Black History | The Black Ancestry Personal Advice Service

Black History Month Special

This free introductory session gives you an inside look at the Black Ancestry Personal Advice Service with Paul Crooks. Discover how one-to-one consultations can support your journey into African, Caribbean and African American family history.

In just 30 minutes, Paul will share:

✔️ What you can expect from a one-to-one Black Ancestry Consultation

✔️ How personalised guidance can help you overcome common research challenges

✔️ Small but powerful insights into African diaspora family history

Why Attend?

If you’re curious about your African or Caribbean heritage

If you want to understand how expert guidance can move your research forward

If you’d like to mark Black History Month with a step towards discovering your own family story

🕗 Date & Time

Thursday 25th April 2025

7:00 PM BST (British Summer Time)

2:00 PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

11:00 AM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)

Plus Ticket: Along with event access, Plus Ticket holders will have access to the event and will also receive a 12-page digital copy of the 'Africans, Irish, and the Music of the Caribbean' eBook (EPUB) which will be sent via email after the event.

Trailer video: https://youtu.be/T-K6Yp-UW8s

Premium Ticket: Premium access includes all Plus offerings, plus a digital copy of Paul Crooks' latest novel ''DNA Testing Demystified: Separating Fact from Fiction in Genealogy,' sent to you electronically after the event.

Trailer video: https://youtu.be/mQanCy3o1XM

Deluxe Ticket: Deluxe attendees enjoy all Premium benefits, with the added bonus of the 'Tracing African Caribbean Family History: A Practical Guide to Reconstructing Roots Through Records, Oral History, and DNA' eBook to deepen your understanding of genealogy which will be sent via email after the event.

Trailer video: https://youtu.be/tACXoZOs4xE

About the speaker

Trailblazing family historian Paul Crooks pioneered research into Black genealogy during the 1990s. He traced his family history from London, back 6 generations, to ancestors enslaved on a sugar plantation in North America.

Paul was told that it would be impossible to trace records of slave-ownership let alone his Ancestors enslaved on plantations in North America. “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 North America and ultimately back to the Gold Coast.

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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