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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Don’t forget The Caribbean Family History Group will be an exhibitor at the Genealogy Show , a virtual family history show today Friday 25th and tomorrow Saturday 26th June. You can purchase tickets for the event at the following link. Some of the speakers are listed here and most of the talks will be available …
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 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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Today 22nd June is Windrush Day in the UK. The 73rd anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush into Tilbury Docks in Essex in 1948 carrying the first migrants from the Caribbean to help re build Britain. Today honours the half a million people who travelled from the Caribbean to the United KIngdom. …
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 …
A new performance project is being created and Windrush Elders and their kin are required for an online Human Library Performance Project that explores Windrush stories. Elders, their families and others who connect and relate to the Windrush are required to be part of this creative project. The 8 sessions will be conducted through a …
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