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This project is for the Knowles family of the Bahamas. Our goal is to connect and learn more about our Knowles ancestors, how they arrived in the Bahamas, how they married into other families, and how they have spread throughout the Bahamas and beyond today. This is a sub-project of the Bahamian Portal . Let's build our tree together! See the Bahamian Portal for more information on how to c...
Welcome to the Bahamian Portal on Geni!==This is a project to focus on developing the profiles of the people of the Bahamas and members of the greater Bahamian diaspora on Geni. Special emphasis is made on using Bahamian sources, especially government records and credible Bahamian histories. Since modern Bahamians find their roots in many other ethnicities --Yoruba/West African, Mandinka, Bantu...
This project covers Caribbean peoples migrating to and from North America/the United Colonies (U.C.)/ United States (U.S.), prior to 1900. Starting about 1500. * A time-line of Latin America ==Arrivals in Caribbean from Europe==* Jews from Spain, Portugal, Holland, and Britain * See Albion's Seed project* Scottish and Irish prisoners and indentured servants* Cromwell's fleet arrived in J...
This is a project for gathering Bahamian branches that:> a) still need to be connected to the World Family Tree; or,> b) are connected to the World Family Tree, but not the main Bahamian tree.Please add central focus people within each unconnected tree so that we can keep checking back for new information and paths.To start a new branch , click here: request an edit or merge , click here:
Bahamian Americans are Americans of Bahamian ancestry. There are an estimated 68,000 people of Bahamian ancestry living in the United States as of 2015. Bahamian Americans have been growing at a rate of 58% every decade since 1990.Bahamians began visiting the Florida Keys in the 18th century to salvage wrecked ships, fish, catch turtles, and log tropical hardwood trees. A Bahamian settlement in...
In the 1800s, Chinese migrated to the Caribbean-bordered areas, including the Caribbean islands, Central America, and Mainland Caribbean (South America), including Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad, and Guyana. See Chinese Caribbean - Wikipedia ==The Bahamas==Chinese-Bahamians have a long history, dating back to at least 1879. The original Chines...
This project focuses on the athletes who are representing The Bahamas at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.==The Athletes=====Athletics===* Trevor Barry* Adanaca Brown* Chris Brown* Devynne Charlton* Latario Collie-Minns* Tynia Gaither* Steven Gardiner * Jeffery Gibson * Adrian Griffith * Shavez Hart* Michael Mathieu* Shaunae Miller -- private profile * Stephen Newbold* D...
This project is part of the Bahamian Portal . ==As part of an effort to made it easier for Bahamian researchers to find the relatives they're seeking, we now have individual island projects.Please add to this project all Bahamian profiles for people who were born and/or died on Eleuthera . This includes settlements like Banner Town, The Current, Dunmore Town, Gregory Town, Harbour Island, Palme...