Tony Burroughs, FUGA
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An internationally known genealogist, author, and former adjunct genealogy professor at Chicago State University. He lectures throughout the United States and Canada on all aspects of genealogy.
Email: T-Burroughs@csu.edu
US mail: P.O. Box 53091; Chicago, IL 60653
Author of Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree Fireside Division of Simon & Schuster, 2001 $20.95 Click to Order Black Roots Black Roots Authored "Create a Family Tree" in The Experts Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Samantha Ettus, along with fellow experts Donald Trump, Larry King, Jennifer Capriati & Debbie Fields  - Clarkson Potter Division of Random House Inc., 2004. $19.95 Click to OrderExperts Guide
  • Councilor of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
  • Former Board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Federation of Genealogical Societies, Friends of Genealogy at Newberry Library, the African American Military Museum  & the Illinois Underground Railroad Association
  • Former president of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago, Inc.
  • Awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the National Genealogical Society & the Dallas Genealogical Society
  • Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA)
  • Appeared as a guest expert in the PBS series Oprah's Roots, African American Lives, and Ancestors, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS News, ABC World New TonightBET Nightly News & The Real Family of Jesus on the Discovery Channel; BBC Special Remembering Roots
  • Quoted in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, People, Ebony, & Jet Magazine