Hi all,

To close out 2022 Archives Month in Virginia, we'll be hosting a panel
program on Wednesday, October 26th, at 6pm entitled Memory's Journey:
Addressing Difficult Family History
<https://lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/9663614> Click the link to register.
We have three fantastic panelists joining us that night. They are:

Mallory Noe-Payne, Richmond Bureau chief for Radio IQ and 2020-2021
recipient of the Fulbright Young Journalist Award, and co-host, along with
RTD report Michael Paul Williams, of the podcast Memory Wars
<https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1101476293/memory-wars-a-podcast-exploring-how-society-confronts-sin>,
which explores how Germany has (and has not) confronted it’s difficult
history and posits whether America might do the same. Mallory used LVA
collections to research her own family history (Episode 5).

Karice Luck-Brimmer,  Community Initiatives Program Associate for Virginia
Humanities responsible for regional engagement in Southern Virginia and
supporting the General Assembly African American Cultural Resources Task
Force. She is also the founding president of the Danville/Pittsylvania
County Chapter of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society
(AAHGS) and a member of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. In
addition to her other work, Karice helped the Miller family of
Pittsylvania research
their connection to Sharwood plantation
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/22/virginia-plantation-slavery-owners-history/>.


Timothy Kilby, author of Gourdvine in Black and White: Slavery and the
Kilby Families of the Virginia Piedmont
<https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/1chm5di/alma9917788607205756>
has devoted countless hours to researching his family history at the LVA
and other institutions. Originally from Sperryville in Rappahannock County,
he is a fifth-generation direct descendant of James Kilby (c. 1740-1829) of
Culpeper County, an ancestor he shares with Juliet Ann, an enslaved woman
biographed in his book. The Kilby family created The Kilby Family Endowed
Scholarship Fund to benefit descendants of those enslaved by their family.

The panelists will talk about how they've confronted complicated family
history and the lessons learned from those experiences. There will also be
time for audience Q&A.

There will be light refreshments before the program begins, as well as a
display of archival materials that complement the evening's theme. Mr.
Kilby will be bringing in a very special item for display that you will not
want to miss, so please be sure to join us.


*Vincent T. Brooks*
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3525
Fax 804-692-2277
*The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>

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