Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors: A National Archives Guide - Softcover

Grannum, Guy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140817569X ISBN 13: 9781408175699

Publisher: A&C Black Business Information and Development, 2012

Synopsis

This book is ideal for anyone who reaserching their Caribbean family history The National Archives and beyond. The National Archives holds records for many people who lived in British West Indian colonies such as emigrants, plantation owners, slaves, soldiers, sailors and transported criminals. The Archives also hold the colonial office records for the British West Indies. This includes state correspondence to and from the colonies and passenger lists. Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors also shows readers how to use family history sources and genealogy websites and indexes beyond The National Archives. Fully updated and revised, this new edition covers recent developments in Caribbean archives, including details of newly released information and archives that are now available online. This book outlines the primary research sources for those tracing their Caribbean ancestry and describes details of access to archives, further reading, useful websites and how to find and accurately search family history sources.As Britain does not hold locally created records of its dependencies such as church records, this book doubles as a gateway to the local history sources throughout the Caribbean that remain in each country's archives and register office. This book will be of use to anyone researching family history in British Caribbean countries of Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands as well as Guyana, Belize and Bermuda.

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Review:

If you have ever wanted to trace your Caribbean ancestry then this could well be the book for you...this book is a must have purchase for anyone of Caribbean descent who is interested in Family History. Historians, professional and amateur alike would benefit from the knowledge Grannum shares. Those who make their living as family history researchers could only enhance their knowledge and skills by owning this book. Blackpresence.com recommends that you purchase a copy today. --Phil Gregory, Blackpresence.com

Guy Grannum of The National Archives is the leading light in the realm of Caribbean genealogy and this third edition of his authoritative book on the topic will not disappoint. Fully revised to include the latest data available online, it details a huge variety of sources, from basic BMDs to service, slave and migration records, at TNA and elsewhere. Illustrated with example documents, this new edition also includes a welcome section on DNA testing and analysis and is a must for anyone researching their Caribbean roots. --Karen Clare, Your Family Tree Magazine

About the Author:

Guy Grannum has worked at The National Archives for over 20 years and has considerable experience in providing and advice and guidance to researchers. He specialises in Colonial history and Caribbean genealogy and has an excellent understanding of sources, techniques and pitfalls of research in this area. He gives talks and workshops on the researching Caribbean ancestry and contributes articles on Caribbean and slave genealogy for several genealogical magazines and websites including Family History Monthly, the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: A&C Black Business Information and Development
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 140817569X
• ISBN 13: 9781408175699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 240