The annual Buxton History and Genealogy Conference is set for Friday, August 30th, 2024. Please join us for this year’s exciting program!
The conference registration fee includes a hot lunch, as well as light morning and afternoon refreshments.
Tickets:
$60 in advance using the credit card payment form at the link below,
or $70 at the door.
Click here to register!
Buxton History and Genealogy Conference
August 30, 2024 Program
8:45-9:30 In-person registration (Buxton Community Church; Morning refreshments in Buxton Community Hall)
9:30-9:40 Conference opening (Irene Moore Davis, Emcee; Camryn Dudley, Soloist)
9:40-10:20 Michelle Robbins, Curator, Buxton National Historic Site and Museum on music in Buxton, Ontario
10:20-11:00 Willow Key, Lead Researcher, McDougall Street Corridor Project, Windsor, Ontario
11:00-11:10 Break
11:10-11:50 Teajai Travis, Buxton Descendant, City of Windsor Multicultural Storyteller, “The Researcher Within”
11:50-1:00 Lunch break (Buxton Community Hall adjacent to the church)
1:00-1:40 Isaac Crosby, Ojibwe/Black agricultural expert and history keeper on Ojibwe of Anderdon: The Black Indigenous History of Essex County
1:40-2:20 Tony Burroughs, The Center for Black Genealogy,”Using Genealogy Charts to Develop a DNA Strategy”
2:20-2:30 Announcements and closing remarks
2:30-2:40 Break
2:40-3:30 Buxton Cemetery Walking Tour with volunteer narrators