Friday, June 11, 2021

PGS Events for the Week of 14-19 June 2021

All scheduled PGS classes are posted on the society calendar at https://pinellasgenealogysociety.com/calendar.  

You must pre-register for each of these events. This may be done at the time of the event or earlier. Do so by following the links given after each class description below. After registering, you will receive an email with another link to use to join the event at the specified date/time.  

Monday, 14-Jun-21 at 1:00 PM--Loyalists of the American Revolution. Who were the Loyalists, and how were they affected by the outcome of the war? Were they rewarded for their loyalty to the British crown, and if so, in what manner? Get the answer to these questions and more, including what records may exist and where they might be found, Summers.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodOigrjkuHdzCzsAU1TtomqSZYyqE5bse

Saturday, 19 19-Jun-21 at 11:00 AM--Program Meeting. The story of “Juneteenth” is one filled with devastations, denials, and deliverances.  Learn more about African American life in the period around Emancipation, including the work of and records created by the Freedmen’s Bureau.  Dr. Joe will help us better understand this era in the context of the saga of African American life in America; from slavery, through emancipation and Jim Crow, to today.  Dr. Joe Ponds.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOuvrzkiHtbHl9fjiJlf1G3ttzDAEd9N 

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