June 2025.
“Photograph of a Store Clerk”
Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection
BARBADOS
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BELIZE
CALLING TO THE ANCESTORS: GARIFUNA WOMEN AS EMBODIED ARCHIVES | THE LATINX PROJECT
In honor of Garifuna Heritage Month (March 11-April 12), join us for an afternoon with Garifuna Scholar and Miriam Jiménez Román Fellow Dr. Daisy E. Guzman Nunez, Luz F. Soliz Ramos and Catherine Ochun. Together, through performance, conversation, and food, they recreate the Garifuna interior as an intergenerational, matrilineal space that calls to the ancestors.
BERMUDA
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CARIBBEAN CHATTEL SLAVERY
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THE CHURCH'S DISTURBING ROLE IN SLAVERY | DIS A FI MI HISTORY PODCAST
Welcome to the Dis A fi Mi History Podcast, hosted by Wendy Aris. In this episode, we delve into the complex and often controversial role of the church in both perpetuating and abolishing slavery. Our guest is Richard S. Reddy, a distinguished historian, author, and researcher whose work has profoundly influenced our understanding of this subject.
Richard shares his journey and motivations for exploring this topic, shedding light on the church's involvement in slavery from the 15th century to the 19th century. We discuss historical context, economic interests, and the moral implications of the church's actions.
Join us for an insightful conversation about the church's dual role in history and its long-term consequences. Learn how we can engage critically with our past to better understand our present and shape our future.
CLIFTON ESTATE, NEVIS: AN ACCOUNT OF ABSENCE AND AMBITION
Clifton Estate in the parish of St Thomas Lowland on the West Indian island of Nevis has been acquired by a new owner relatively recently. Together with the neighbouring estate of Tower Hill, it is currently undergoing a process of conservation of both its natural and historic environments.
This report was commissioned in the hope that a search through the documentary evidence might provide a historical context for what is, or is not, revealed through archaeological investigation of the landscape and the preservation of historic remains.
THE MOUNTRAVERS PLANTATION COMMUNITY, 1734 TO 1834 | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
This study chronicles the lives of all people known to have lived on Mountravers sugar plantation on the Caribbean island of Nevis, from its early beginnings until 1834 when slavery ended in most parts of the British Empire and the apprenticeship period began. It is the first known longitudinal study of an entire plantation population in which a variety of primary sources has been meshed together: plantation records, business correspondence and accounts, official 'slave inventories', parish registers and legal documents. Secondary sources have been used to underpin arguments or when there were no original records available.
REVEALING HIDDEN HISTORIES: ENSLAVED CHILDREN'S STORIES IN JAMAICA | DIS A FI MI HISTORY PODCAST
Welcome to the Dis a fi mi History Podcast! In this episode, host Wendy Aris is joined by Dr. Colleen A. VASCONCELLOS, Associate Professor of History at the University of West Georgia, to delve into her book Slavery, Childhood, and Abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838.
Discover the often-overlooked experiences of enslaved children during this turbulent period as Dr. VASCONCELLOS sheds light on their lives, struggles, and resilience. Learn about the legislative milestones, the impact of the abolitionist movement, and the enduring legacy of slavery on education and public health in Jamaica today.
Join us for a profound discussion that uncovers the layers of history and brings the stories of these children out of the shadows.
CARIBBEAN DIASPORA
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CUBAN HERITAGE COLLECTION | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
The Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries is home to the largest repository of materials on Cuba outside of the island and the most comprehensive collection of resources about Cuban exile history and the global Cuban diaspora experience. As a premier research destination, the Collection hosts researchers, students, and visitors from around the world who can explore and discover a wide and ever-expanding range of information. These materials include published works such as rare and contemporary books, journals, artists books, and newspapers, as well as archival materials including personal papers, organizational records, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, maps, works on paper, audiovisual content, ephemera, and growing born-digital and digitized collections.
GENEALOGÍA DE SANTIAGO DE CUBA, HOLGUÍN, GUÁNTANAMO, LAS TUNAS Y GRANMA | FACEBOOK
Este es un grupo dedicado a descubrir sus ancestros cubanos en la antigua provincia de Oriente.
CARIBBEAN FEMALE ANCESTORS
5 IDEAS TO GET TO KNOW THE FEMALES IN YOUR FAMILY TREE | FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE
In the past, women appeared in records with far less frequency than men, especially under their own names (rather than their husbands’). If you don’t already know who they married, it’s easy to lose track of women before or after their surnames changed. For these reasons, it often takes extra effort to identify and trace women throughout their entire lives. Try these five tasks to get to know the females on your family tree.
