Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society

Name: Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society
Address: Tallahassee, FL, US
Telephone: 850-942-4355

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To encourage and promote the study of African American genealogy and history

09/16/2026

Join the Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society, Inc. this Sunday, August 20th for a further insight into the available records from FSU’s Special Collections & Archives!

⏰ Starts at 2:30

📍St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 1405 Melvin St, Tallahassee, FL

Hope to see you there ✨

08/28/2026

📍On August 4th, 2026, the Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society, Inc. had the pleasure of visiting the FSU Special Collections and Archives (Florida State Libraries ). Told through the words of Angela Thompson Williams, an FSU alumna and TAAGS member, enjoy this event recap of the amazing experience!

📸 Historical photo of Strozier Library credits to floridamemory

We’re also excited to hear from our presenter, Katie McCormick, Associate Dean and Administrator for Special Collections and Archives, at our next meeting on September 20th so be sure to follow us at Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society (TAAGS) on Instagram and Facebook 🧑🏾‍💻

🤝To be added to our email list, please send a message to [email protected]

Until next time, thanks for attending and watching ✨

07/30/2026

Join us this Tuesday at 10am for a tour of the Special Collections at FSU 📓!

Check our website for full details 🛜

For those on our email list, keep an eye out for parking and meet-up location information ✅

-> To send requests for highlighted topics, please email [email protected] by Sunday, August 2nd at 11:59pm.

07/29/2026

This past Saturday, the Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society had the pleasure of joining to celebrate 25 years of the Dr. B. L. Perry library!! Providing children’s activity booklets and resources for starting to look into attendees family histories, we were able share in the festivities as well as memories of the past ✨

Thank you to Leon County for the amazing program and chance to connect with the community 🫂📚

06/19/2026

This Juneteenth, the Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society would like to reflect on our Journey Of Remembrance from earlier this year. This experience brought together community members and members of the society to four different sites in Montgomery, Alabama, giving light to the struggles and perseverance of African Americans in this country💪

A special thanks 👏 would like to be extended to the chief organizer Christina Akiens, volunteers Angela Thompson Williams, Martina Taylor, Elaine Agvent, Genna Dulcio, Nia Ogletree, and photographs by Rico Taylor.

We hope all the attendees enjoyed the experience and that this Juneteenth allows a space for both reflection and celebration ❤️🖤💚❤️🤍💙

04/14/2026

Meet us this Sunday for our April Monthly Meeting with presenter Dr. Yolanda Bogan! The theme of this month will be “Non-Whites in the American Revolutionary War” as part of the America 250 celebration 🎉 Please join us at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal church at 2:30pm for the meeting, also available on Zoom!

03/12/2026

Join us this Sunday, March 15th for our monthly meeting! The topic will be: “Tracing Your Family History: A Call to Action”.

Beginning at 2:30pm, find us at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church until 4pm ✅ We hope to see you there!

03/01/2026

TAAGS is proud to participate in the
10th Annual Frederick Douglass Day Birthday Transcribe-a-thon
February 13, 2026

01/22/2026

INVITATION TO ATTEND: Join the Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society on Friday, February 13th to celebrate and transcribe for Douglass Day. We will meet at the Dr. B. L. Perry Library in the program room, with doors opening at 11:30 AM, event from 12:00 – 3:00 PM.

Stay for an hour or three—it’s your choice!

Come out and bring a friend (or two) to help with the transcription of Douglass’s papers! 📝

01/16/2026

Join us this Sunday at 2:30pm for our Monthly meeting! We will be welcoming Dr. Deborah Abbott to discuss “Writing Your Story”. As usual, this will be a hybrid meeting between zoom and on-site at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.

Hope to see you there 📝

Address

Tallahassee, FL

Telephone

850-942-4355

Website

https://tallyaags.com/, https://linktr.ee/tallyaags

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