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I'm trying to figure out where my family is named Newchurch (country)? I am from the Bahamas, Nassau.?
I am the third generation Newchurch family in the Bahamas and I have no idea of my family history. I was told that my great grandfather came from a ship from England to the Bahamas and it was? not much to I go, but a start in finding where the name originated. I sure hope someone knows something that can enlighten me.
Try to have links www.ancestry.com lists of passenger ships of 18000. You can also try www. genealogy.com Remember that there may be two names involved with his family in particular, as in the Bahamas, and other places of poor whites and people of color were slaves and given the surname of their owners this causes great confusion in genealogy.
The Church History of St. Stephen’s Parish – Grand Bahama Part 1