Genealogical Resources in Alabama with Frazine Taylor

Join host Bernice Bennett and special guest Frazine K. Taylor for an interesting genealogical journey through records in Alabama.  Film maker Thomas Allen Harris will join us for a quick update on his production Through A Lens Darkly.

Frazine K. Taylor is the author of Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama: A Resource Guide (2008) and researched Tom Joyner’s and Linda Johnson Rice’s family roots and ties to Alabama for the PBS series, African American Lives 2.

She obtained her Master in Information Studies from Atlanta University and has over twenty years experience as a librarian, archivist, lecturer and writer. She is also the former Head of Reference for the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) and was an expert on Alabama records at ADAH.

Ms. Taylor is currently the Coordinator for the African American Research course for the Samford University - Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research in Birmingham, Alabama.

Also joining the show for a quick update on Through A Lens Darkly Film is Thomas Allen Harris the founder and President of Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.

Theme music - Sweet Mello Spice by composer / producer Alvin K. Alexander.