Search to finish her family tree led this Chicago woman to an unmarked grave in Ingersoll, Ont.

Robin Moore travelled from Chicago to Ingersoll to learn more about her ancestor buried at an unmarked grave site in the town. Indigenous studies professor Cody Groat, left, is overseeing a research project which taught Moore plenty about her family's history.

Robin Moore was extensively searching for months to find any information about her great-great grandfather, James Hisson, who was an African American settler to Canada in the 19th century, for a family tree she’s building. In June, Moore took a trip from Chicago to the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery and found that Hisson was buried at an unmarked grave site at the back of the cemetery. 

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