Our research meeting this month is tomorrow Saturday 24th June 2023 at 14.00hrs (BST) via Zoom. This will be a general research meeting when we hope to exchange ideas, hear about your successes and help with your brick walls. Bring your family tree and if you are happy to share, please do so. With our …
The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, London is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, London with a series of events from 22nd – 24th June. To find out more click here. The Caribbean Family History Group will be exhibiting at this event, so if you are planning …
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 …
Our research meeting this month is on Saturday 24th June 2023 at 14.00hrs (BST) via Zoom. This will be a general research meeting when we hope to exchange ideas, hear about your successes and help with your brick walls. Bring your family tree and if you are happy to share, please do so. With our …
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. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The next research meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group is Saturday 27th May at 14.00 hrs BST online via Zoom. We will be discussing the subject of ‘Talking to Our Elders’. We are all interested in their stories but you can learn more about how to identify what is important to you in your …
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 …
Our next meeting is 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 this Country) Project. The focus …
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 …
Newspapers.com are giving free access to newspapers until Monday 20th February. Go to the following link for more information click here If you have ancestors who have moved to Australia, New Zealand, UK, Panama or USA, take a look. You never know what you may find! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
