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[PAST EVENT] Summer Sankofa Series with Renate Yarborough Sanders

July 16, 2024
6pm
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Join the Lemon Project Genealogy Research Initiative for a Summer Sankofa Series Workshop, "Finding Joseph’s Family: A Model Case of Using Reverse Genealogy to Piece Together a Family Puzzle," with Renate Yarborough Sanders on July 16 at 6 pm. 

Tasked with finding descendants of sixteen enslaved persons sold by the Trustees of Wake Forest Institute (now University), the researcher shares steps taken and the variety of resources used to uncover the afterlife of one family line, bringing its legacy forward from slavery into the mid-twentieth century, one record at a time.

Renate Yarborough Sanders is the descendant of formerly enslaved ancestors, enslavers, and free people of color. She authors two blogs: “Into the LIGHT” and “Genea-Related;” and produces a “(Mostly) African American Funeral Programs” online database. Renate is a member of the National Genealogical Society, the North Carolina Genealogical Society (Publicity Director), the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society (member of National Editorial Board and Vice-President and Newsletter Editor for the Hampton Roads Chapter), the Wake County Genealogical Society, and the Tyrrell County Genealogical and Historical Society. She is also a member of the lineage society, “Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage.” Renate cohosts “Let’s Talk North Carolina Genealogy,” an online platform and YouTube show, presenting genealogy programing and virtual events for North Carolina researchers; and she has served as panelist and guest on numerous web shows and podcasts. Renate has provided genealogy education for several institutions of higher learning, businesses, and descendant groups, and is an instructor for the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI). Her research has been featured on PBS Radio and in a National Geographic cover story and podcast. Currently, Renate is engaged in researching descendants of enslaved persons owned by Wake Forest University (then College).

Renate lectures on a variety of genealogy topics but specializes in teaching beginning to intermediate research methodology and sharing specific techniques for researching ancestors of color – both pre- and post-Emancipation. She is a retired elementary school educator, mother of two daughters, and grandmother of three beautiful granddaughters (and a granddog). 



Sponsored by: The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation

Contact

Jajuan Johnson, [[w|genealogy]]