The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition and the Center for International and Area Studies will join with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in sponsoring a symposium on genealogy that focuses on the underground railroad.

The event is titled "Underground Railroad Travelers: Research and Family History; Symposium for Scholars, Genealogists and Family Historians; Finding People Versus Places." Using the underground railroad as both metaphor and tool, the symposium will present emerging research and instruction on locating African-American ancestors. It will take place 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the Unitarian Meeting House, 50 Bloomfield Ave., in Hartford. Keynote speakers will include David Blight, Spencer Crew and Tony Burroughs.

For a complete schedule, a list of presenters and a downloadable registration form, visit the website at www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org. To register by phone, call (860) 522-9258, ext. 306.

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