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 …
Please email to register for the meeting. First time attendees are free of charge, thereafter UK£5.00 per meeting or UK£20.00 annual membership. Fees can be paid at the Parish Chest. We hope to see you on Saturday 31st July via Zoom. If you have any queries at all, please email us. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History group is on Saturday 31st July at 14.00hrs(BST). We will be welcoming one of our members who will be talking about her research story tracing her ancestors from Trinidad and back to India. Sue has done extensive research for a number of years and I am sure …
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 …
The Family History Federation are arranging a FREE family history course for 4 weeks on a Wednesday evening commencing 15th September. The course will be via Zoom. So if you are just starting out in your research or you would like to improve your skills, click here for more information. Bookings are made through Eventbrite …
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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 …
An interesting blog has been written by the Heritage Research Group Caribbean about the prevalence of surnames in Grenada. You are able to compare the number of surnames listed in 1834 to today. Is your family surname listed? Click here to access. The blog also discusses the prevalence of African surnames. and how names have …
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The National Archives at Kew holds a vast amount of information and documents, including from the Colonies. Have you tried to use their website and given up as it was too complicated? or have you felt you were not receiving the right results when using the site? The National Archives have arranged a training course …
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