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Restore Explore Connect: The Secrets of Fisher Park

(Old) Temple Emanuel 713 North Greene Street, Greensboro, NC, United States

Learn more about the architecture and history of Fisher Park through a presentation by architect James S. Collins. With offices in Greensboro and New York City, Collins has enjoyed several commissions for restorations and new construction in Old Irving Park, and has an eye for detail, materials, and proportion. Collins will be joined by Winston-Salem landscape architect Jeff Allen who will touch on trademark features of the neighborhood including the work of legendary designers Robert Cridland and John Nolen.

Restore Explore Connect: Break On Through To The Other Side

Blandwood Carriage House 400 West McGee Street, Greensboro, NC, United States

One of the most difficult problems in African American Genealogy is convincing newcomers that records of their ancestors do exist and that they can make the connection between freedmen and their enslaved forebears. Lamar DeLoatch of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society will present research tools and strategies that are useful to African American genealogy, and inspirational to genealogists of all specialties.