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M.S., Educational Technology, University of the District of Columbia

Lecturer: Course 8


Sharon Batiste Gillins is a native of Galveston, Texas with paternal ancestral roots in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana and maternal roots in Fort Bend County, Texas. She nurtures a life-long interest in family history research and has been actively researching African American family history for over fifteen years.

While researching her own family, she developed an in interest in Louisiana's unique record systems and learned to analyze a variety of record types for vital information on slave ancestors; she regularly shares that information with others through presentations at genealogy conferences and workshops. She is founder and moderator of the St. Mary Parish ROOTs Yahoo e-group, established as a networking site for descendents of slaves and free people of color with ancestry in St. Mary Parish.

Mrs. Gillins is a graduate of Howard University, with an MS in Educational Technology from the University of the District of Columbia. She is an Associate Professor at Riverside Community College, Riverside, California, where she has taught for 18 years.