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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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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Today the Caribbean Family History Group have a booth at the Family History Federation’s Really Useful Family History Show. Come and chat to us and bring us your queries! If you missed us, please email us your query on email. We will endeavour to assist with any island query. We also have a military expert
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We will again be in attendance at the Really Useful Family History Show to help you with your Caribbean family history queries. Sharon Tomblin will be speaking about Tracing your Female Caribbean Ancestors. The show is a virtual show with numerous speakers and private booths for your to speak to family history groups. Please see
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Tracing our Caribbean family history is exciting, fulfilling and keeps us up until the early hours! If you have any success stories in your family history, we would love to hear from you . We would like to share your success with our fellow family history researchers on our website. We are all keen to
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We hope to see you at our meeting on Saturday at 2.00pm GMT via Zoom. We will be using the content of the Rootstech talks as a basis for our meeting Some Rootstech key points to note Event spread – The event runs from Thurs 25th Feb till Saturday 27h February – with event dates
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To celebrate St Valentine’s Day, My Heritage are giving free access to marriage records from 10th-16th February! Click on the link for further information; My Heritage . You will need to be fast, limited time only! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Have you found a link to a plantation in your family research? Did your relative hold a prominent role in council or was he a sailor? The National Archives at Kew holds many documents relating to plantations, government and shipping records in the Caribbean. They are currently offering free downloads of some documents. Will downloads
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Are you interested in the social history around the life of your ancestors? Would you like to learn more about researching your family tree? Future Learn offer a number of free courses that can be studied online, at your own pace. You will need to register with the company initially for access to all the
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We have mentioned in the past talks by Paul Crooks who has traced his ancestors from London to Jamaica and back to Africa. Paul is again offering a number of talks through Eventbrite that can be accessed from all over the world. The talks will offer an insight into the records available to assist in
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