Tag: Immigration VideoWhat’s On-line: Caribbean connectionsWednesday 24 June 2020Since the settling of the British Caribbean in the 17th century, people have returned or emigrated to Britain. However, up until the 19th century, it is difficu...VideoWhat’s On-Line: Using migration recordsFriday 1 May 2020Using examples of records and case studies relating to both immigrants and emigrants held in our collection, this talk explains how to search for and interpret...AudioVoices of the Windrush GenerationMonday 30 December 2019‘Voices of the Windrush Generation: The real story told by the people themselves’ by David Matthews is a powerful collection of stories from the men...AudioThey gave the crowd plenty fun: West Indian cricket and its relationship with the British-resident Caribbean DiasporaFriday 6 December 2013‘They gave the crowd plenty fun’ is a lucid study of the impact of West Indian cricket on those of Caribbean birth and descent in Britain. It traces...AudioImmigrant Ancestors Project: indexed collections from The National ArchivesMonday 21 October 2013Family history majors at Brigham Young University intern at various repositories of European countries and obtain copies of emigration registers, passport appli...AudioBara Brith on the pampas: the Welsh in PatagoniaFriday 26 March 2010In 1865, a Welsh speaking colony was established in the valley of the Chubut River in Patagonia Argentina. The original emigrants sailed from Liverpool on the M...AudioNew Britons – Immigration to the United KingdomFriday 22 January 2010Mark Peasall looks at immigration into Britain from the 16th to the 20th century and the relatively few sources that can be used to trace immigrants entering, a...AudioNaturalisation and alien registrationThursday 16 April 2009Using records at The National Archives, this talk examines the various Alien Acts that affected the status of foreigners resident in the UK from the 19th centur...
