Who Do You Think you are magazine has a comprehensive article on tracing your Jamaican ancestry. Sharon Hintze has given hints on how to find records on www.familysearch.org and at www.Jamaicanfamilysearch.com. To access the article click here. The Caribbean Family History Group has some researchers with extensive experience of Jamaica so if you have come […]
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The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History group is on Saturday 31st July at 14.00hrs(BST). We will be welcoming one of our members who will be talking about her research story tracing her ancestors from Trinidad and back to India. Sue has done extensive research for a number of years and I am sure
If you have ancestors who were buried in Jamaica , why not take a look at www.jamaicanancestralrecords.com , to check if you can find the burial. Hundreds of graves have been photographed and digitized including military. Burial sites are listed by Parish and include all denominations. If you find a relative’s name , photographs of
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The Family History Federation are arranging a FREE family history course for 4 weeks on a Wednesday evening commencing 15th September. The course will be via Zoom. So if you are just starting out in your research or you would like to improve your skills, click here for more information. Bookings are made through Eventbrite
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Eventbrite are offering a number of talks by Paul Crooks on researching your Caribbean ancestors. On Sunday 4th July, Paul is offering a talk entitled ‘ Tracing your Ancestry – Britain’s slave compensation records ‘ Click here for the link to the registration details. Paul is an experienced genealogist and author. He has traced his
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An interesting blog has been written by the Heritage Research Group Caribbean about the prevalence of surnames in Grenada. You are able to compare the number of surnames listed in 1834 to today. Is your family surname listed? Click here to access. The blog also discusses the prevalence of African surnames. and how names have
Did you know Family Search offer a number of free webinars to family history researchers on different subjects ranging from how to navigate their site when researching, to tracing German and Nordic records? Some webinars are also offered in other languages. Take a look at their lists, you may find something of interest. They are
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Thank you for attending the meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group on Saturday 26th June. We had interesting and informative talks and we learnt more about the Windrush arrivals here in the United Kingdom. It was an enjoyable and collaborative meeting. Thank you to Horace Barnes of Why Are West Indians (WAWI) and Dennis
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FHF REALLY USEFUL Family History ShowFriday-Saturday 12th-13th November 2021 RUFHS FULL-PRICE TICKETS at £10 EARLY BIRD TICKETS only £7.50until Midnight Wednesday 30th June
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The National Archives at Kew holds a vast amount of information and documents, including from the Colonies. Have you tried to use their website and given up as it was too complicated? or have you felt you were not receiving the right results when using the site? The National Archives have arranged a training course
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