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SUMMARY:Online Event: Caribbean Genealogy
LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library
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DESCRIPTION:Uncover your West Indian roots with genealogist Phillip Nichol
 as. Learn about resources that can help you trace your lineage and how to 
 research your family history in the British West Indies. Registration is r
 equired. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the e
 vent start time. For more information\, please contact the library at garc
 ias@mdpls.org. Ages 13 yrs.+.\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.info/event/8472856
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong><em>Presented by the Special Colle
 ctions &amp\; Archives Division of the Miami-Dade Public Library System\, 
 located at the Main Library.</em></strong></p>\n<p><strong>About the Guest
  Speaker</strong></p>\n<p>Phillip Nicholas is a professional genealogist s
 pecializing in Jamaican\, Barbadian\, and British genealogy and owns Genea
 logy Detective Caribbean\, LLC. He has presented for the Frederick County 
 Public Library (FCPL)\, the Allen County Public Library (ACPL)\, the Yonke
 rs Public Library (YPL)\, Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL)\, the Clayton 
 Library Center\, and RELIC at the Central Library where he discussed how t
 o trace your Caribbean ancestry and the complexity of slavery. Phillip Nic
 holas has a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the Univ
 ersity of Maryland\, College Park and earned his Master of Arts in Compara
 tive &amp\; Transnational History from the College of William &amp\; Mary.
  He has experience processing\, researching\, and analyzing archival recor
 ds. He wrote his thesis about the cultural transformations of enslaved peo
 ple from the Gold Coast in 18th-century Jamaica. With his background in hi
 story\, he knows the value of understanding the historical context of an e
 vent and location when conducting genealogy.</p>\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.inf
 o/event/8472856
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