OUR STORIES – AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY: Tammy Thomas Garnes, who co-produced “Roots – Celebrating 25 Years,” will be the speaker. There will be a workshop on identifying ancestors’ slave owners, slave surnames and designing a family tree. Sponsored by the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society. Free. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Greensboro Public Library, 219 N. Church St., Greensboro. 547-0178, www.ncaahgs.org.
Tammy's G-G-G Grandfather, Berry Loach (DeLoach) served in the Civil War with the 57th U.S. Colored Infantry out of Arkansas.
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