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SUMMARY:Researching Your African Canadian Roots 
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DESCRIPTION:Join local genealogist Janie Cooper-Wilson as she discusses ho
 w to research your African Canadian roots. .\nhttps://barrielibrary.libnet
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Watch: <a href="https://my.nicheac
 ademy.com/barrie/course/20672/sequence/7783">https://my.nicheacademy.com/b
 arrie/course/20672/sequence/7783&nbsp\;</a></strong></p>\n<p>Tune in as Ja
 nie Cooper-Wilson discusses local history\, provides tips and tricks regar
 ding how to research African Canadian ancestors\, and shares her own resea
 rch stories. This content will be available until February 28th.&nbsp\;</p
 >\n<p><strong>About Janie Cooper Wilson&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Janie has 
 had a life-long passion for history\, researching &amp\; documenting Black
  History as a crucial part of the collective history of Ontario. She is a 
 strong advocate for the preservation of endangered historical buildings an
 d early cemeteries and spearheaded the intensive public relations initiati
 ve to preserve the 1849 Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church\, in Edgar\
 , Ontario. Presently\, Janie is attempting to save a crucial Black History
  Site in Haldimand County\, from obliteration.</p>\n<p>Janie is the founde
 r and Executive Director of the SilverShoe Historical Society and was the 
 driving force behind the restoration and Designation of Bethel-Union and t
 he Old Zion Presbyterian Cemeteries in Clearview Township. As well\, Janie
 \, with the assistance of her dedicated SilverShoe Team\, has facilitated 
 an Annual Memorial Candlelight Service for the past two decades. She is a 
 sitting member of the Ontario Historical Society Board of Directors\, serv
 ing as OHS Field Representative for Simcoe County and as Co - Chair of the
  OHS Cemetery Preservation &amp\; Defence Committee.</p>\n<p>Over her long
  career\, Janie has been the author of numerous articles &amp\; publicatio
 ns and has been the recipient of many Awards\, such as: 2012 OHS Carnochan
  Award\; 2015 OMAH Historic Reconstruction Award\; 2018 OBHS Harriet Tubma
 n Award and in September 2018\, she was inducted as one of Canada&rsquo\;s
  100 Accomplished Black Women.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://barri
 elibrary.libnet.info/event/4844289
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