Black History Month Exhibition
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Caribbean Roots
Our September meeting
Our next meeting will be tomorrow Saturday 24th September at 1400hrs (BST) via Zoom and will be the first of our three meetings exploring how to find ancestors in the British Caribbean Slavery Period – whether enslaved or enslaver. The meeting will focus on key documents associated with this British Caribbean Slavery period: a) Introducing
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Our September meeting
Our next meeting will be on Saturday 24th September at 1400hrs (BST) via Zoom and will be the first of our three meetings exploring how to find ancestors in the British Caribbean Slavery Period – whether enslaved or enslaver. The meeting will focus on key documents associated with this British Caribbean Slavery period: a) Introducing
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Our meeting on Saturday
Thank you for attending our Zoom research meeting on Saturday 30th July. We welcomed those researching ancestors from a number of islands including US Virgin Islands, Cuba, St KItts & Nevis, Panama, Barbados, Antigua, Grenada and Jamaica. We had an interesting and informative discussion on different techniques to use when researching. I list some ‘takeaways’
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Family History Federation – Really Useful Family History Show
This event is back Fri 11th and Saturday 12th November. Click here for more information . Click on the ‘Review Show’ tab for details of talks and timetables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Next meeting – Saturday 25th June
The next meeting of the Caribbean Family History Group will be tomorrow , Saturday 25th June at 14.00hrs (BST). This will be a follow up to the DNA101 talk last month, when we hope to discuss the following: how to separate maternal/paternal matches; explain how you investigate relationships; Look at details of tree matches If
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Our July meeting
Our July meeting, the last before the summer break will be on Saturday 30th July at 14.00 hrs (BST) We are welcoming author, Richard Atkinson and researcher Yvette Hewitt who will be talking about Richards book , Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract. The book is a family history quest from the North of England to the
Tracing your Windrush Ancestors – 22nd June – Coventry
Are you interested in tracing someone who arrived on the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948? A course will be held at the Coventry Archives, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum on 22nd June. The course will be led by genealogist Paul Wilkins who is experienced in tracing Caribbean ancestry. More information can be found here. There
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WHAT’S ON?
*Have a look at the Society of Genealogist for some interesting talks and courses in July. These include ‘Getting the Most out of Family Search’ and ‘Getting the best out of Ancestry.com’ . Click here for details. Book and pay through the Society. *Paul Crooks is again offering a number of talks in June and
Our forthcoming meetings
Our forthcoming meetings are as follows: Saturday 25th June 2020 – Follow up on DNA research Saturday 30th July 2020 – Presentation by author Richard Atkinson and member Yvette Hewitt – more details to follow No meeting in August September – November – details to follow – tracing your enslaved ancestors No meeting in December
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