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SUMMARY:Online Event: Caribbean Genealogy
LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library
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DESCRIPTION:If you descend from Free People of Color in the British West I
 ndies but are encountering challenges with researching your ancestors\, tu
 ne in as Genealogist Phillip Nicholas identifies resources and strategies 
 to use when tracing your free people of color ancestry in the British West
  Indies. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrant
 s within 24 hours of the event start time. For more information\, please c
 ontact 305-375-5572 or specialcollections@mdpls.org.  Ages 13 yrs.+  .\nht
 tps://mdpls.libnet.info/event/9084090
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Presented by the Special Collectio
 ns &amp\; Archives Division of the Miami-Dade Public Library System\, loca
 ted at the Main Library.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>About the Division of Sp
 ecial Collections &amp\; Archives</strong></p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Public Libra
 ry System&rsquo\;s Division of Special Collections &amp\; Archives holds r
 are and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of the public a
 nd scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection\, 1
 6mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &amp\; Ephemera\, Gen
 ealogy Collection\, Vasari Project archive\, and Rare &amp\; Antiquarian b
 ooks from as early as the 17th&nbsp\;century. The Division aims to provide
  the public with the contents of these collections at their request\, whic
 h include books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photographs\, prints
 \, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media.</p>\n<p><stro
 ng>About the Guest Speaker</strong></p>\n<p>Phillip Nicholas is a professi
 onal genealogist specializing in Jamaican\, Barbadian\, and British geneal
 ogy and owns Genealogy Detective Caribbean\, LLC. He has presented for the
  Frederick County Public Library (FCPL)\, the Allen County Public Library 
 (ACPL)\, the Yonkers Public Library (YPL)\, Los Angeles Public Library (LA
 PL)\, the Clayton Library Center\, and RELIC at the Central Library where 
 he discussed how to trace your Caribbean ancestry and the complexity of sl
 avery. Phillip Nicholas has a Master of Library and Information Science de
 gree from the University of Maryland\, College Park and earned his Master 
 of Arts in Comparative &amp\; Transnational History from the College of Wi
 lliam &amp\; Mary. He has experience processing\, researching\, and analyz
 ing archival records. He wrote his thesis about the cultural transformatio
 ns of enslaved people from the Gold Coast in 18th-century Jamaica. With hi
 s background in history\, he knows the value of understanding the historic
 al context of an event and location when conducting genealogy.</p>\nhttps:
 //mdpls.libnet.info/event/9084090
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