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Roots

The Barbadians in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Barbadians in East Flatbush, Brooklyn built the largest Bajan community outside Barbados, from Panama money to brownstones, salt bread and Shirley Chisholm.

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The Syrian Jewish community in Gravesend, Brooklyn

Roots

The Syrian Jews in Gravesend, Brooklyn

Syrian Jews in Gravesend, Brooklyn built one of America's most tightly knit communities along Ocean Parkway. The story of the SY, from Aleppo to now.

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The Atlas of Home app

One day, a child will ask, what were they like?

Atlas of Home keeps the answer, on a family tree you build on your iPhone.

VoicesThe voice you cannot afford to lose.
The family mapWhere you come from, drawn for you.
Recipes and lettersWritten down before it is lost.
The Atlas BookPrint the book of your family.

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Coming soon to the App Store · For iPhone and iPad · No account, no ads