Dominica - Empire's Children

Empire's Children is an online resource for tracing and telling your family history as it relates to the British Empire.

Jeanette McKnight with her cat in Dominica

Jeanette McKnight talks about her earliest memories in Dominica.

Today I live in North London with my family but I was born in the British colony of Dominica. In 1958, when I was 13, I left Dominica for a better life in Britain. Under the wing of family friends, I embarked on a long and life-changing voyage to the 'mother country'...

Empire's Children