African-Americans in Ellis County
African American History in Ellis County
Announcement & First Meeting
Announcement from Sylvia Smith, President,
Ellis County Genealogical Society
Recently, Ellis County Genealogical Society's Board of Directors voted
to include under its umbrella the newly formed group African-American History
of Ellis County as a Special Interest Group (SIG). This group lead by Easter
Butler Fleming and Sylvia Smith meet on the 4th Saturday each month at 10:00AM
in the Ellis County Museum. At present their focus is to list names of families,
businesses, schools, churches and organizations of the past. Oral history
interviews with the eldest African-American citizens in Waxahachie, Ennis,
Italy, Milford and other communities is another priority for the group.
Ultimately, this information will be shared and published in "Searchers
and Researchers."
ELLIS COUNTY MUSEUM
June 28, 2003 10:00 am
Welcome: Easter Fleming and Sylvia Smith
Housekeeping and Administrative: Easter Fleming
Membership in Ellis County Genealogy Society : Easter Fleming
Working Session
Refine Mission Statement (draft below)
To Research, Discover, Protect and Document African American History
in Ellis County by Oral History Interviews, Genealogy Research
Easter
Fleming, Sylvia Smith
Goals
Short term goal(s)
Write and publish articles pertaining to African American History in the
ECGS publication "Searchers and Researchers"
Identify topics/areas of interest and research for articles
Set up displays and provide documented information to others as needed
Long term goal(s)
Document African American History in Ellis County in various areas:
Education
Military
Social
Religious
Business and Economics
Medical
Art
Crafts (quilts, etc.)
Establish African American Museum
Get State recognition for documented persons, groups, buildings, etc.
as developed
Publish documented history
Put documented information on Ellis County's TXGenWeb site, and Sims Library
Next Meeting: July 26, 2003, 10:00 am Ellis County Museum
Wrap Up and comments
"Old genealogists never die, they just lose their census"
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