VGS Webinar: Uncovering Identities of an Enslaved African American Family with Tim Kilby [10 Apr 2024]

From the book Gourdvine Black and White, a case study with resources and research methods . . . and afterthoughts on acknowledgement, restorative, and reparative genealogy.

Timothy Kilby earned degrees from Virginia Tech and Rochester Institute of Technology and had careers in education, art, and information technology before retiring in 2014. He grew up in the village of Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, not far from the homesteads of his Kilby forefathers, the subjects of decades of his genealogical research. In recent years he has devoted countless hours researching the people and events recounted in Gourdvine Black and White. Tim now lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Lois, and step-grandson, Caiman. He is active in the U.S. national organization, Coming to the Table, which works to heal from slavery’s legacy of deep-rooted racism. One hundred percent of proceeds from the sale of Gourdvine Black and White are donated to the Kilby Family Endowed Scholarship Fund to benefit descendants of the enslaved.

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