Tracing West Indian Ancestors: Strategies & Resources

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History & Genealogy

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Tracing West Indian Ancestors: Strategies Resources” introduces a methodology for uncovering West Indian ancestries. Working research from America to the West Indies is demonstrated to show how civil and church records can reveal a lineage. Emphasis is given to the British West Indies experience.

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Co-hosted by the Historical Society of Plainfield / Drake House Museum and Plainfield Public Library.

Diane Warmsley is a genealogist and family historian with over twenty-five years of experience. She holds a certificate in Professional Genealogical Research from Boston University and an M.S. degree in Education. Ms. Warmsley is a member of the Greater New York Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, a charter member of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage lineage society, and more.

Our programs are made possible in part by operating support grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State - additionally through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Department of Parks and Recreation; and by a 2023 HEART (History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands) Grant from the Union County Board of County Commissioners.