Eventbrite are offering a number of talks by Paul Crooks on researching your Caribbean ancestors. On Sunday 12th September 2021, Paul is offering a talk entitled ‘Perfect Storm – The End of Slavery in the Caribbean ‘ Click here to access the link to the registration details. Paul is an experienced genealogist and author. He […]
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is on Saturday 25th September at 14.00hrs (BST). We will be welcoming one of our overseas members who will be talking about her family history journey. The emphasis will be on Caribbean Canadian Migration. Please join us for what promises to be a very interesting presentation.
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Two French genealogy sites have recently been involved in acquisitions by other companies. The French Genealogy company Geneanet is to be acquired by Ancestry. You can read more about this here . If you come across French names in your tree from the Caribbean , this site is worth a look. They also have an
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One of our members sent us this inspiring story recently about how joining our group had helped in her research. “I have been a member of the Caribbean Family History Group for many years dipping in and out of research during that time as work and caring responsibilities left me with little spare time until
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A reminder that we do not have a meeting in August. Our future meetings are detailed as follows: 25th September – One of our overseas members will be talking about her family history, emphasising Caribbean Canadian migration. 30th October – A research meeting – bring us your queries, problems, brick walls as well as your
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 tomorrow Saturday 31st July at 14.00hrs (BST) via Zoom. If you have any queries at all, please email us. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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If you are considering taking a dna test or if you have received your results and not certain what to do, the Society of Genealogists are offering some pre recorded talks where you can learn more. You can listen to a one hour talk taking you through the dna journey. Don’t forget to make notes!
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The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is on Saturday. A member, Sue Bower will be talking about her research journey. 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
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Slaves & Highlanders , A wonderful website that will give you a vast amount of information about Scots who travelled to the Caribbean. This includes Doctors and Ministers as well as planters and they hailed from all parts of Scotland. There is also mention of Dutch and English Caribbean settlers. Click here for more information.
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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
