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| Bernice Alexander Bennett |
United States Colored Troops Civil War Widows' Pension Applications: Tell the Story
Saturday, 10 May 2014, 8:00 a.m., S407
Join family historian and genealogist Bernice Alexander Bennett for an engaging presentation on the United States Colored Troops Civil War Widows’ Pension Applications: Tell the Story
Bennett will explore the challenges faced by widows and/or former slave descendants of soldiers applying for a Widow’s Pension. Through case files, Bennett will show how the widows and/or family members provided evidence to support their applications and described life during and after slavery.
Bernice A. Bennett is the host of her own Blogtalkradio show - Research at the National Archives and Beyond at http://www.blogtalkradio.com and a family historian researching and documenting her African American roots in the Orleans, St. Helena and Livingston Parishes of Louisiana, and Edgefield and Greenwood Counties of South Carolina. Bennett has presented her research on an array of topics at the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society; South Carolina Genealogy Society Summer Workshop; National Genealogy Society, International Black Genealogy Summit, Old Edgefield District Genealogy Society Showcase, the Midwest African American Institute of St. Louis, and the Washington DC and Baltimore Family History Centers.
Bennett also serves as a citizen's a
rchivist at the National Archives in Washington DC where she is preparing Civil War Widows Pension Records for digitization. She holds membership in several national and local genealogical societies and the National Institute of Genealogical Research Alumni Association
Bennett is one of 5 authors (The Memory Keepers) of a new collaborative book Our Ancestors-Our Stories.
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