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SUMMARY:Black History Revealed
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part genealogy workshop series\, designed 
 to guide you on how to start building your family tree\, apply advanced re
 search strategies\, and uncover the lives of your ancestors..\nhttps://dcl
 ibrary.libnet.info/event/9991352
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for a three-part genealogy worksho
 p series\, <em>Black History Revealed: Navigating African American Genealo
 gy and Celebrating Family Legacies</em>\, designed to guide you from getti
 ng started in building your family tree\, to applying advanced research st
 rategies to extend it\, to uncovering the lives and contributions of your 
 ancestors. Live discussion and Q&amp\;A will follow each session.</p>\n<p>
 <br />All sessions will occur in Room 401-D in the Conference Center. All 
 sessions are limited to 25 participants and registration is required for e
 ach session. Registration will close two days before the workshop.</p>\n<h
 4><strong>Third Session: Uncovering Black History in Your Family Tree</str
 ong></h4>\n<p>Delve beyond family names\, dates\, and locations to uncover
  the vibrant lives of your ancestors. Explore advanced research techniques
  to help you better root your family in history as well as recognize and c
 elebrate the significant contributions your family has made to history (lo
 cal and global).&nbsp\;</p>\n<h4><strong>About The Presenter</strong></h4>
 \n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/d
 clibrary/LisaFanning.jpeg" width="241" height="274" alt="" style="float: l
 eft\;" />Lisa Fanning</strong> is a lifelong genealogist and family histor
 ian who has spent the past 28 years uncovering her family's rich American 
 history in the South and Midwest. Her research has led to studying enslave
 ment and migration in middle Tennessee/Kentucky/Georgia\, Tri-Racial Isola
 te communities in North Carolina\, free African American settlements in so
 uthern Indiana\, and the incredible journey of an African family emancipat
 ed in 1712 in Norfolk\, VA.</p>\n<p>Lisa is also a genetic genealogist who
  volunteers for the DNA Doe Project\, Tulsa Race Massacre DNA Identificati
 on Project\, and DNA Search Squad. Lisa has given multiple presentations o
 n her family history and served as a genealogy consultant on Before the Bu
 lldozers. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Geneal
 ogical Society and serves as the Society&rsquo\;s Chair of the Membership 
 Committee and a member of the Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee
 . Lisa also serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of the First A
 frican Families of English America and is a DNA Coordinator for the Midwes
 t African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI).</p>\n<p>Lisa is an award-w
 inning artist and has worked for professional associations for the past 30
  years building pathways and developing initiatives to advance diversity\,
  equity\, and inclusion in international affairs\, education\, training\, 
 medicine\, and healthcare. She holds a BA in French and an MA in Intercult
 ural Communication\, specializing in French language and culture.&nbsp\;</
 p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>First Session: Getting Started with African Americ
 an Genealogy</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Date: <a href="https://dclibrary.lib
 net.info/event/9991356">Saturday\, Feb. 3\, at 11 a.m.</a></strong></p>\n<
 p>Are you thinking about building your family tree or maybe you have start
 ed but need help on where to look next?&nbsp\; Learn how to start uncoveri
 ng your family history's fascinating world.&nbsp\;Register <a href="https:
 //dclibrary.libnet.info/event/9981547%20">here</a> to attend this session.
 </p>\n<p><strong>Second Session: Research Strategies for African American 
 Genealogy</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Date: <a href="https://dclibrary.libnet
 .info/event/9991344">Saturday\, Feb. 10\, at 11 a.m.</a></strong></p>\n<p>
 A key challenge for African American researchers is finding and interpreti
 ng nineteenth-century documentation. For both free people of color and ens
 laved\, the institutions of racism and involuntary bondage often curtailed
  the documentation of people of color. Learn about research methods to ext
 end the scope of African American genealogical research and reassemble our
  historic families. Register <a href="https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/
 9981519%20">here</a> to attend this session.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet
 .info/event/9991352
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