<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="padding:20px 0px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-size:0.875rem;letter-spacing:0.2px;display:block"><tbody style="display:block"></tbody></table><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Libre Franklin","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">African American Heritage</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Libre Franklin","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> is a digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. This collection was created in partnership with leading African American genealogists and recognized leaders in genealogical information to develop a comprehensive mix of resources, records, and tools specifically pertaining to African Americans.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Libre Franklin","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">  </span></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-:2re" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:2rf" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style=""><h3 style="font-size:22px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Fira Sans","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(54,54,54);margin:20px 0px 10px;padding:0px;text-transform:uppercase">HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS COLLECTION:</h3><div><ul type="square" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A user-friendly interface that combines the best elements of our award-winning HeritageQuest® Online database with new, enhanced navigation. and tools</span></span> </font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Primary sources devoted specifically to African American family history, including census records, vital records, free(d) and slave records, church records, legal records, and more.</span></span> </font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The newest primary source collections include North Carolina and West Virginia marriage records, North Carolina cohabitation records, and the U.S. Colored Troops Records, 1861-1865.</span></span> </font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Exclusive access to an updated, online edition of <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Black Genesis</em></span>—an exhaustive guide that makes locating resources pertaining to slaves and free blacks easier.</span></span> </font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Exclusive partnership with <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">AfriGeneas</span>—recognized as a leading social networking site devoted to African American genealogy—that provides direct access to expert advice, moderated forums, chats, mailing lists, surname registry, and more.</font></span></span></li></ul></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Libre Franklin","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;box-sizing:border-box"><b style="font-size:16px">Go there now: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/africanamericanheritage">http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/africanamericanheritage</a> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Libre Franklin","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:16px">Get tip sheets, tutorials and more:</b><span style="font-size:16px"> </span><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/african-american-heritage" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/african-american-heritage</a></font></p><div><img src="cid:ii_kawon9zh12" alt="aa_heritage.png" width="450" height="187"><br></div><p style="box-sizing:bord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<i>Library Services Manager,</i> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)</div><div dir="ltr">
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