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
I recently came across this interesting blog of Ursula Barzey who traced her family tree from Montserrat back to Africa. She also discusses Irish connections in Montserrat and DNA tourism. She tells us that Montserrat was used as a penal colony in the late 1600’s and a large number of Irish were sent to the
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Family Search are continually adding to their digital records. You will see from the following updates that they have added more records for Panama, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic as well as many more for South America and USA. Family Search June update Family Search July update Always check Family Search records to see
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Thank you to all those who attended our July meeting and a very warm welcome to the first time attendees. Dennis gave a short, interesting presentation on indentureship, followed by one of our members , Sue Bower who gave an informative and inspirational talk on her family history journey. Sue’s presentation discussed why she started
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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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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 at 14.00hrs (BST) via Zoom. If you have any queries at all, please email us. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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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If you enjoyed Rootstech Connect earlier this year, you will be pleased to hear that the show is returning in 2022. So make a note in your diary – 3 -5 March 2022. Building on this year’s success , Rootstech will remain completely virtual and FREE. Registration will open in September 2021. Hosted by Family
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