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Do you know what your family did in the Caribbean?

We have recently been given permission to display these beautiful photographs of a Caribbean Family History Group member’s family in Jamaica. Dressed for a wonderful occasion, we don’t know where they are going or indeed what they do for a living. The UK National Archives has a vast array of Caribbean documents for family history …

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Barbados Ancestry – Success story for Caribbean Family History Group

Our members Barbados group have had great success in getting back another generation during our collaborative twice monthly family history sessions. By working together in an online group we have found we can easily exchange ideas and make suggestions which have assisted us in tracing our family history further back. We have also been instrumental …

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Newspapers of the Caribbean added to British Newspaper Archives

The British Newspaper Archives has recently added some Caribbean Newspapers to its online collection. The Morning Journal, Jamaica, St Christopher Advertiser, St Kitts Daily Express, The Sun Antigua and Barbados Agricultural reporter have recently been added to their collection If you already have a subscription, why not take a look. If not you will need …

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Free access to My Heritage

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! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Free Downloads – National Archives

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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Thank you for attending our meeting on Saturday!

Thank you to all those who attended our research meeting yesterday afternoon. It was an inspiring and motivating meeting. Visitors were researching a variety of islands including St Kitts & Nevis, St Croix, St Thomas, Grenada, Jamaica, Cuba, Barbados, Panama. I am sure we all took inspiration from the successes of those present and it …

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