AFROLATINO TRAVEL
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We are a network of Black Latin Americans based throughout the Americas. We facilitate travel, trips, ground tours, group trips, and itineraries focused on the historical African heritage and legacy and contemporary cultural manifestations and realities.
CALLING TO THE ANCESTORS: GARIFUNA WOMEN AS EMBODIED ARCHIVES | THE LATINX PROJECT
In honor of Garifuna Heritage Month (March 11-April 12), join us for an afternoon with Garifuna Scholar and Miriam Jiménez Román Fellow Dr. Daisy E. Guzman Nunez, Luz F. Soliz Ramos and Catherine Ochun. Together, through performance, conversation, and food, they recreate the Garifuna interior as an intergenerational, matrilineal space that calls to the ancestors.
FINDING FEMALE ANCESTORS – AN INTERVIEW WITH GENA PHILIBERT-ORTEGA | FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE
In this episode, Lisa and Gena Philibert-Ortega discuss the unique challenges faced by genealogy researchers when tracing female ancestors. They explore five common obstacles, including name changes, missing records, and the importance of understanding historical context. Gena provides practical strategies for overcoming these challenges, emphasizing the need for thorough research plans, creative searching techniques, and awareness of significant historical events that impact women’s records.
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CARIBBEAN JEWISH GENEALOGY
SEPHARDIC FACES 19TH CENTURY CURACAO | MONGUI MADURO FOUNDATION
The Mongui Maduro Library collection gives an excellent insight into Jewish life on Curaçao over the past 350 years via extensive communal religious and social documentation from the island’s synagogues, as well as the Maduro family’s own collection of photos, invitations, menus, and other objects. Check out this sneakpeek of our collection of “Sephardic Faces”. Many of the photos were taken before 1920, and most names of the people in them are known.
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CAYMAN ISLANDS
CAYMAN ISLANDS NATIONAL MUSEUM
Through our dynamic programmes, exhibits and collections, the National Museum is the living connection to Cayman's past; we ensure that future generations have the opportunity to experience our island's unique natural and cultural heritage.
CUBA
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CHINESE IN CUBA | WEB DOCUMENTARY
In 2013, collector James Melikian was going through a sales catalogue of an auction of African American history and came upon a single document different from the rest which related to the migration of thousands of Chinese to Cuba in the mid 19th century. It piqued his interest and he started buying everything he could on the topic. What he collected includes thousands of original documents, manuscripts and photos covering the migration of approximately 142,000 Chinese who “signed up” to be cheap labor in Cuba from 1847 during the indentured period, through free migration in the late 1800s, and continuing into the 1970s – recording the Chinese community in Cuba. This collection, very rich in original photographs as well as documents, is probably one of the largest such collections of its type in private hands. Melikian also teamed up with Dr. Ralph Gabbard at Arizona State University’s (ASU) Hayden Library to archive and store the digital collection there under the title, “The James and Ana Melikian Collection.” At present the collection contains over 1340 records and about 8,000-9,000 pages. Included in the collection and archive are ship manifests, certifications of entry, first and second contracts, lists of contracted Chinese workers, runaway workers, permanent residence documents, naturalization documents, identity records, passports, certifications of nationality, baptism, marriage and death records, financial records, court cases and many more record types. What is presented here in this web documentary is the history and contribution of the Chinese who came to Cuba through the narrative of this vast collection.
CHINESE IN CUBA | VIDEO COLLECTION
I have just completed a web documentary called Chinese in Cuba. Here I am placing documentary video clips that will be used on the website. The documentary was inspired by the collection of James and Ana Melikian, they hold original papers, files, books, art, and photographs documenting the Chinese in Cuba. Arizona State University has also digitized the collection and holds it in their archives. The images you see here in the header come form the collection. Please view the web documentary at http://www.chineseincuba.com/.
CUBAN HERITAGE COLLECTION | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
The Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries is home to the largest repository of materials on Cuba outside of the island and the most comprehensive collection of resources about Cuban exile history and the global Cuban diaspora experience. As a premier research destination, the Collection hosts researchers, students, and visitors from around the world who can explore and discover a wide and ever-expanding range of information. These materials include published works such as rare and contemporary books, journals, artists books, and newspapers, as well as archival materials including personal papers, organizational records, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, maps, works on paper, audiovisual content, ephemera, and growing born-digital and digitized collections.
CURAÇAO
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
Welcome to the National Museum of Denmark's online collections.
Here you can explore 100s of thousands of images and objects from the museum's archives and cultural history collections.
SEPHARDIC FACES 19TH CENTURY CURACAO | MONGUI MADURO FOUNDATION
The Mongui Maduro Library collection gives an excellent insight into Jewish life on Curaçao over the past 350 years via extensive communal religious and social documentation from the island’s synagogues, as well as the Maduro family’s own collection of photos, invitations, menus, and other objects. Check out this sneakpeek of our collection of “Sephardic Faces”. Many of the photos were taken before 1920, and most names of the people in them are known.
