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Register for Friday’s African Diaspora Series webinar: Tracing West Indian Ancestors – Strategies & Resources by Diane Warmsley

Register for Friday’s African Diaspora Series webinar: Tracing West Indian Ancestors – Strategies & Resources by Diane Warmsley

Register for Friday's African Diaspora Series webinar: Tracing West Indian Ancestors: Strategies & Resources by Diane Warmsley

This session introduces a 5-Step Research Methodology to guide family history study and research in the West Indies. Resources available in the U.S. and the U.K. are identified and civil registration and church records are illustrated through exploration of a family line. Emphasis is on the British West Indian experience.

About the presenter

Diane M. 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. She enjoys researching her own southern U.S. and West Indian roots, while helping others launch family history projects through classes and lectures. Her presentations include African American genealogy, Genealogy for Beginners, Jewish genealogy, and West Indian genealogy.

Ms. Warmsley has presented at private organizations, genealogical societies and national institutes including the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), and the New York State Family History Conference. Warmsley also presented at the State of the Tourism Industry Conference in Nassau, Bahamas.

Ms. Warmsley is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, New York Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, National Genealogical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and a charter member of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage lineage society.

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The webinar will be live on Friday, October 6, 2023 at:

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