberts; MT VERNON AME-Arnold, Thompson, Hamilton, McLean, Kilgore, WHEATLAND AVE ME 1902- Green, Williams, Wright, Davidson; CALDWELL TEMPLE AMEZ 1914-Fuller, Wilson,Mack, Miller; WHITE STREET 1916-Allen, Naylor, Robinson, Green, BAPTIST: SECOND 1839-Fields, Poindexter, Brooks, Cain, Chandler, Williams, Thomas, Simpson, Mitchell, Jenkins; SHILOH 1869 - Ray, Moss, Nix, Burke, Carter, Lacey; UNION GROVE 1888-Trier, Nash, Bryant, White; BETHANY 1891- W alker, Minor, Burke, Edwards, Bigby, Walker: EBENEZER 1917-King, Howard, Stevenson; HOLINESS: CHURCH of GOD & SAINTS of CHRIST 1907-Lewis, Hakins, Patterson; CHURCH of CHRIST of APOSTOLIC FAITH 1912-Smith, Roberts, Martin; CHURCH of GOD 1920- Martin, Cunningham, Owensby, Bonnett, Collins; CHURCH of the LIVING GOD 1926- Brown, Smith, W illiams; CHURCH of GOD FIRE BAPTIZED 1927-Martin, Calhoun, Watkins, Jackson, Bragg; CHURCH of the LIVING GOD ; COMMANDMENT KEEPERS- Coleman, Hall; CHURCH of the LIVING GOD 1938- Mitchell; CHURCH of the LIVING GOD 1939-Hall
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