GRENADA
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
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GUYANA
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
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HAITI
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Welcome to the National Museum of Denmark's online collections.
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INDO-CARIBBEAN
INDIAN CARIBBEAN MUSEUM OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago is a museum founded by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha in Carapichaima, Trinidad and Tobago. It is dedicated to preserving the history of Indo-Caribbean culture. It is housed in the village of Waterloo, near the Temple in the Sea. The museum, founded in 2006, then was the first of its kind in the Caribbean.
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JAMAICA
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TRACING MY ROOTS: THE JAMAICAN ANCESTRY CONNECTION | DIS A FI MI HISTORY PODCAST
In this episode I speak with Phillip Nichols who is a Genealogy Expert who specializes in Jamaican, Barbadian, and British Genealogy. We discuss the how to's to start your family research.
In today's episode I speak with Dr. Kofi Barima who is an assistant professor at Jackson State University of Public History and the Atlantic World ( African Diaspora Specialty). We discuss Dr. Kofi Barima paper of Obeah impact on slave revolt in Jamaica.
DECIPHERING OLD HANDWRITING (WITH EMMA COX) | DIS A FI MI HISTORY PODCAST
In this episode I speak with Emma Cox in regards to reading Old English handwriting in Colonial Jamaica. We will be delving into three types of records to interpret and understand the context of the document.
MARTINIQUE
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
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PANAMA
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A LOOK AT THE HUMAN TOLL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL | CODE SWITCH
Today on the show, we're talking to Cristina Henriquez, the author of the novel, "The Great Divide." Her book explores the making of the Canal. It took 50,000 people from 90 different countries to carve the land in two — and the consequences of that extraordinary, nature-defying act are still echoing through our present.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
Welcome to the National Museum of Denmark's online collections.
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PUERTO RICO
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ARCHIVO DIGITAL DE AGUADILLA
El Archivo Histórico de Aguadilla es el depósito de fuentes primarias y secundarias de la historiadora Oficial del Municipio, Haydée E. Reichard de Cancio. Esta colección posee documentos que datan del siglo XVIII hasta el presente. Los documentos de esta colección son vitales para el estudio del Municipio de Aguadilla, y de la Zona Oeste de Puerto Rico.
Entre los documentos se encuentran periódicos, planos, libros, documentos la mayoría de ellos inéditos y de gran valor histórico. A lo largo de varias décadas, la Dra. Reichard ha venido reuniendo un importante acervo archivístico, fundamentalmente recibido mediante donaciones personales y familiares. En el año 2015 se inició este proyecto que comienza a reubicar y organizar estos materiales de manera digital para hacerlos disponibles al público.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
Welcome to the National Museum of Denmark's online collections.
Here you can explore 100s of thousands of images and objects from the museum's archives and cultural history collections.
SAINT CROIX
CHRISTIANSTED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Christiansted National Historic Site was established in 1952 as the first unit of the National Park Service in the Virgin Islands of the United States. Covering over seven acres the park tells the stories about Danish economy and ways of life, and the interactions of people in Europe, Africa, West Indies, and North America during the Danish era of occupation of the Virgin Islands (1734-1917).
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
Welcome to the National Museum of Denmark's online collections.
Here you can explore 100s of thousands of images and objects from the museum's archives and cultural history collections.
SAINT JOHN
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
CLIFTON ESTATE, NEVIS: AN ACCOUNT OF ABSENCE AND AMBITION
Clifton Estate in the parish of St Thomas Lowland on the West Indian island of Nevis has been acquired by a new owner relatively recently. Together with the neighbouring estate of Tower Hill, it is currently undergoing a process of conservation of both its natural and historic environments.
This report was commissioned in the hope that a search through the documentary evidence might provide a historical context for what is, or is not, revealed through archaeological investigation of the landscape and the preservation of historic remains.
THE MOUNTRAVERS PLANTATION COMMUNITY, 1734 TO 1834 | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
This study chronicles the lives of all people known to have lived on Mountravers sugar plantation on the Caribbean island of Nevis, from its early beginnings until 1834 when slavery ended in most parts of the British Empire and the apprenticeship period began. It is the first known longitudinal study of an entire plantation population in which a variety of primary sources has been meshed together: plantation records, business correspondence and accounts, official 'slave inventories', parish registers and legal documents. Secondary sources have been used to underpin arguments or when there were no original records available.
NEVIS HERITAGE TRAIL
The Nevis Heritage Trail and signage were developed through a grant from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in 2004. The distinctive blue and green Heritage Trail signs around the island indicate the various forts, churches, great house ruins and other places of historic significance around Nevis.
