African American genealogy researcher, Southern photography historian to headline Ļć½¶Ö±²„Librariesā virtual Genealogy Fair
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āĻć½¶Ö±²„ Libraries is hosting a virtual event featuring guest speakers specializing in African American genealogy and Southern photography.
Taking place June 5 from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., the E.O. and Betty Templeton Genealogy and History Fair will include sessions led by professional certified genealogist Elyse Hill and historian Frances O. Robb. Ļć½¶Ö±²„Libraries faculty will conduct workshops on a variety of genealogy topics, and the event features door prize giveaways.
Though the virtual event is free to the public, those interested must register for each session they wish to attend.
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Hill currently serves as a professional genealogy researcher for Legacy Tree Genealogists, specializing in African American and Southern states research. She is a graduate of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, and the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute, among others.
Robb is author of āShot in Alabama: A History of Photography, 1839-1941ā (University of Alabama Press, 2017) and is writing a book about A.C. Oxford, a Mississippi native who fought in the Civil War with Gen. Joseph Wheeler and became Birminghamās first resident photographer in the 1870s. Robb holds graduate degrees from the University of North Carolina and Yale University.
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