PRESTON WASHINGTON
Preston is a life long resident of Kansas City, Mo. He is a retired police officer (1980), probation-parole officer (1991), and drug/alcohol counselor (2012). Preston is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Missouri State Genealogical Association. He is president of the Midwest Afro-American Genealogy Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.).
Preston’s research specialty centers around the freedmen of the five civilized tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations). Freedmen were ex-slaves held in bondage by the Five Civilized Tribes.
Preston’s research efforts resulted in his mother’s election to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
He is presenting on Saturday, June 15, 2013 from 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm.
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