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Returning to the Caribbean

On March 19th 2010, some library cohorts and I will set sail again to the Caribbean. We will travel on the Explorer of the Seas(Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines). We've chosen to be inside overlooking the Royal Promenade. It promises to be entertaining -- watching the passing parade below.

Next Phase for Min-Min -- Exploring Jamaican Roots

Ever since I was a child, I wondered about my family's roots, but no one was talking, except for the Irish bit. I never knew my grandparents were born in Jamaica; nobody said. But this is the year that my cousins, my sister and I began to put the pieces together. We saw the census pages that stated Grandpa and Grandma Walsh's birthplace as Jamaica, BWI (British West Indies). I could not believe it when I first saw it. I thought it was a mistake or that my rascal grandfather was obscuring his possible illegal immigrant status. But the story is too consistant in other papers, draft cards and such. We have Jamaican ancestry. Well, we will just have to follow up on that.