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Information on migration between East and West Indies.
Information on migration between East and West Indies.


There are many surnames common to both India and the West Indies, particularly Jamaica. "I wondered if anybody thought to look westwards when they hit a brick wall in India".<ref>Harding, Simon. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/2240311/  Private Merchants & Photo's from India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 December 2009. Scroll down. Retrieved 5 August 2018.</ref>
There are many surnames common to both India and the West Indies, particularly Jamaica. "I wondered if anybody thought to look westwards when they hit a brick wall in India".<ref>Harding, Simon. [https://web.archive.org/web/20191019010442/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/2240311/  Private Merchants & Photo's from India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 December 2009, now archived. Scroll down.</ref>


A number of families who were active in India, had in previous generations also taken part in the development of the West Indies.  Some of the most effective officers in India during the 1780's and 1790's had previously served in the West Indies. The reverse also applied. Planters from India moved to the West Indies to run plantations there.<ref>Balmer, Nick. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/2240384/ Private Merchants & Photo's from India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List''  19 December 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2018.</ref>
A number of families who were active in India, had in previous generations also taken part in the development of the West Indies.  Some of the most effective officers in India during the 1780's and 1790's had previously served in the West Indies. The reverse also applied. Planters from India moved to the West Indies to run plantations there.<ref>Balmer, Nick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180905122932/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/2240384/ Private Merchants & Photo's from India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List''  19 December 2009, now archived.</ref>
==Online records==
==Online records==
*Also see External links and Historical books online, below.
*Also see External links and Historical books online, below.
*FamilySearch, a free website, contains transcribed  records relating to the Caribbean, and in addition many images. From  the list of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list Historical Record Collections], use the filters on the left hand side of the webpage to select "Caribbean and Central America". There may be additional databases found by [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ Searching the Catalog]. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/  Records/ Search page], click on the map for the Caribbean/West Indies area, and select a country. Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
*Also see [[General Register Office]] [United Kingdom] for general information about  birth, marriage and death  records for British nationals abroad.
*Also see [[Chaplains Returns]] for general information about  birth, marriage and death  records for British Army soldiers and their families abroad, as there were British Army regiments stationed in the West Indies.
*FamilySearch, a free website, contains transcribed  records relating to the Caribbean, and in addition many images. From  the list of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list Historical Record Collections], use the filters on the right hand side of the webpage to select "Caribbean and Central America". Note there are some overall Caribbean databases, and also specific country databases. There may be additional databases found by [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ Searching the Catalog]. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/  Records/ Search page], first click on Browse Places, then click on the map for the Caribbean/West Indies area, and select a country. However, check that the overall Caribbean databases are also included through the specific country pages.
:Historical Images, reached from FamilySearch/Search/Images is an alternative way of accessing records available as images on your home computer, but will not access databases only available as transcribed indexes, or records which are only available at Family History Centres, or FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries.
:Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
:FamilySearch microfilms include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/785731 Wills, 1756-1930 Jamaica. Supreme Court] and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AJamaica%20%2Bkeywords%3ARegistrar%20%2Bkeywords%3AGeneral records using keywords Jamaica. Registrar General], most of which seem to be available on home computers. There may be additional microfilms.  See the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for information about microfilms and digitised microfilms.
:FamilySearch microfilms include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/785731 Wills, 1756-1930 Jamaica. Supreme Court] and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AJamaica%20%2Bkeywords%3ARegistrar%20%2Bkeywords%3AGeneral records using keywords Jamaica. Registrar General], most of which seem to be available on home computers. There may be additional microfilms.  See the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for information about microfilms and digitised microfilms.
:Note, you must be signed in to FamilySearch to view the records.
:Note, you must be signed in to FamilySearch to view the records.
* Digitised records from the [https://eap.bl.uk Endangered Archives Programme] at the [[British Library]], London. Click on the map for items in the West India region. Note the digitised images are in TIFF format. If you cannot see the images you will need to download a plug-in, see [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books - Digital Library of India]] for suggestions. Includes
:There also appear to be some records for the Danish West Indies, now the Virgin Islands (U.S.), which are handwritten records in Danish, appearing on page 11 of this [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/538957 catalogue entry], available on home computers. Note however, although catalogued as if wholly for the West Indies, they appear  to be '''included''' with other records, so it would be difficult to locate them unless you read  Danish.
* Digitised records from the [https://eap.bl.uk Endangered Archives Programme] at the [[British Library]], London. Enlarge the map  or click on the map for items in the West Indies region. Note the digitised images are in TIFF format. If you cannot see the images you will need to download a plug-in which reads this format. Includes
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP148 Inventory of archival holdings in Jamaica (EAP148)] Includes  
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP148 Inventory of archival holdings in Jamaica (EAP148)] Includes  
***[https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP148-2 Angela Reid Collection (Birth, Baptismal, and Death Registers) [1795-1965<nowiki>]</nowiki>]  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica records
***[https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP148-2 Angela Reid Collection (Birth, Baptismal, and Death Registers)]  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica records for the period 1795-1823.
