Tracing our Caribbean family history is exciting, fulfilling and keeps us up until the early hours! If you have any success stories in your family history, we would love to hear from you . We would like to share your success with our fellow family history researchers on our website. We are all keen to …
Thank you to those who attended our meeting on Saturday. We had an informative chat and information exchange about Rootstech and the talks that we had been able to watch so far. Do bear in mind, most talks are available for one year so just log in as normal and you will be able to …
Thank you for attending Caribbean Family History Group meeting & Cuba info! Read More »
We hope to see you at our meeting on Saturday at 2.00pm GMT via Zoom. We will be using the content of the Rootstech talks as a basis for our meeting Some Rootstech key points to note Event spread – The event runs from Thurs 25th Feb till Saturday 27h February – with event dates …
Rootstech and our meeting on Saturday 27th February Read More »
We have recently been given permission to display these beautiful photographs of a Caribbean Family History Group member’s family in Jamaica. Dressed for a wonderful occasion, we don’t know where they are going or indeed what they do for a living. The UK National Archives has a vast array of Caribbean documents for family history …
Do you know what your family did in the Caribbean? Read More »
Our February meeting will be held on Saturday 27th February at 2.00pm GMT via Zoom. We have decided to use Rootstech 2021 as a base for our meeting. Family Search , the organisers of Rootstech hold a large amount of Caribbean records and some talks are aimed particularly at Caribbean Ancestry. If you have been …
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Our members Barbados group have had great success in getting back another generation during our collaborative twice monthly family history sessions. By working together in an online group we have found we can easily exchange ideas and make suggestions which have assisted us in tracing our family history further back. We have also been instrumental …
Barbados Ancestry – Success story for Caribbean Family History Group Read More »
Rootstech Connect is happening virtually between 25th and 27th February. This is the live event that has previously been held yearly around this time in Salt Lake City Utah, in the US and also recent recent years in London . Join over 200,000 people at the world’s largest celebration of family, culture and heritage As FamilySearch …
The British Newspaper Archives has recently added some Caribbean Newspapers to its online collection. The Morning Journal, Jamaica, St Christopher Advertiser, St Kitts Daily Express, The Sun Antigua and Barbados Agricultural reporter have recently been added to their collection If you already have a subscription, why not take a look. If not you will need …
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To celebrate St Valentine’s Day, My Heritage are giving free access to marriage records from 10th-16th February! Click on the link for further information; My Heritage . You will need to be fast, limited time only! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Have you found a link to a plantation in your family research? Did your relative hold a prominent role in council or was he a sailor? The National Archives at Kew holds many documents relating to plantations, government and shipping records in the Caribbean. They are currently offering free downloads of some documents. Will downloads …
