Clevlyn Anderson

Clevlyn Anderson is a native of Chicago, Illinois, with ancestral roots from Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi. She has been actively researching her family history for fifteen plus years and has traced enslaved ancestors back to the early 1800s. Enhancing her research, she was awarded the 2022 MDAH Family Genealogy Fellowship and the 2023 BCG Paul Sluby Scholarship. In 2023, she was admitted to Sons and Daughters of the US Middle Passage.

A member of the AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter since 2010, Clevlyn has served as Chapter Secretary and currently serves as Corresponding Secretary. She has contributed articles on research strategies to the AAHGS News bi-monthly newsletter. Since 2020, she has served on the board of the Noxubee County Historical Society (NCHS) and is the current editor of the NCHS Quarterly Bulletin.

Clevlyn has presented introductory genealogy workshops and case studies at AAHGS chapter meetings and local community venues. At the 2023 AAHGS National Conference, she presented the session “Why Is It So Hard to Find My Stevenson Family?”

She has participated in numerous genealogical workshops and webinars and has attended leading institutes including the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and the Midwest African American Genealogical Institute (MAAGI). Clevlyn holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Bishop College in Dallas, Texas, and master’s degrees from the University of Iowa (Public Affairs) and Kennesaw State University (Technical and Professional Writing).