Caribbean Ancestry: Who Do You Think You Are?
Many people researching Caribbean ancestry reach a point where records no longer seem to connect. Family links become harder to follow across generations shaped by recent Black History
In this online talk, genealogist and author Paul Crooks presents a documented family lineage connecting the Caribbean to West Africa through public records. Using a real family history case study, the session explores what this journey reveals about Black ancestry, identity, and family connections across generations.
In this talk, Paul Crooks presents his own documented family history, tracing a lineage from Jamaica to the Gold Coast in West Africa. The session examines what made this reconstruction possible, and what it reveals about the wider structure of Black family history across the Caribbean and the Atlantic world.
This session forms part of a wider series exploring how Black ancestry can be traced and understood across different historical periods.