BALANTA B’URASSA HISTORY & GENEALOGY SOCIETY IN AMERICA
In 2020, we are focusing on Year 1 of our five year plan. This year we focus on individual family genealogy and developing the narrative of the Balanta history in America. We will be giving research assignments and assisting our members with their family research. Our goal is to help ten families identify how their ancestors were enslaved and who owned them. For an example, read THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE BALEKA FAMILY IN AMERICA: A CASE STUDY. Please prepare your Lineage List of all your Balanta ancestors that you know of. The list should look like this:
Our regular Sunday Conference Call is a meeting for people of Balanta ancestry, especially in the United States, to build social bonds. These meetings are specifically designed to allow people to introduce themselves and discuss how discovering their Balanta ancestry has affected them. Again, the purpose is for the Balanta community in the United States to get to know each other and write our own history as well as provide a forum for group language lessons and discussion of Balanta history and culture.
When: Sundays throughout June, 2020 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
Registration URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZ0vcOupqjMp4p44X3YfMm4yHFYbW5WRjA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
