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Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Seeking Information About Olive Bethel

October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 AbacoSun 2 Comments History

Do you have any information about living relatives of Olive Bethel? Artist Leanne Russell wants to hear from you.

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Genealogy Man-O-War Cay 

We Have Names for The Faces in This Historic Abaco Photo

January 20, 2022January 18, 2022 AbacoSun 1 Comment History

Thanks to Abaco Sun readers, we now know the names of the people in this photo, as well as where and (roughly) when it was taken.

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Genealogy 

Is There an Isaac Roberts in Your Bahamian Family Tree?

September 21, 2021January 27, 2022 AbacoSun 3 Comments Eric Wiberg, History, Thelma Phoebe

On April 29, 1923, a Bahamian cook was killed when the Nassau-based vessel on which he worked was shipwrecked. Now, a search is underway to locate relatives of Isaac Roberts.

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The Bahamas Genealogy Group Has Moved

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 AbacoSun 2 Comments

Back in 2017, I first wrote about the Bahamas Genealogy Group, an online group of about 600 members whose purpose is to share and preserve quality Bahamian genealogical and historical information. Recently, Yahoo Groups, where

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Abaco Genealogy 

Are You a Descendant of the First Families of Abaco?

November 22, 2017August 19, 2020 AbacoSun 19 Comments History

Forty years ago this week, the inaugural Island Roots Heritage Festival took place in Key West and then in Green Turtle Cay . During the planning for the first Island Roots Festival, Key West historian

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Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Calling All Abaco Genealogists: My Ongoing Search for Romelda

November 8, 2017August 19, 2020 AbacoSun 2 Comments Genealogy, History, lilla carleton, Post, romelda

Some of you regular readers probably know that one of the greatest obstacles I’ve encountered on my genealogical journey is trying to learn more about my great-great-great-grandmother, Romelda. Or it could be Remilda. Or Ramelda.

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Genealogy 

The Best Online Genealogy Forum for Bahamians

April 11, 2017April 10, 2021 AbacoSun 10 Comments History, Post

If your family tree is rooted in Bahamian soil and you’re interested in tracing your ancestry, check out the Bahamas Genealogy Group (BGG). It’s a Yahoo group of 600+ members, all Bahamian or of Bahamian

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Genealogy History 

What Do You Call Your Great-Grandmother?

November 9, 2016August 16, 2020 AbacoSun 0 Comments History, Post

In our family, great-grandmothers were called Gan Gan. It’s what all the kids of my generation called our great-grandmother, May Curry, and it’s what all my cousins’ kids called my grandmother, Lurey (Curry) Albury. We

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Genealogy History 

The Queen and I

November 2, 2016August 15, 2020 AbacoSun 0 Comments History, Post, WikiTree

In researching a previous blog post about Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Finding Your Roots, I checked on WikiTree to find out whether he and I might be related, since we each have Gates ancestors who

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Daily Photo Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Daily Photo – June 15, 2016

June 15, 2016August 14, 2020 AbacoSun 0 Comments History

While researching the book about Green Turtle Cay history on which I’m currently working, I’ve come across many photos with unidentified subjects. Every day this month, I’m running one of these images in hopes that

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Green Turtle Cay 

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Seeking Information About Olive Bethel
Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Seeking Information About Olive Bethel

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Seeking Information About Olive Bethel
Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Seeking Information About Olive Bethel

October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 AbacoSun 2
Bahamas DNA Project Update: DNA Test Kits on Sale
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Bahamas DNA Project Update: DNA Test Kits on Sale

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Recognize any of these faces from Green Turtle Cay?
Daily Photo Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Daily Photo – June 13, 2016

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Green Turtle Cay’s Historic Cemetery
Genealogy Green Turtle Cay 

Green Turtle Cay’s Historic Cemetery

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