Our February meeting will be held on Saturday 27th February at 2.00pm GMT via Zoom. We have decided to use Rootstech 2021 as a base for our meeting. Family Search , the organisers of Rootstech hold a large amount of Caribbean records and some talks are aimed particularly at Caribbean Ancestry. If you have been […]
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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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Rootstech Connect is happening virtually between 25th and 27th February. This is the live event that has previously been held yearly around this time in Salt Lake City Utah, in the US and also recent recent years in London . Join over 200,000 people at the world’s largest celebration of family, culture and heritage As FamilySearch
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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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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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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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The next meeting of Caribbean Family History Group is this 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 in our meetings, please email us and we will do
