Jamaican ancestry

Tracing Ancestors back to period of Slavery – Synopsis of October Talk by Steve Porter

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In October, as part of our research sessions on tracing your ancestors back to the period of slavery, one of our senior researchers, Steve Porter gave a detailed talk on tracing back to this period in time. This is the first part of his talk which gives detailed information including documents, on how he traced …

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One Man’s journey tracing 6000 African Caribbean Ancestors

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The Society of Genealogists are offering a talk by Adrian Stone, a Caribbean Genealogist. Adrian describes his journey from Bristol to London, then on to Jamaica, Scotland and America, and ultimately to an African woman named Ebo Venus. Ebo came to Kellits slave plantation in Jamaica in the 1790’s from Nigeria. There is a charge …

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