{"id":512347,"date":"2026-01-13T04:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/512347\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:14:12","slug":"free-library-launches-a-new-black-genealogy-club-at-two-west-philly-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/512347\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Library launches a new Black Genealogy Club at two West Philly libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Free Library of Philadelphia has launched a new club focused on black genealogy, part of The Legacy Lab<\/a> series. Club events will be held at the Blanche A. Nixon\/Cobbs Creek Library<\/a> and the Kingsessing Library<\/a> and are timed with the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary. The series offers community members opportunities to research, document, and celebrate their own family histories.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Legacy Lab demonstrates how libraries can expand access to powerful tools and for learning and discovery,\u201d said Kelly Richards, President and Director, the Free Library of Philadelphia. \u201cBy offering free resources, guidance, and welcoming spaces, we are helping ensure that Black families explore their family histories, reclaim their narratives, and pass the knowledge on to future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In partnership with the House of Zamani, the Legacy Lab is a six-month educational series designed to build genealogical research skills with a focus on Black family history. Participants will learn how to uncover records, interpret historical documents, use digital tools, preserve their findings, and share their stories. It is a part of the Free Library of Philadelphia\u2019s Hyperlocal Heritage<\/a> initiative, a component of Philly\u2019s 250th programming.<\/p>\n

The first club meeting at the Blanche A Nixon\/Cobbs Creek Library was held on January 10.<\/p>\n

Here are the dates, times, and locations of the upcoming meetings and monthly themes (registration is preferred):<\/p>\n

January: Laying the Foundation<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Kingsessing Library<\/p>\n

February: Unearthing Records Beyond the Census<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Blanche A Nixon\/Cobbs Creek Library<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, Feb. 28, at 1 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Kingsessing Library<\/p>\n

March: Digital Discovery and Utilizing Online Platforms<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, March 21, at 11 a.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Blanche A Nixon\/Cobbs Creek Library<\/p>\n

April: Connecting the Dots to Trace Ancestral Lines<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Kingsessing Library<\/p>\n

May: Preserving Your Legacy \u2014 Documentation and Storytelling<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Blanche A Nixon\/Cobbs Creek Library<\/p>\n

June: Sharing Our Stories<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, June 6, at 1 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Kingsessing Library<\/p>\n

\u2022 Saturday, June 27, at 11 a.m.<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Blanche A Nixon\/Cobbs Creek Library<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Free Library\u2019s Legacy Lab programs and events, visit freelibrary.org\/calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Free Library of Philadelphia has launched a new club focused on black genealogy, part of The Legacy…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":512348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-512347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115885851755376896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}