ST. THOMAS — The Caribbean Genealogy Library, in collaboration with In the Same Sea, University of Copenhagen, is calling for submissions of papers and presentations for its conference next year.
The Inter Island Connections in the Lesser Antilles: Family, Friends, and Institutions Across the Sea conference, is set for Feb. 23-25, in Denmark. The project studies the meaning of family and friendship in the Lesser Antilles, according to CGL.
Caribbean genealogists and historians of the Lesser Antilles are being asked how the archipelagic setting of the Lesser Antilles shaped island existence in the past and how it influences families, friends and institutions today, according to the library, noting that for centuries, islanders living on small islands, in close proximity and with a limited resource base, have turned toward their neighbors across the sea.
“It is this dynamic of inter-island movement that the [genealogists] wish to explore, sharing what conventional historical and archeological evidence tells us about inter-island movements and how family histories and genealogical research can enrich, complicate and qualify the historical record,” CGL said in a news release.
The library calls on historians, archaeologists, genealogists, public historians, and university students, each with their knowledge, training and personal…
