Your first attendance at a meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is free, thereafter UK£5.00 per meeting so why not join us – our annual membership fee is UK£20.00 What is incuded in your membership: Free attendance at meetings and most talks Assistance with research where possible Sharing of tips. tricks, brainstorming brick walls …
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A member of our group recently came across these sites. If you would like to read more about the arrival of MV Empire Windrush in the UK in 1948, take a look. Forgotten Voyages, from the British Library also gives information on other ships that came to Britain including the SS Ormonde which arrived with …
Eventbrite are offering a number of talks by Paul Crooks on researching your Caribbean ancestors. On Sunday 12th September 2021, Paul is offering a talk entitled ‘Perfect Storm – The End of Slavery in the Caribbean ‘ Click here to access the link to the registration details. Paul is an experienced genealogist and author. He …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is on Saturday 25th September at 14.00hrs (BST). We will be welcoming one of our overseas members who will be talking about her family history journey. The emphasis will be on Caribbean Canadian Migration. Please join us for what promises to be a very interesting presentation. …
Two French genealogy sites have recently been involved in acquisitions by other companies. The French Genealogy company Geneanet is to be acquired by Ancestry. You can read more about this here . If you come across French names in your tree from the Caribbean , this site is worth a look. They also have an …
One of our members sent us this inspiring story recently about how joining our group had helped in her research. “I have been a member of the Caribbean Family History Group for many years dipping in and out of research during that time as work and caring responsibilities left me with little spare time until …
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A reminder that we do not have a meeting in August. Our future meetings are detailed as follows: 25th September – One of our overseas members will be talking about her family history, emphasising Caribbean Canadian migration. 30th October – A research meeting – bring us your queries, problems, brick walls as well as your …
I recently came across this interesting blog of Ursula Barzey who traced her family tree from Montserrat back to Africa. She also discusses Irish connections in Montserrat and DNA tourism. She tells us that Montserrat was used as a penal colony in the late 1600’s and a large number of Irish were sent to the …
Family Search are continually adding to their digital records. You will see from the following updates that they have added more records for Panama, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic as well as many more for South America and USA. Family Search June update Family Search July update Always check Family Search records to see …
Thank you to all those who attended our July meeting and a very warm welcome to the first time attendees. Dennis gave a short, interesting presentation on indentureship, followed by one of our members , Sue Bower who gave an informative and inspirational talk on her family history journey. Sue’s presentation discussed why she started …