NEVIS HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION SOCIETY + NEVIS ISLAND ARCHIVES
The NHCS does not offer genealogical services, but NHCS Member Christine Eickelamann has been researching colonial records in the Caribbean for the past 20 years, and has produced a guide to pre-Emancipation genealogical research. You can request a copy of her guide from the Society by Email.
The Nevis Island Archives holds a number of Parish records, and some of our holdings have been digitised by our partners at Hamilton College. Records not already digitised can be searched upon request, subject to a non-refundable research fee of US$40 for non-members. Some parish registers are held by the churches themselves. A researcher for the Anglican churches here in Nevis can be reached by Email. The National Archives in St Kitts has additional resources and can be reached by Email or phone +1 (869) 467-1208.
NEVIS HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION SOCIETY MANUSCRIPTS | HAMILTON COLLEGE LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
In 2019 and 2022 a team of Hamilton College staff and students traveled to the island of Nevis, birthplace of our namesake Alexander Hamilton. The team worked with staff members from the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society (NHCS) to digitize records in fragile physical condition and/or of significant historical value, including: Minutes of the Nevis Council, Baptismal Records from Anglican Churches, and the only known printed copy of the Laws of Nevis (ca. 1773). These materials are presented here for research purposes. All intellectual property rights to the images and information contained therein reside with the NHCS.
NEVIS ISLAND ARCHIVES | NEVIS HISTORICAL & CONSERVATION SOCIETY
The NHCS’ Nevis Island Archives holds a substantial collection photos, engravings, paintings, books and government records such as the Nevis Council and Assembly Minutes from the 1740s through to the 1870s, Acts and Laws of Nevis, Leeward Island Legislative Records, Blue Books from 1891 through to 1938, and Leeward Island Gazettes from 1899 to 1953. Additionally, our Archives also hold a number of Parish records. Some of our holdings have been digitised by our partners at the Special Collections and Archives of Hamilton College.
NEVIS MARITIME MUSEUM
This new museum aims to take visitors on a voyage through Nevis maritime traditions, from fish trap making and boat building, pirates and privateering, to the role of race and enslavement in its national maritime economy.
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SAINT THOMAS
ANTILLES SCHOOL YEAR BOOKS | FACEBOOK
I have done this for you my fellow Virgin Islanders.
If you want a higher res photo than what is here, go to the link below and you will find these same photos there in a better/higher resolution & you will be able to zoom in.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
Welcome to the National Museum of Denmark's online collections.
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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
CALLING TO THE ANCESTORS: GARIFUNA WOMEN AS EMBODIED ARCHIVES | THE LATINX PROJECT
In honor of Garifuna Heritage Month (March 11-April 12), join us for an afternoon with Garifuna Scholar and Miriam Jiménez Román Fellow Dr. Daisy E. Guzman Nunez, Luz F. Soliz Ramos and Catherine Ochun. Together, through performance, conversation, and food, they recreate the Garifuna interior as an intergenerational, matrilineal space that calls to the ancestors.
SINT EUSTATIUS
RECLAIMING OUR STORIES, RESTORING OUR TIES | ST. EUSTATIUS AFRIKAN BURIAL GROUND ALLIANCE
Podcast Series of 9 episodes dedicated to the month of activities in November 2024 organized by the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance. The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance, a grassroots organization formed as a result of the protests against the excavations on the 18th-century burial ground of enslaved Afrikans, the Golden Rock, that were started by a team of international archaeologists in June 2021 in St. Eustatius. In this podcast you will learn about the journey of the Alliance, its vision and the important role that the community of Statia, the Caribbean and the great African Diaspora serve in reclaiming our narrative, history and identity; as well as restoring our ancestral dignity and severed spiritual ties.
SURINAME
SURINAAMSE VOOROUDERS, PE UN DE?
Nieuwsgierig naar je Surinaamse voorouders? Hoe pak je het onderzoek naar hen aan? Loop je vast bij het zoeken naar informatie over hen? Wat is de invloed van je familiegeschiedenis op het heden? Ben je benieuwd naar familieverhalen?
In de SSG-podcast halen we onbekende voorouders en verhalen uit de Schaduw van het verleden.
TORTOLA
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | NATIONALMUSEETS
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
INDIAN CARIBBEAN MUSEUM OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago is a museum founded by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha in Carapichaima, Trinidad and Tobago. It is dedicated to preserving the history of Indo-Caribbean culture. It is housed in the village of Waterloo, near the Temple in the Sea. The museum, founded in 2006, then was the first of its kind in the Caribbean.
VENEZUELA
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