Rediscover your family history
Rediscover your family history
Oftentimes we start looking for our ancestor only knowing their name. Using that we search for the rest of their life, death, marriage, children, birth and parents. But what happens when names change, or when your ancestors are from places such as Jamaica (and much of the Caribbean) where people seem to gather more aliases than you can count?
Windrush is the name given to the migration of Caribbean born British citizens to Great Britain, their ‘motherland’. Three of my ancestors came to England in this migration, my paternal grandfather and my father from Jamaica, and my mother from Trinidad. I am a child of Windrush and this particular aspect of British and Caribbean history is important to me.
Family Lore surrounding my Jamaican 4th great grandparents
Thomas Ricketts Hylton and Maria Tate Read More »
Rediscovering the story of Leah and Rachel was one of the most inspiring moments of my research, and I’d like to share it with you.
The story of Leah and Rachel Gordon Read More »
This blog is a place for me to share information relating to English and Jamaican genealogy. This may take the form of articles on interesting bits of Jamaican and English history, stories of ancestors from my family trees, ‘how to’ articles for conducting your own research and guides to using different genealogical resources.
A new Jamaican and English family history blog! Read More »