Come to our research meeting on Saturday 29th May at 14.00hrs(BST) to learn more about researching family in Trinidad. The Caribbean Family History Group would like to welcome Ann Dardaine, who will be talking about researching family in Trinidad and about what is available in the archives. Ann is a genealogist with ten years’ experience […]
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An interesting website for anyone connected to the Windrush generation. In conjunction with the Barbados Museum and Historical Society and University of West Indies, a Virtual Museum of Caribbean Migration has been set up click here for the home page and then go to ‘Exhibition Panels’. The Virtual Museum combines digital exhibits with audience participation
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At the next meeting of the Caribbean Family History group on Saturday 29th May we will be having a talk on the Trinidad Archives. So if you have ancestors with a connection to Trinidad , do come along to our meeting and you will pick up some tips for your research. Please email here to
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This weekend from 10am (BST) on Friday 30th April until 03 May , Find My Past are giving FREE access to all UK census records Click here to find out more. If you have ancestors who have lived in the UK , now is the time to check the census records. These records can give
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Thank you to all who attended The Caribbean Family HIstory Group AGM and talk on Saturday 24th April. The meeting lasted longer than usual due to the AGM and the interesting talk that followed. Whitney Peterson, Content Strategist at Family Search gave an informative talk on how Family Search started microfilming in 1960’s and moved
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The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is tomorrow Saturday 24th April at 14.00hrs BST. This will include our AGM followed by a talk . We are pleased to be able to advise that Whitney Pearson – Content Strategist for Family Search will be giving us an overview of using Family Search for
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Our next meeting will include our AGM and is on Saturday 24th April at 14.00hrs BST via zoom. Our AGM will include: Welcome and Apologies Minutes of last AGM and matters arising Receiving Reports from the Chairperson the Treasurer other Officers Stepping down of existing Core Committee Officers – with thanks Selecting/Voting in of new Core Committee
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I recently watched a video by Craig Cochrane on How to use genetic genealogy to connect with cousins and collaborate together. Craig has been researching his family from Barbuda, Grenada and the Grenadines. and explains to us the basics of DNA and how we can all go a step further in using our DNA results.
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My Heritage are celebrating Spring by giving free access to birth records for a week from 18th to 24th April 2021. Read more about the offer here . My Heritage hold 115 collections of birth records which are an invaluable source of information for family historians. You can access birth records directly here _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of St Vincent and the Eastern Caribbean during this difficult time. If you have ancestors who came from St Vincent why not have a look on the Engangered Archives website. Here you can find wills, deeds as well as some marriages and baptism records. If we can
