Donald Payton is the president of the African American Genealogy Interest
Group, which is a branch of the Dallas Genealogical Society.

Mr. Payton has spent more than 25 years tracing family histories and doing
historical workshops across America. He also organizes the Miller Family Reunion
in Dallas, Texas, every summer. This reunion attracts more than 1,000 family
members.

He has also been featured in numerous national magazines, is a guest on radio talk shows, and has appeared on television news programs.