Caribbean Ancestry Guide: Getting Started
Channel: Island Ancestors
Date: 2021-10-27

Tracing Caribbean Ancestry can be overwhelming. Use this detailed video guide to get started on your Caribbean Family Tree right now from the UK or wherever you are. 

🔴  Subscribe for more Caribbean Family Tree help https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ2SOJVune108DJnPOFJ7Yw?sub_confirmation=1

Use the strategies and hints in this video to trace your Caribbean ancestors. Before you know it you'll be on location just like on 'Who Do You Think You Are.'  West Indian family history research is challenging but NOT impossible. I cover a lot in this video so take notes and leave questions in the comments.

🕰  Content
Start with What You Know 0:27 
Talk to Your Relatives 1:39
Look Around the House 2:54
Information to Capture 3:30
Funeral Booklets 3:46
Document your Research 7:04
Validate with Records 9:33 
Migration Dates 11:38
Family Search Wiki 12:53
Other Resources 15:00
Joining the Dots 16:22
Pace Yourself 17:56
Genealogy BEFORE DNA 18:10

🎥  Why I do Genealogy: https://youtu.be/V6qCc8uhVkA

📚 Resources 
Guy Grannum: Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors
https://tinyurl.com/GrannumAncestry
https://grannum.wordpress.com

Southwark Libraries: Tracing your Caribbean family
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries/southwark-archives/tracing-your-caribbean-family

Family Search Wiki
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page

*This video may contain links to affiliate websites, and we receive an affiliate commission for any purchases made by you on the affiliate website using such links.

🎵 Music
Busybody by Audionautix 
Artist: http://audionautix.com
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0