Beyond Windrush: Tracing Your Ancestry Using Passenger Lists
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About this event
How much do you know about your Windrush forebears?
A Black History & Ancestry masterclass. Paul Crooks reveals the secrets of tracing your Ancestry to Windrush and beyond with passenger lists.
Paul Crooks will discuss how
- he used The Passenger Lists to search for his family tree and back story
- the passenger list complements other sources of ancestry information.
- you can use the Windrush Generation Passenger Lists to explore your African and Caribbean history, fill a gap in your family tree and bring your family’s Windrush backstory to life.
Come and ask questions about how to start exploring family history. Who knows? Maybe you'll be inspired to explore your Ancestry.
How to get the Event link
This online talk will be held over Zoom. Details of how to join the session will be in your registration confirmation email.
Who is this talk for?
The talk is suitable for you if
- you want to develop your knowledge and understanding of the relationship between African Caribbean history and African American history
- you’re new to exploring family history
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Trailblazing family historian Paul Crooks pioneered research into African Caribbean genealogy during the 1990s. He traced his family history from London, back 6 generations, to ancestors captured on the West African coast and enslaved on a sugar plantation in Jamaica.
Paul was told that it would be impossible to trace records of slave-ownership let alone his African ancestors enslaved on plantations in Jamaica. “No one had tried because such records did not exist.” Undeterred, he embarked on a journey of discovery that led from suburban North London to Jamaica and ultimately back to the Gold Coast of Africa.
His books, Ancestors and a Tree Without Roots - The Guide To Tracing British, African and Asian Caribbean Ancestry brought him international recognition for his breakthrough research into Black genealogy.
Paul is credited with inspiring an upsurge in interest in Black and British ancestry. He is also recognised for having spawned an industry in African Caribbean genealogy.
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Tree Without Roots - The Guide To Tracing British, African And Asian Caribbean Ancestry
Organiser Black History Speaker | Paul Crooks
Organiser of Beyond Windrush: Tracing Your Ancestry Using Passenger Lists
Welcome to Black History Speaker Paul Crooks’ masterclasses – a unique programme of onlaine and live events exploring Black Ancestry, whilst extending knowledge of Black History.
Paul Crooks is a Black History Speaker and pioneering Black genealogist. He helps people satisfy a deep need to understand how we fit into the broader world around us. Black History and Ancestry are journeys of many lifetimes woven together from the past, the present and the future.
There are lessons to be learned – both good and bad - from the way our ancestors have interacted to survive racial injustice. Those historical stories can serve to inspire individuals to higher levels of achievement. Inspirational stories from the pages of Black history fire peoples' imaginations and spur them on to higher levels of performance in their personal and work lives.
Paul's online and live events inspire a deeper understanding of difference. He speaks on important topics relating to the Black experience, including identity, inequality and national history.
www.paulcrooks.info