***Manumission of Slaves registers (1747-1779) have been transcribed by FindMyPast.
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP295 Digitising the endangered archives of Grenada (EAP295)]
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP295 Digitising the endangered archives of Grenada (EAP295)]
** [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1086 Preserving and digitising the historic newspaper, ''The Barbados Mercury Gazette'' (EAP1086)]. Editions from 1783 to 1848 (broken range).
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1013 Digitisation of Wills, Deed Books and Powers of Attorney for St Vincent, 1785-1865 (EAP1013)]. Related   digitised projects  are [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP345 EAP345], which includes one Book of Wills,  and [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP688 EAP688] Deed Books.
**Coming, not yet available online (at 2019/10) 
** [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1086 Preserving and digitising the historic newspaper, ''The Barbados Mercury Gazette'' (EAP1086)]. Editions from 1783 to 1848 (broken range). These same digital files appear to be also available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean, see External links, below. '''Update''' 9 August 2021. Also available as “Free to View Pages” on the otherwise pay websites Findmypast and British Newspaper Archive. Pages are searchable.  Details<ref name=BNA>[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/free-newspapers "Explore over one million historical newspaper pages for Free"] 9 August 2021 Findmypast Blog. [https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/08/09/introducing-free-to-view-pages-on-the-british-newspaper-archive/ "Introducing Free to View Pages on the British Newspaper Archive"] British Newspaper Archive Blog 9 August 2021. It is necessary however to  register. Searching is generally better  on BNA.</ref>.
***[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1013 Digitisation of Wills, Deed Books and Powers of Attorney for St Vincent, 1785-1865 (EAP1013)]. Related   completed digitised projects  are [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP345 EAP345], which includes one Book of Wills,  and [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP688 EAP688] Deed Books.
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1251 Digitisation of the Historic Newspaper, The Barbadian (EAP1251)] (1822-1863) from Barbados. At least some of these files are also available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean.  '''Update''' 9 August 2021. Also available as “Free to View Pages” on the otherwise pay websites Findmypast and British Newspaper Archive. Pages are searchable.  Details<ref name=BNA/>.
***[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1251 Digitisation of the Historic Newspaper, The Barbadian (EAP1251)] (1822-1863) from Barbados.
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP914 The Turks and Caicos Islands (EAP914)] and [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP408 The Turks and Caicos Islands (EAP408)]. The former collection includes birth, marriage and death records, at least some of which have been indexed and are available as three free databases on the otherwise pay website Findmypast, see next item.  
*[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records Findmypast: Search A-Z of record sets] (located  as an option under the Search tab). [[Findmypast]] is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Findmypast indicates that at least some of the Barbados records are sourced via the International Genealogical Index<ref>[https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-febraury-2629656939.html Findmypast Friday February 22nd [2019<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</ref>  (from [[FamilySearch]]), although the databases themselves do not give this information.  Some of the Jamaica databases are stated to be created through the International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) and it is possible that others (perhaps all) also come from FamilySearch. Depending where you live, these records will generally require what was previously called a  findmypast World subscription, now called a Pro subscription, (however FamilySearch records are free on FamilySearch, see above).
*[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records Findmypast: Search A-Z of record sets] (located  as an option under the Search tab). [[Findmypast]] is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or West Indies, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Findmypast indicates that at least some of the Barbados records are sourced via the International Genealogical Index<ref>[https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-febraury-2629656939.html Findmypast Friday February 22nd 2019].</ref>  (from [[FamilySearch]]), although the databases themselves do not give this information.  Some of the Jamaica databases are stated to be created through the International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) and it is possible that others (perhaps most) also come from FamilySearch. The database "St Kitts & Nevis Baptisms 1716-1881" was added 9 July 2021, from Anglican parishes, source not  otherwise stated, but probably not FamilySearch.  These records will generally require what was previously called a  Findmypast World subscription, now called a Pro subscription, (however FamilySearch records are free on FamilySearch, see above).
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/cardcatalog.aspx Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases] (located  as an option under the Search tab). Ancestry is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Includes databases from the books ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857'' by David  Dobson 1998 (there was subsequently a Volume 2 published in 2006, which appears '''not''' to be  included in the Ancestry database) and ''The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707''  by David Dobson 1999. See [[Scotland]] for some background about the Scottish diaspora.
:Three free databases were added to Findmypast  17 September 2021 which are Index records with links to images on the British Library Endangered Archives Project. [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/turks-and-caicos-births-and-baptisms-1792-1934 Turks & Caicos Births & Baptisms, 1792-1934], [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/turks-and-caicos-marriages-1799-1940 Turks & Caicos Marriages, 1799-1940] and [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/turks-and-caicos-deaths-and-burials-1804-1947 Turks & Caicos Deaths & Burials, 1804-1947]. These are Anglican, Methodist and civil records (but no civil marriage records).
: Findmypast database [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/caribbean-rolls-of-honour-ww1?sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiki.fibis.org&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_uk&awc=2114_1602979566_78142e739842add4e46372c7a81d7764 "Caribbean Rolls Of Honour WW1"] located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War, added c 16 Oct. 2020, with initial data relating to Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, with more data, for Bahamas, Barbados, St Kitts & Nevis and Bermuda added c 27 Nov. 2020. Source of data is not stated, but see External links below for a similarly named website.
