{"id":335,"date":"2012-11-12T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/?p=335"},"modified":"2017-08-31T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T17:27:32","slug":"heritage-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/2012\/11\/12\/heritage-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\"><span class=\"xn-location\">INDIANAPOLIS<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 8,\u00a0 2012<\/span> \/PRNewswire-USNewswire\/ &#8212; The <span class=\"xn-org\">University of\u00a0 Indianapolis<\/span> is teaming up with Ancestry.com, the world&#8217;s largest online\u00a0 family history resource, in a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage students\u00a0 to explore and reflect on how their family history impacts their identity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>All UIndy students, faculty and staff have been granted access to\u00a0 Ancestry.com content from computers and mobile devices anywhere on campus. That\u00a0 content &#8211; 11 billion searchable documents and images &#8211; includes census records,\u00a0 prison logs, ship manifests, historic newspapers and yearbook photos in addition\u00a0 to 40 million online family trees.<\/p>\n<p>The company is providing on-campus workshops and seminars to help the UIndy\u00a0 community make the most of the online product. UIndy faculty members,\u00a0 particularly in disciplines such as history, are enthusiastic about the\u00a0 classroom potential of giving students easy access to the vast database of\u00a0 historical documents.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ancestry.com has worked previously with libraries and other\u00a0 institutions, this is its first such relationship in the field of higher\u00a0 education.<\/p>\n<p>At UIndy, the Ancestry.com access is a key component in the annual University\u00a0 Series of programs and events. This year&#8217;s series features guest speakers,\u00a0 discussions and workshops built around the theme &#8220;Who Do You Think You Are?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a starting point for the students&#8217; exploration of heritage, the university\u00a0 adopted a common reader for the campus community, the 2009 book <em><strong>The Ties That\u00a0 Bind: A Memoir of Race, Memory, and Redemption<\/strong><\/em> by <strong><span class=\"xn-person\">Bertice Berry<\/span><\/strong>. Berry, an African-American sociologist\u00a0 and writer, explored her family history and found a story far more complex than\u00a0 the black-and-white tale of slavery and tragedy that she expected. Three-fourths\u00a0 of the university&#8217;s incoming freshmen voluntarily bought the book, and hundreds\u00a0 attended a campus lecture by Berry in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0UIndy Teams with Ancestry.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 8,\u00a0 2012 \/PRNewswire-USNewswire\/ &#8212; The University of\u00a0 Indianapolis is teaming up with Ancestry.com, the world&#8217;s largest online\u00a0 family history resource, in a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage students\u00a0 to explore and reflect on how their family history impacts their identity. 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