Seminar helps black residents trace ancestral history
Photos by Javon Ross Janice Cross-Gilyard, president of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society-New Jersey Chapter, seated center, gives a genealogy seminar to Maplewood residents at the DeHart Center. Above right, Maplewood residents watch as Cross-Gilyard presents her seminar on tracing their roots. Below left, Maplewood residents sit rapt as they watch the seminar being presented by Cross-Gilyard. Below right, Cross-Gilyard presents slides to those in attendance at her seminar explaining how to best trace their genealogical roots.
