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Past generations! Or simply share some of your most recent history with those who come after you, don't leave your current and future history lost in the next generations PAST history.
Join other Members of jamaicans.com as they search for clues to their ancestors' and days gone by.
This is the first installment of Guest Discussions which concentrates on how other people have conducted personal journeys into their own ancestry, and now come on line to share that knowlege with YOU!
Friday December 5th at 2 pm Paul Crooks joins us on line....
"Born in London England, Paul Crooks often wondered, as a child, whether it was possible to trace his African ancestors. The thought of raiding archives, with no guarantee of success, was daunting. Yet it surprised him to find that the British Colonial Office kept good records of those who inhabited the British West Indies.
When he began searching, he set himself the task of finding the first African in his lineage to carry the family name, Crooks. From documents in archives and repositories in London and Jamaica he found a great-great-great-grandfather (John Alexander Crooks). He also found a great-great-great-great-grandmother (Ami Djaba). He discovered both were born in Africa over 200 years ago but laboured on a Jamaican sugar plantation in the Parish of Hanover at place called Cousins Cove.
Paul also discovered that his Ancestors lived at a time when slaves in a normally sedate Jamaican parish erupted into civil unrest. It became known as the Baptist War, and it precipitated the ending of slavery in the British West Indies. When it was over, John Alexander Crooks uprooted his family and headed for the country and high up into hills - like so many of his generation - to begin a new life. "
UK born Writer - Paul Crooks (Ancestors) will be coming to the Farrin Life - Hail UP Forum on Friday December 5th at 2 pm NewYork Time! (7 pm London UK time)
So all Boardies who have been wondering about their roots, Paul will be one of many people scheduled to join us on line who will be able to help you figure out how to search!
From Africa to Jamaica to England... read about Paul's personal journey!
Join other Members of jamaicans.com as they search for clues to their ancestors' and days gone by.
This is the first installment of Guest Discussions which concentrates on how other people have conducted personal journeys into their own ancestry, and now come on line to share that knowlege with YOU!
Friday December 5th at 2 pm Paul Crooks joins us on line....
"Born in London England, Paul Crooks often wondered, as a child, whether it was possible to trace his African ancestors. The thought of raiding archives, with no guarantee of success, was daunting. Yet it surprised him to find that the British Colonial Office kept good records of those who inhabited the British West Indies.
When he began searching, he set himself the task of finding the first African in his lineage to carry the family name, Crooks. From documents in archives and repositories in London and Jamaica he found a great-great-great-grandfather (John Alexander Crooks). He also found a great-great-great-great-grandmother (Ami Djaba). He discovered both were born in Africa over 200 years ago but laboured on a Jamaican sugar plantation in the Parish of Hanover at place called Cousins Cove.
Paul also discovered that his Ancestors lived at a time when slaves in a normally sedate Jamaican parish erupted into civil unrest. It became known as the Baptist War, and it precipitated the ending of slavery in the British West Indies. When it was over, John Alexander Crooks uprooted his family and headed for the country and high up into hills - like so many of his generation - to begin a new life. "
UK born Writer - Paul Crooks (Ancestors) will be coming to the Farrin Life - Hail UP Forum on Friday December 5th at 2 pm NewYork Time! (7 pm London UK time)
So all Boardies who have been wondering about their roots, Paul will be one of many people scheduled to join us on line who will be able to help you figure out how to search!
From Africa to Jamaica to England... read about Paul's personal journey!
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