Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors

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.

Now in its third edition, Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors provides both overviews and in-depth guides to seeking out the most vital records for the study of Caribbean genealogy and heritage, spanning the period of British settlement during the 17th century, right up to the 21st century…with extensive bibliographic details, contact addresses and illustrations, this is a most valuable resource for any researcher of Caribbean history

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, with over 20 years experience researching his own Barbadian British ancestry, he 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.