Windrush
75 years of Windrush
We are pleased to announce that the Caribbean Family History Group will again be offering a free exhibition at Solihull Library. 75 years of Windrush will honour the Windrush generation who travelled to the UK and contributed to British society. The exhibition will be for the month of October and will be open during normal …
National Maritime Museum and Windrush
The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, London is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, London with a series of events from 22nd – 24th June. To find out more click here. The Caribbean Family History Group will be exhibiting at this event, so if you are planning …
Today is the 75th anniversary of Windrush
Today, 22nd June 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of SS Windrush at Tilbury Docks in London. This ship brought people from the Caribbean to fill a post war labour shortage in the UK. Arrivals continued from 1948 until early 1970’s. This generation came to be known as the Windrush generation. Celebrations are …
Tracing your Windrush Ancestors – 22nd June – Coventry
Are you interested in tracing someone who arrived on the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948? A course will be held at the Coventry Archives, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum on 22nd June. The course will be led by genealogist Paul Wilkins who is experienced in tracing Caribbean ancestry. More information can be found here. There …
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One Man’s journey tracing 6000 African Caribbean Ancestors
The Society of Genealogists are offering a talk by Adrian Stone, a Caribbean Genealogist. Adrian describes his journey from Bristol to London, then on to Jamaica, Scotland and America, and ultimately to an African woman named Ebo Venus. Ebo came to Kellits slave plantation in Jamaica in the 1790’s from Nigeria. There is a charge …
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Read more about Windrush
A member of our group recently came across these sites. If you would like to read more about the arrival of MV Empire Windrush in the UK in 1948, take a look. Forgotten Voyages, from the British Library also gives information on other ships that came to Britain including the SS Ormonde which arrived with …