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Paul Crooks is a genealogist, author, and historian specialising in Black genealogy and African-Caribbean history. His work focuses on recovering family histories that were obscured, misrecorded, or deliberately erased, using evidence-led research grounded in archival sources.

Drawing on more than two decades of original research across British, Caribbean, and transatlantic contexts, Paul’s work examines how Black family histories can be responsibly reconstructed despite gaps, distortion, and structural limitations within historical records. His publications document the outcomes of this research and its implications for understanding identity, migration, and historical memory.

Paul regularly contributes to public discussion through interviews, talks, and written commentary, offering historically grounded insight into genealogy, identity, and Black British and African-diaspora history.