It is always good to have as much background information as possible from different resources when researching your Caribbean ancestry. Learning more about the history of the islands is important in your research so you know where to look for records. I found this article recently on Legacy Tree Genealogist that gives an insight into …
Slaves & Highlanders , A wonderful website that will give you a vast amount of information about Scots who travelled to the Caribbean. This includes Doctors and Ministers as well as planters and they hailed from all parts of Scotland. There is also mention of Dutch and English Caribbean settlers. Click here for more information. …
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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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Ancestry have a number of videos available on their website for you to view free of charge. These range from getting the most out of your subscription to military records and genetic genealogy as well as tips on African American research. Click on this link to access. The Barefoot Genealogist is also offering a Youtube …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group will take place tomorrow, Saturday 26th June at 14.00-16.300hrs (BST). It is not too late to join us. As this falls within ‘Windrush’ week in the UK, we decided we would use this as the basis for our meeting. The MV Empire Windrush was the first …
