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This weekend, the Georgetown Library is hosting a virtual workshop on "Identifying Enslaved and Freed Black Individuals in the Historical Resources at Georgetown." There will also be a second workshop in February. More information is below and attached, including links to RSVP. For any questions about the workshop, please reach out to Mary Beth Corrigan ([email protected]), Librarian for Collections on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation.

Virtual Workshop Identifying Enslaved and Freed Black Individuals in the Historical Resources at Georgetown

Presented by Mary Beth Corrigan
Librarian for Collections on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation

Saturday, December 6, 2025
1:00-2:30 p.m. (EST)

The first of two demonstrations of how to use the Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, the Georgetown Slavery Archive, and other digital sites to identify the people enslaved by the Jesuits and the Black church members who helped the Jesuits build parishes after emancipation.

A second virtual workshop is scheduled for Sunday, February 22, 2026, 5:00-6:30, to ensure that as many people can attend as possible. The February 22 session will be recorded and then posted for future reference.

The workshops will address:
- The extent of the records held by Georgetown

- The use of the Georgetown Slavery Archive to access financial records (especially)

- Using the finding aid for the Maryland Province Archives

- Understanding the church records held by Georgetown and using them to identify Black parishioners

- Connecting records held at Georgetown with those held by other repositories

RSVP link (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7N7nZX3EB308Yufn3_jP5IPk7DN6AUCd4xSeKuLn0JLC6Sg/viewform)

to the December 6 session. (Zoom link to follow)

RSVP link
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfm8mkOQj6HxNsVeyFrtEgsdjFuAVD2JuVGK0EIg61uSEUBmw/viewform)
to the February 22 session. (Zoom link sent approximately one week before the session.)

On last Thursday, November 13th Patricia Bayonne Johnson was honored by Georgetown University and Descendants United during the CROSS Conference in Washington, D. C.

Cuzzin Henrietta Pike captured the event here https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19mobLSbno/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Join us this Saturday, 9/27/25, for the first in the Fall Series https://www.facebook.com/throughthetreesblog

Register now to join me for the opening of Through The Trees Blog and The GU272 Descendants Association's Fall Genealogy Lecture Series - starting at 11AM Eastern on Saturday, 27 September 2025 with virtual live presentations from FamilySearch and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Registration is free, but space is limited. https://forms.gle/cxPh57E9xtng7whSA
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The GU272 Descendants Association invites you to attend our free virtual 2025 Juneteenth celebration discussing the history and future of freedom - how newly freed African American families reunited during Reconstruction and how living descendants can preserve digital access to ancestral stories.
Register here https://forms.gle/s1NhTk1df9S6TX1JA