Paul Crooks MSc
Paul Crooks is a published author. He is also a trailblazing genealogist with a special interest in African Caribbean ancestry. He is credited with inspiring an upsurge in interest among people wanting to explore their Black and British ancestry. He traced his family history back 6 generations, to ancestors captured of the West African coast and enslaved on a sugar plantation in Jamaica.
Paul gained national recognition for his work when his novel Ancestors was published in 2002. He appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? (Moira Stuart). His second book A Tree Without Roots is the authentic guide to tracing African, British and Asian Caribbean History.
A BLACK & BRITISH HISTORY: Jamaica's First Maroon War
Impact Hub Brixton, Pop Brixton, 49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ
Wednesday, 10 October, 7pm - 9pm
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PAUL CROOKS MSc
Paul Crooks is a published author. He is also a trailblazing genealogist with a special interest in African Caribbean ancestry. He is credited with inspiring an upsurge in interest among people wanting to explore their Black and British ancestry. He traced his family history back 6 generations, to ancestors captured of the West African coast and enslaved on a sugar plantation in Jamaica.
Paul gained national recognition for his work when his novel Ancestors was published in 2002. He appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? (Moira Stuart). His second book A Tree Without Roots is the authentic guide to tracing African, British and Asian Caribbean History.
SAT, 22 SEP 10:30
Beyond Windrush: Tracing African Caribbean Ancestry
Walthamstow Library, London
TUE, 25 SEP 18:30
Black History Month 2018: Tracing African Caribbean Ancestry
North Kensington Library, London
TUE, 2 OCT 18:00
African & Jamaican & British Roots: Who do you think you are?
Finsbury Library, London
SAT, 6 OCT 10:30
Agents of Freedom: The Black Jacobin
Lewisham Library, London
TUE, 9 OCT 19.00
Britain, Slavery & the 1834 Compensation Claims
Teddington Library, Richmond
WED, 10 OCT 19:00
A Black and British History: Jamaica's First Maroon War
Impact Hub Brixton, London
SAT, 13 OCT 10:30
Black History Month 2018: The Baptists Who Abolished Slavery
Lewisham Library, London
TUE, 23 OCT 18:30
Black British Genealogy: Who do you think you are?
Stratford Library, London
WED, 24 OCT 18:30
Black Ancestry: Secrets of the 1817 Slave Registers Uncovered
East Ham Library
TUE, 30 OCT 18:15
Black History Month 2018: Britain, Slavery & the 1834 Compensation Records
The Library @ Willesden Green, London
