With today’s episode in our All About That Place series, we shifted to an hour that favors our Pacific region. Many thanks to Julia Jane Heckles, Nancy BeverlyThe Family Histories Podcast, Jane Chapman, Jean Zelka, Lynda Heines, Jennifer Jones, Kathy Stone and so many of you who joined us. A special thank you to my guest, Diane Grant, who joined us from the UK, where it was midnight BST when we started. Thank you.
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My own understanding of the history behind the institution of slavery in the Caribbean islands is rudimentary, so I found a review of Diane’s talk from 2024 to be quite useful. Diane’s portion of the program began at roughly the 2:00 mark in the video:
Diane generously shared her slides and a rich list of Resources for Further Research as a follow-up to that talk. Fresh from her Master’s-level Genealogy program, Diane is a fantastic resource for anyone exploring family ties in the Caribbean. During our conversation, she mentioned several additional resources:
Further References
Endangered Archives Programme of the British Library
(Note that the archive link there is broken for the moment, but scroll down to view individual projects on a map view, including:)
Using the term “Endangered Archive,” you may find similar projects in several areas around the world, for example:
The Modern Endangered Archive program at UCLA
Have questions, drop them into the comments below:
Coming October 1st/2nd
Tomorrow we’ll take a little break in our AATP25 series, returning on Wednesday, October 1st, when we’ll return to the Atlantic-friendly hour with a conversation with Cynthia Boatright Raleigh about her one-place study of Eldorado, Illinois. I hope you can join us. Learn more:
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