02 November 2010

Penn Center Offers Family History Workshop


Penn Center is offering a workshop on “AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY” as part of their Heritage Days Festival. The workshop will be held Friday, November 12th 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the St. Helena Elementary School Gymnasium. A panel presentation by experts from the University of South Florida Africana Project, genealogists and researchers will present their ground-breaking work of placing tens of thousands of historic slave records online which has enabled millions of African Americans to learn about their ancestral heritage. Bring your wireless laptop and take a journey into the past. GROUPS ARE WELCOME. Tickets: Adults $25 / College I.D. $15 / Youth $5 (under 17).

Call (843) 838-2474 to make a reservation or for more details.

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