Windrush Beyond | Tracing African Caribbean Ancestry Using Passenger Lists

Schedule

Sun Apr 09 2023 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Location

Online | Online, 0

Join Paul Crooks (Genealogist with a Specialist Interest in African Caribbean ancestry) for this masterclass on tracing Windrush ancestry.
About this Event

Paul Crooks blends Black History and family history to bring the back stories of Caribbean and North American people to life. Paul’s family tree reaches back 6 generations, a journey that took him back 200 years to the Gold Coast, via North America.

This talk, is useful for those who would like to gain an appreciation of how he used passenger lists

to search for his family tree
to complement other sources of ancestry information.
to explore Black & British history and bring Windrush backstories to life.

Premium Ticket holders

Premium Ticket holders will receive African, Irish & the Music of the Caribbean, A research project by Paul Crooks following the event.

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 captured and 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 Black genealogy.

Ancestors by Paul Crooks