This is the major genealogy conference held annually in the Miami Valley. Everyone was urged to attend. Mr. Jonas Bender, organizer of the meeting, gave additional details. Speakers will be Dr. Carolyn Dorsey and Ms. Edith Washington Johnson, the granddaughter of African American leader Booker T. Washington. The planned speaker will be noted Dayton author and educator, Ms. Margaret Peters.
Tickets are still available.
The tour will occur May 27-29, 2000. Woodland Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in Dayton with burials dating back to the 1800s. Many African Americans are buried there. Persons are needed to code one or more batches of records onto personal computer floppy disks. All materials will be provided to volunteers.