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AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

STATEN ISLAND RICHARD B. DICKENSON CHAPTER


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ABOUT US

The Staten Island Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical
Society (SIAAHGS) – The Richard B. Dickenson Chapter is a 501 C (3) membership
organization open to the public. Regular meetings are held on the third Saturday
of each month (except in July and August) at the Staten Island Museum. The
chapter provides a monthly forum for people who are just beginning to research
their African (African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-European) diaspora family
histories as well as those who have already gathered information going back many
generations. Geographically our members are not solely focused on Staten
Island’s African-American genealogy and history, in fact, they have research
interests that span the African diaspora.

Formally installed by the national AAHGS, Inc. (headquartered in Washington,
D.C.) in February 2018, The Richard B. Dickenson Chapter is one of 36 chapters
across the nation. AAHGS, Inc. has more than a forty-year history of promoting
research, discovery and writing about African- American genealogy and history.
AAHGS strives to preserve African-ancestored family history, genealogy, and
cultural diversity by teaching research techniques and disseminating
information.

THE SIAAHGS MISSION IS TO:

Provide a forum for the research, discussion and writing of genealogical and
historical topics of interest;



Advance the understanding of African-American genealogy and history; and



Honor the life and work of the late Staten Island Borough Historian Richard B.
Dickenson.




ABOUT RICHARD B. DICKENSON

Dick Dickenson was The Staten Island Borough Historian from 1991 until his death
in 2006. A true scholar and a gentleman, Mr. Dickenson was a community activist,
historian, humanitarian and a friend and colleague to many. Among his many
contributions, Mr. Dickenson served on Community Board 1, was historian for the
Snug Harbor East Civic Association, was the founder of The Friends of Staten
Island Abandoned Cemeteries and was a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (NJAAHGS). He did extensive
research on Staten Island’s history including the Island’s black community
authoring a revised edition of Holden’s Staten Island:

The History of Richmond County and Census Occupations of Afro-American Families
on Staten Island, 1840-1875, among other works. Mr. Dickenson also researched
southwestern Virginia and authored Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia
Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery
County, Virginia. He was an easy-going person who took great interest in others
personal stories in the context of local history. The Staten Island Chapter of
the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society is named in his honor with
the hope that his memory and work will live on.

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