An interesting blog has been written by the Heritage Research Group Caribbean about the prevalence of surnames in Grenada. You are able to compare the number of surnames listed in 1834 to today. Is your family surname listed? Click here to access. The blog also discusses the prevalence of African surnames. and how names have […]
Did you know Family Search offer a number of free webinars to family history researchers on different subjects ranging from how to navigate their site when researching, to tracing German and Nordic records? Some webinars are also offered in other languages. Take a look at their lists, you may find something of interest. They are
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Thank you for attending the meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group on Saturday 26th June. We had interesting and informative talks and we learnt more about the Windrush arrivals here in the United Kingdom. It was an enjoyable and collaborative meeting. Thank you to Horace Barnes of Why Are West Indians (WAWI) and Dennis
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FHF REALLY USEFUL Family History ShowFriday-Saturday 12th-13th November 2021 RUFHS FULL-PRICE TICKETS at £10 EARLY BIRD TICKETS only £7.50until Midnight Wednesday 30th June
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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
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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 . ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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
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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.
