Manumissions on Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and Jamaica
Manumissions is the act in which a slave owner frees their slaves. When Britain ended slavery, many slaves were manumitted and their masters were compensated for freeing them. Some were manumitted even prior to the end of slavery. While there are manumissions records available for Trinidad and Tobago, it will require that you make a…
Bahamas Chancery, Dower, and Court Records 1791 to 1917
Chancery records are actually extremely important in researching your ancestry. Whether your ancestors are European, African or African descent, or Native American. These types of records help you in figuring out if the ancestor you seek will be listed. The Bahamas Chancery, Dower, and Court Records 1791 to 1917 are worth a review. When it…
Bahamas Digitized Estate Appraisals, Leases and Wills from the 1700s through 1900s
One of the hardest things to do is reading documents of Estate Appraisals and seeing humans listed as property. For those of us that descend from these ancestors, it is a hard pill to swallow. Therefore, it is difficult task to read pricing next to a name. I praise these ancestors and place them on…
African Holocaust and the Impacts to Our Ancestors
One thing I have noticed in my research in genealogy is the close of the nonexistence of research of African ancestry over the years. Today more are interested as their DNA is providing a visual into their past; African ancestry. People are now looking to find and understand and are faced with the ugliness that…
Digitized Brazilian Slave Church Records
One of the struggles with those who descend from enslaved Africans in the USA is trying to connect the dots to determine where you came from. One pattern I have noticed in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America is that religion was the key controller of documentation. I am posting images for those who…
Genealogy Help for All of the Caribbean
Was hoping that I would be able to post one more island before classes start for me on Monday, however my weekend proved to be too busy. I will not be able to post again until Spring break as I’m in classes full time and studying for a certification exam. However, I failed to mentioned…