The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is on Saturday 30th September at 14.00hrs (BST) via Zoom. Please register for the meeting by emailing cfhg.sol.birm@gmail.com. Your first meeting is free of charge. Our annual membership fee is £20 or £5.00 per meeting. Fees can be paid at the Family History Federation Parish Chest …
Our July research meeting is tomorrow Saturday 29th July 2023 at 14.00hrs (BST) via Zoom. Please register for the meeting by email , click here. A zoom link will then be sent to you. Please bring us your brick walls and we will endeavour to assist. We would also love to hear about your successes. …
Membership of the Caribbean Family History Group includes participation in our specialist research groups. Our Barbados research group normally meets on the second Sunday of the month via Zoom. If you would like some help and encouragement with your research for this island, join the group for some ideas and tips. If you would like …
Today, 22nd June 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of SS Windrush at Tilbury Docks in London. This ship brought people from the Caribbean to fill a post war labour shortage in the UK. Arrivals continued from 1948 until early 1970’s. This generation came to be known as the Windrush generation. Celebrations are …
From 15th May new records have been made available on Family Search.org. These include South America as well as Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. Take a look at this link. Family Search records are free to search. You just need to set up a log in. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Membership of the Caribbean Family History Group includes participation in our specialist research groups. Our St Kitts & Nevis research group normally meets on the first Saturday of the month at 2.00 pm (BST). This is generally a hybrid meeting at Solihull Core Library and over Zoom. We use the records at Solihull Library for …
We hope you can join us for our next meeting, tomorrow Saturday 29th April at 2.00pm (BST). This will commence with our AGM, followed by sharing and conversation – Family History Interviews – The Voice of an Older Caribbean Relative Did you know that if you have been an active full member for 6 months you …
We hope you can join us for our next meeting on Saturday 29th April at 2.00pm (BST). This will commence with our AGM, followed by post AGM Sharing and Conversations – The voice of an Older Caribbean Relative. Did you know that if you have been an active full member for 6 months you are eligible …
It is not too late to join our meeting on Saturday 25th March 2023 at 14.00hrs GMT. Our discussion subject will be Military research Dennis Litchmore, our military research lead, will be giving a presentation on military service and presence in the British West Indies/Caribbean in conjunction with the WAWI (Why are West Indians in …
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is tomorrow, Saturday 25th February 2023 at 14.00 hrs (GMT) This meeting will extend the ‘beginner’s’ topic of our January meeting by touching on talking to relatives wherever they are, and how the stories and heritage they hold in their memory banks can help us make connections and …
