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Other Countries / Re: St Vincent, West Indies
« on: Sunday 21 October 18 00:39 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lee,

I'm only researching my own family.  I found the information about my family on Google search and Facebook.  Maybe you want to try there, too.

Cheers,
Norbert

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The Lighter Side / Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #8 Noel Clarke
« on: Wednesday 12 September 18 16:36 BST (UK)  »
I watched the documentary about Noel Clarke...and it seems that we may have some connections with Robert Glasgow (Sir) - a slaver from Scotland in St. Vincent (and the Grenadines).

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The Lighter Side / Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #8 Noel Clarke
« on: Wednesday 12 September 18 16:05 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Barnes612 on Saturday 02 September 17 17:48 BST (UK)
This one was the best of the series so far, in my opinion.

I really enjoyed the laughs around him thinking he was Trinidadian, but that every branch of his family seemed to lead him elsewhere in the Caribbean.

He was lucky I think to have an ancestor named Glasgow, which narrowed his search somewhat. And all these relatives he had, popping up everwhere when he'd had a childhood where it had basically just been him and his mum. My eyes were a bit damp at that.

I found him really eloquent and sincere, and the end where the music that had been passed through his lineage was sung in the present day was especially moving.

A really memorable episode for me.

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Other Countries / Re: St Vincent, West Indies
« on: Saturday 08 April 17 17:34 BST (UK)  »
Living in the UK there aren't many people that have the Glasgow surname, so I got the impression that the only Glasgow around was from my immediate family from St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
People in the UK keeps saying; "That's an unusual surname!" Where did it originate, and how is it spelt? And when speaking on the phone, some would get confused and think, or ask; are you from Glasgow in Scotland?

I was surprised when I decided to do my family tree, then did a Facebook and Google search only to find there are lots of (black) Glasgow family in other islands of the Caribbean and especially the US. Apart from my immediate family, I've found a couple of (black) Glasgow family too, in the UK.  The name is also connected to the Ivory Coast.

As I understood the theory; black people with the Glasgow name originated from slavery, where the white slavers gave their (mixed race) offspring the names of town and cities where they were from, instead of giving them their own surnames. But if the theory or whatever...is true, then how is it that there are white people I've seen on facebook that have the Glasgow surname too? And, read what I found in my search...by clicking on this link http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Glasgow#ixzz4ZhzFI3ux 

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