My Heritage are offering Free access to Immigration and travel records from 24 th – 28th June. Click here for more information. Find out where your ancestors travelled form and to, using this fascinating collection of records . ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One of our committee has recently given a talk on how he traced his ancestry from Portugal to Jamaica. Different generations of his family migrated across continents also living in Amsterdam and London. Steve started his research many years ago pre the internet which meant many visits to archives and manual searches for information. Thankfully …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group will take place this Saturday 26th June at 14.00-16.300hrs (BST) 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 ship that brought people from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is on Saturday 26th June at 14.00 hrs (BST) when we will be talking about shipping lists. Following that, our meeting dates are as follows: July – Saturday 31st July for which we have a speaker August – no meeting September – Saturday 25th September October …
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The Caribbean Family History Group are pleased to announce that we will be an exhibitor at the Genealogy Show , a virtual family history show on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th June. You can purchase tickets for the event in advance at the following link. Some of the speakers are listed here and most of …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group will take place on Saturday 26th June at 14.00 hrs – 16.30 hrs (BST) 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 ship that brought people from …
Did your ancestor travel from the Caribbean to the United Kingdom on the SS Empire Windrush ? In tracing your Caribbean ancestry, you may be able to find your ancestors name on the passenger list. Goldsmiths University of London have transcribed passenger lists and replicated landing cards to enable us to trace our relatives. Click …
The next meeting of our group will be on Saturday 26th June at 14.00 hrs (BST). Make a note in your diary! More details of the agenda to follow. Attendance is free to members and first time attendees, otherwise UK£5.00 per meeting. Please email here to register for the meeting. A link will then be …
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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 …
Following our informative and enjoyable talk on Saturday on the Trinidad archives, these are the details of the newspapers available online. Newspapers can be a treasure trove of information that include obituaries, births, marriages, shipping information as well as court cases and other interesting snippets of information. The Port of Spain Gazette has been digitized …
