Past Conferences
National Conference | Theme | Host City | Dates |
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40th National | 400 years of Black History: The Struggles, Challenges and Perseverance | Washington, DC | Oct. 10-12, 2019 |
39th National | Tracing Our Roots in the Cradle of Liberty | Philadelphia, PA | Oct. 12-14, 2018 |
38th National | Voyage of Discovery - Carnival Cruise to the Bahamas | Wilmington, NC | Oct. 19-24, 2017 |
37th National | Ancestors on my Mind: Discovering Our Ancestors, Our History, Ourselves-Together | Atlanta, GA | Oct. 13-16, 2016 |
36th National | Where African-American Roots Run Deep: Family History and the National Narrative | Richmond, VA | Oct. 15-18, 2015 |
35th National | Weaving Our Past, Present, and Future: Slavery, Abolition, Freedom and All that Jazz | Pittsburgh, PA | Oct. 9-12, 2014 |
34th National | 150 Sounds of Freedom | Nashville, TN | Oct. 10-13, 2013 |
33rd National | Our African and Southern Heritage | Greensboro, NC | Oct. 4-7, 2012 |
32nd National | Ties that Bind: Honoring Our Ancestors | Little Rock, AR | Sept. 22-25, 2011 |
31st National | The Mid-Atlantic: History, Records, Research and Much More | Adelphi, MD | Oct. 7-10, 2010 |
30th National | Standing on the Shoulders of Our Ancestors: 30th Annual Conference of Research and Discovery | Adelphi, MD | Nov. 6-9, 2008 |
29th National | What's In A Name? The Voyage of Discovery! | Burlington, MA | Oct. 25-28, 2007 |
28th National | The Legacy of Our Roots: A Heritage for the Future | Salt Lake City, UT | Oct. 26-29, 2006 |
27th National | Opening Our Eyes, Opening Our Minds | Washington, DC | Oct. 27-30, 2005 |
26th National | Tying the Threads | Little Rock, AR | Oct. 21-24, 2004 |
25th National | Afro-American and Genealogical Society | Washington, DC | Oct. 23-26, 2003 |
24th National | Each Brick Tells a Story: Building Our House of Heritage | Washington, DC | Sept. 26-29,2002 |
23rd National | The Circle Grows Wider-Embrace Another Link | Washington, DC | Oct. 25-28, 2001 |
22nd National | Strong Roots- Long Branches: Entering the New Millennium, Building a Strong Family History | Washington, DC | Oct. 26-29, 2000 |
21st National | Following Their Footsteps into the 21st Century | Washington, DC | Oct. 28-31, 1999 |
20th National | Unveiling the Past to Connect the Future: Census 2000 | Washington, DC | Oct. 29- Nov. 1, 1998 |
19th National | Family and Cultural Heritage: Finding Our Ancestors and Finding Ourselves | Washington, DC | Sept. 18-20, 1997 |
18th National | Global Challenges for African-American Researchers | Washington, DC | Oct. 31- Nov 3, 1996 |
17th National | Historians and Genealogists: Using Public Records, Writing Our History | Washington, DC | April 27-29, 1995 |
16th National | Just ordinary people, God uses ordinary people | Washington, DC | April 29- May 1, 1994 |
15th National | Roots, Routes, Reasons and Results | Washington, DC | April 29- May 1, 1993 |
14th National | Dispelling the Myths: Discovering New Worlds | Towson, MD | April 2-4, 1992 |
13th National | Connections: Global Dimensions of the Black Experience | Washington, DC | May 2-4, 1991 |
12th National | Exploring the Past to Appreciate the Present | Washington, DC | May 2-5, 1990 |
11th National | History as Genealogy, Genealogy as History | Washington, DC | April 6-8, 1989 |
10th National | Our Heritage: Researching and Publishing | Washington, DC | Sept. 10, 1988 |
9th National | To Establish Justice: African-American Culture and the Evolving Constitution | Washington, DC | Sept. 10-12, 1987 |
8th National | Afro-Americans on the Move: 19th and 20th Century Migrations | Washington, DC | Sept. 11-13, 1986 |
7th National | 210 Years of the African-American Family: 1775-1985 | Washington, DC | Sept. 12-14, 1985 |
6th National | Retrieve, Record, Refine: Your Historical and Genealogical Past | Washington, DC | Sept. 6-8, 1984 |
5th National | Our Ancestral Routes | Washington, DC | Sept. 9-10, 1983 |
4th National | Life- Continuity- Eternity | Washington, DC | Sept. 10-12, 1982 |
3rd National |
| Washington, DC | Sept. 11-12, 1981 |
2nd National |
| Washington, DC | Sept. 19-20,1980 |
1st National |
| Washington, DC | April 28, 1979 |