It was a privilege to start this extraordinary series of live programs in our celebration of the “All About That Place” series organized by the Society of Genealogists, the Society for One-Place Studies, the British Association for Local History, and Genealogy Stories and sponsored by dozens of companies and organizations.
We’ve presented this program live to introduce communities on this Pacific side of the planet to wonderful history projects focused on one place. We love the concept of exploring places—and migrations between places—as a way of studying and telling stories about family history.
Today’s program featured two speakers who’ve generously donated their time and expertise to this effort:
Diane Grant of Diggy’s Diaspora
Annette Burke Lyttle, the Heritage Detective
This Recording
Following today’s presentation, this recording will be emailed to Projectkin members and posted to the following sites for discussion.
Please join us at the site most convenient to you, and support the program organizers by sharing links to your favorite discussions with others in the genealogy community.
Projectkin.org/AATP — along with articles and all recordings from this series
All About That Place Facebook group (private, ask for access.)
Society of Genealogists’ YouTube playlist for All About That Place.
As part of the All About That Place series, you’re very welcome to share this post and notes on social media or with friends and family you think might be interested.
Our speakers have shared the following notes, contact information, and resources for your benefit.
Diane Grant | “Bayleys Plantation: Home of a National Hero”
Diane is a qualified Genealogist and member of the RQG. She has a keen interest in researching all aspects of Caribbean history and hopes to encourage others to do the same.
Annette Burke Lyttle | “Using Digitized Maps from the Library of Congress to Understand Your Place”
Annette is a Certified Genealogist® who loves helping folks uncover and share their family stories. As the Heritage Detective, Annette provides professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She also speaks on various genealogical topics at the national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories.
You may run into Annette as a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the British Institute. She is a published writer whose research interests include Quaker ancestors and ancestral migrations in the US, with more than a half-dozen of her webinars accessible right now through FamilyTreeWebinars.
Annette is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
Resources for Further Research
❧ Diane Grant
You can reach Diane:
Books, Journals and Links for Caribbean Research –
Presentation:
Books:
Tracing Ancestors in Barbados – Geraldine Lane
Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors – Guy Grannum
Of Halls, Hills & Holes: Place Names of Barbados – Woodville Marshall, et al.
Freedmen of Barbados – Jerome S. Handler et al.
Journals:
The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society – past volumes may be ordered through the museum.
Links:
The Barbados Mercury and Bridgetown Gazette Newspaper Collection
Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813 -1834 www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1129/
Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery - www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
Digital Library of the Caribbean: Caribbeana Vol. 1-7
Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1887
Barbados, Civil Registration, 1900-1931
Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800
❧ Annette Burke Lyttle
Learn more about Annette at:
Diane has graciously shared the handout she uses with her longer presentation on Library of Congress maps.
Stay tuned for an update to this post with further reference material from Annette. In the meantime, feel free to add suggestions in the comments below.
Useful Mapping Resources
A few of the map resources referenced during the talk included:
US Library of Congress Maps
Sanborn Insurance Maps
Australian Archive Trove
New Zealand Heritage Maps
All About That Place, Pacific Edition » Talks by Annette Burke Lyttle and Diane Grant