The next meeting of Caribbean Family History Group is on Saturday 30th January at 2.00pm GMT via Zoom. The formal meeting will be from 2.00pm until 4.00pm. We hope you can join us. If you have any particular area you would like us to cover, please email us and we will do our best to […]
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You will be able to talk to us in a booth anytime between 10.00am and 4.00pm at the Really Useful Family History Show. Many Family History Groups will be present as well as numerous speakers at this virtual event organised by the Federation of Family History. Tickets are £7 per person and can be obtained
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Thank you for joining us at our zoom meeting on Saturday. We had an informative and interesting meeting, learning the 5 steps of family history and all about searching for ‘Big Sam’! We reiterated the importance of talking to elders and even recording the chat so you don’t miss that important bit of information. Visitors
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Join us at our monthly zoom research meeting on Saturday 31st October at 14.00 GMT. If you have a brick wall that you would like assistance with, email us here to let us know and we will do our best to help you and point you in the right direction. If you are happy for
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During Black History Month we are reflecting about how as a small group in 2008 we started researching our family history and helping others to do the same. We would encourage you to join us on that journey. It can be frustrating at times but is so rewarding as we discover more of the lives
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Thank you to all those who attended our meeting on Saturday 26th September. We had another interesting and informative meeting . Hopefully we will have given you inspiration and spurred you on to go further in your family tree. We discussed talking to elders, assisted a member with their tree and had an interesting talk
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Please join us at our zoom meeting on Saturday 26th September at 14.00BST. Our topics this month will include: Update on talking with elders Helping a researcher with a brick wall An intriguing talk ‘Mix Up, Secretive Caribbean Families’ Please email us to register your attendance. Your first meeting is FREE, thereafter £5 per meeting.
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If you missed Guy Grannum’s presentation through the National Archives in June, it is now available on Youtube. Guy is an author and genealogist who has completed extensive research over the last 25 years into his Caribbean ancestors. Caribbean Connections discusses Caribbean migration to the UK. Click here to view the talk.
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Paul Crooks has researched his African/Caribbean Ancestry and traced his family back 6 generations from London to Jamaica to West Africa . He is currently offering some informative talks through Eventbrite. Follow the links from his website to make a booking. Tonight’s talk is ‘Tracing Black Ancestry – Secrets of the 1817 Slave Registers Uncovered’
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I came across this article on the BBC which was an interesting read. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/3k9u8lh178/Searching_for_my_slave_roots The poet and author Malik Al Nasir traced his roots from Liverpool and discovered links with families in Grenada and Guyana. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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