Tracing your Caribbean family
Publications
Here is a selection of publications some of which are available at Southwark Archives and at some of Southwark's public libraries. Please check the Southwark Libraries catalogue.
Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors, Guy Grannum (3rd. Ed., Bloomsbury, 2012)
A Tree Without Roots: the Guide to Tracing British, African, and Asian Caribbean Ancestry, Paul Crooks (Arcadia Books Ltd, 2008)
Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors: Sources in the Public Record Office, Guy Grannum (Public Records Office, 2002)
Tracing Ancestors in Barbados: A Practical Guide, Geraldine Lane, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006)
Jamaican Ancestry: How to Find Out More, Madelaine E Mitchell (Heritage Books, 1998)
Jamaican Records: a Research Manual, Stephen D Porter (Stephen D Porter, 1999)
Immigrants and Aliens: Guides to Sources on UK Immigration and Citizenship, R Kershaw & M Pearsall (PRO, 2000)
Discover Your Roots and Explore Your Family‘s History, Kathy Chater (Lorenz Books, 2003)
The Genealogist’s Internet, Peter Christian (PRO/The National Archives)
Immigrants and Aliens: a Guide to Sources on UK Immigration & Citizenship, R Kershaw and M Pearsall, (The National Archives, 2004)
Caribbeana: Miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography & antiquities of the British West Indies, Vere Langford Oliver (c.1910, The National Archives)
Caribbean History
Windrush: the irresistible rise of multi-racial Britain, Mike Phillips and Trevor Phillips (Harper Collins Publishers, 1998
Pieces of the Past: a Stroll Down Jamaica’s Memory Lane by Rebecca Tortello, Ian Randle Publishers, 2007
In the Shadow of the Plantation: Caribbean History and Legacy, Ed. By Alvin O Thompson, Ian Randle Publishers, 2002
The Making of the West Indies, by F R Augier, S C Gordon, D G Hall, M Reckford, Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd., 2005
India in the Caribbean, Ed. By Dr David Dabydeen, Dr Brinsley Samaroo, Hansib Publishing Ltd., 1987
Jamaican Volunteers in the First World War: Race, Masculinity and the Development of National Consciousness by Richard Smith, Manchester University Press, 2004
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis, W W Norton & Co., 2000
Van Der Zee: Photographer 1886-1983, Harry N Abrams, Inc., 1998
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, The African, written by Himself, Ed. By W Sollors, W W Norton & Co. Inc., 2001
The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, Mary Seacole, Black Classics, 1999
Speak Of Me As I Am: the Black Presence in Southwark Since 1600 by Stephen Bourne, Southwark Council, 2005
Keep on Moving: The Windrush Legacy: The Black Experience in Britain from 1948, T Sewell, Voice Enterprises Ltd., 1998.
The Trader, The Owner, The Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery, by James Walvin, Jonathan Cape Publ., 2007
Black Tudors: The Untold Story, Miranda Kaufmann, Oneworld Publications, 2017
Black Voices: The shaping of our Christian Experience, David Killingray and Joel Edwards, Inter-Varisty Press, 2007
Black Londoners 1880-1990, Susan Okokon, Sutton Publishing, 1998
Under Fire: Black Britain in Wartime 1939-45, Stephen Bourne, The History Press, 2020
Mother Country: Britain’s Black Community on the Home Front 1939-45, Stephen Bourne, The History Press, 2010
Black and British: A Forgotten History, David Olusoga, Pan, 2017
Black Poppies: Britain’s Black Community and the Great War, Stephen Bourne, 2014
ONE Picture My Story – a collection of 30 oral history recordings by people of Black heritage living in Southwark. Listen on Southwark Libraries and Heritage YouTube channel
Page last updated: 15 September 2023
