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Tag Archives: genealogy
Colonial Emigration Conclusions: ‘We and They’
Every day last week, then, the Colonial Families Research Guide has explored the complex history of British emigration to the colonies of settlement within the British Empire. These posts have been added to the UK Emigration Guide, and can now … Continue reading
Migration to the Colonies (Part V): South Africa
Today we conclude our series on colonial emigration with a look at South Africa: Dreams of sun and space in South Africa. In the years 1853-1920, 670,000 Britons emigrated to South Africa. If your ancestor was one of them, what … Continue reading
Migration to the Colonies (Part IV): New Zealand
Our tour of British emigration to the settler empire today heads to New Zealand: Land of the long white cloud. From 1840-1966 the population of New Zealand increased from c.72,000 to 2.6 million. On average 50% of this increase came … Continue reading
Migration to the Colonies (Part III): Canada
Part Three of our series on imperial emigration turns to Canada. You can view the original article in PDF form here: Hard work and long days in Canada or read its online version below. HARD WORK AND LONG DAYS: CROSSING … Continue reading
Migration to the Colonies (Part II) – Aboriginal Australia
In the second post of this series on UK emigration, we take a pause to reflect upon Aboriginal family history – and the impact of European colonisation of the Australian continent. “All people with the same skin grouping as my … Continue reading
Migration to the Colonies (Part I) – Australia
As part of the Colonial Families Research Guide, this week we will be publishing the series of articles I wrote for Family Tree Magazine on UK emigration to imperial destinations. Designed to help you in your family tree search, they … Continue reading
Call for Papers – Hard and Soft Power: questions of race, intimacy and violence in the comparative colonial toolkit
Readers of the blog will hopefully be interested in submitting an abstract for the below conference, held at the University of Kent in July. See strand 3 on ‘colonial intimacy’ in particular. First deadline for proposals is 16th March, but … Continue reading
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Tagged conferences, emotions, gender, genealogy, intimacy, marriage, sexuality, women's history
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Colonial Emigration from the UK
Now added to the Colonial Families Research Guide – Colonial Emigration from the UK. Between 1815 and 1914 c22.6m people emigrated from Britain. About 60% of these went to the United States, but of the reminder a good majority migrated … Continue reading
Recent related readings: a digest
According to a July blog post from the City of Vancouver Archives, camping on the local beaches used to be a “fashionable” thing for many of the city’s wealthier settler families around the turn of the twentieth century. (You won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, camping, Canada, census, children, colonial administration, Cyprus, genealogy, India, indigenous history, Namibia, place names, property
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