Edna F. Briggs, DPA, is past president of the California African American Genealogical Society. With degrees from the University of Arkansas, Cal State LA and USAC, she has worked in policymaking and management pertaining to health services administration and gerontology. She does research for her great-grandmother’s family database, consisting of approximately 1,200 descendants. She is a member of SCGS, the African American Historical and Genealogical Society and its Arkansas Affiliate Group.