Overseas ancestry

Learn how to search for your ancestry overseas and discover your international family tree

Ruins of Mirtle Bank Hotel after the earthquake Jamaican ancestry

Overseas ancestry

Jamaican ancestry: How to find Jamaican family history records

An 18th-century Sephardic Jewish wedding

Overseas ancestry

Sephardic Jews: Who they are and how to prove Sephardic ancestry

Huguenots Land At Dover

Overseas ancestry

Who were the Huguenots?

If your family came from the Caribbean, you could also have British royal ancestry

Getting started

The best websites for tracing Caribbean ancestors

Barbados policeman 1934

Overseas ancestry

Tracing ancestors in Barbados

Passengers play games on board ship, 1936 passenger lists

Discover your past

How to find passenger lists for ships

German street musicians 1879

Overseas ancestry

How to tell if you have German ancestry

Indian Tea Plantation British in India

Overseas ancestry

How long were the British in India?

Irish wills. A wake in Ireland, 19th century

Overseas ancestry

How to find Irish wills

A tithe proctor visits a family in Ireland to fill in a tithe applotment book, 1830s

Overseas ancestry

Tithe applotment books: Our guide to finding your Irish ancestors’ land

Black and white photograph of a sugar cane farmer in New South Wales, Australia

Overseas ancestry

Australian ancestry: How to find your Australian ancestors

Irish ancestry. Farmers in Glenshesk, County Atrim, c. 1900

Overseas ancestry

Irish ancestry: How to find your Irish ancestors

A funeral in Florence, c. 1945 Italian ancestry

Overseas ancestry

How to research Italian ancestry

A party of child migrants about to leave for Canada, 1929

Overseas ancestry

What is child migration?

Jameson Distillery records

Ancestry releases Jameson Distillery employment records