Interested in researching your family history but not sure how to start? Need help finding some tricky branch of your family tree? Come on by for some guidance.

Timothy N. Pinnick is an accomplished researcher, popular national speaker, author of the book, “Finding and Using African American Newspapers”, and owner of History and Genealogy Spotlight, a business specializing in assisting libraries and individuals in identifying new and used African American books relevant to the African American research process.

A lover of African American history, Pinnick delivered his historical papers at the Western Historical Association conference, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation, and the Illinois History Conference. Most recently he returned to the 2019 Association for the Study of African American Life and History conference, in Charleston, SC, to deliver his second paper there.

Pinnick is affiliated with number of historical and genealogical associations. He has served in the past on the boards of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Federation of Genealogical Societies and Genealogical Speakers Guild.
He can be reached via e-mail at: pinnick.aabooks@gmail.com.