:Findmypast,  in the category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/British newspapers includes newspapers classified by 'County' for  Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Dominica,  Jamaica, and Saint Kitts  (as at 2021/02/20),  Saint Lucia, Trinidad (added  c 2022/06/14) and British Guiana (added 2022/10/18). (British Newspapers  are available to individuals with a Pro subscription (previously called World subscription, or the top subscription) but not via library and community subscriptions. (Previously British newspapers were also available with the British subscription, but this no longer applies for new subscriptions.))  The same titles are also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, classified both by  'Region' and 'County' with the same headings.
:*Antigua
:** ''Antigua Observer'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb15>
[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/15/new-titles-15-february-2021/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 15  February  2021. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/antigua-observer BNA page]. Added Feb 5, 2021. Available years 1848, 1870-1903.
:**''Sun (Antigua)'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb15/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/sun-antigua BNA page]. Added Feb 12, 2021. Available for 1912. Added Jul 28, 2022 newspapers for 1911, 1913-1920.
:**''Antigua Standard'' (Details of this publication<ref>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/08/01/new-titles-1-aug-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 1 August 2022. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/antigua-standard BNA page]. Added  Jul 25, 2022. Available 1883-1890 with planned coverage to 1908.
:**''Leeward Islands Gazette'' (Details of this publication<ref name=OGBG/>.) This publication was the government gazette for the Leeward Islands covering  Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Virgin Islands. [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/leeward-islands-gazette BNA page]. Added Oct 20, 2022. Available for the year 1893 only.
:*Barbados
:**''Barbados Agricultural Reporter'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/08/new-titles-08-february-2021/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 8  February  2021. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/barbados-agricultural-reporter BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021.  Available for 1845, 1870-1886 with planned range 1845 and 1870–1922. Added Jul 15, 2022 newspapers for 1896, 1911-1922.
:**''Barbados Mercury'' [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/id/barbados-mercury BNA page]. Added May 16, 2021. Earliest issue: April 5, 1783 and latest issue: April 11, 1789.
:**''Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette''  [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/barbados-mercury-and-bridgetown-gazette BNA page]. Added May 16 2021. Earliest issue: January 3, 1807 and latest issue: September 22, 1848.
:** ''The Barbadian'' [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/barbadian BNA page]. Added May 15-16, 2021. Earliest issue: December 14, 1822 and latest issue: December 30, 1861
:** ''Barbados Herald'' (Details of this publication<ref>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/08/08/new-titles-8-aug-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 8 August 2022. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/barbados-herald BNA page]. Added August 1-3, 2022. Earliest issue: April 3, 1879 and latest issue: July 25, 1896.
:*Belize previously British Honduras.
:**''Colonial Guardian'' (Belize) (Details of this publication<ref>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/09/01/new-titles-1-sept-2020/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 1 September 2020. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>). [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/colonial-guardian-belize BNA page]. Added 28 August 2020. Initial coverage is,  earliest issue:  7 January  1882 and latest issue: 25 December  1897, with planned coverage to 1913.  Belize was previously known as British Honduras, usually classified as a  Caribbean country although located on the northeastern coast of Central America.
:* Dominica
:**''Dominica Chronicle'' (Details of this publication<ref name=June21>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/06/21/new-titles-21-june-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 21 June 2022. [https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/06/27/new-titles-27-june-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 27 June 2022. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/dominica-chronicle BNA page]. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 5, 1910,  latest issue: December 29, 1915 with planned coverage to 1917.
:**''Dominica Dial'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb15/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/dominica-dial BNA page]. Added Feb 5, 2021, with earliest issue: January 6, 1883 and latest issue: July 5, 1890.
:**''Dominica Guardian'' (Details of this publication<ref name=June21/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/dominica-guardian BNA page].  Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue July 1, 1893, latest issue: December 15, 1921.
:*Guyana previously British Guiana
:**''Official Gazette of British Guiana'' (Details of this publication<ref name=OGBG>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/10/24/new-titles-24-oct-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 24 October 2022. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/official-gazette-of-british-guiana BNA page]. Added Oct 18, 2022  with earliest issue: January 1, 1893, latest issue: December 27, 1919. British Guiana was considered to be part of the  British West Indies, although located on the  northern coast of South America.
:*Jamaica
:** ''Royal Gazette of Jamaica'' or other titles added c 20 March 2020 with coverage  1779-1781, 1793-1794, 1809, 1811-1819, 1824-1828, 1834-1836, 1838-1840, with Earliest issue: May 1, 1779 and Latest issue: March 28, 1840.
:::The same titles are also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, with [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/royal-gazette-of-jamaica  this link] providing details.
:::'''Update''' 9 August 2021. Now available as “Free to View Pages” on both Findmypast and the otherwise pay site British Newspaper Archive. Pages are searchable.  Details<ref name=BNA/>.
::*''Budget (Jamaica)'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/budget-jamaica BNA page] Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1877-1883, 1886-1888, with planned coverage 1877-1888.
::*''Colonial Standard'' (Jamaica) (Details of this publication<ref name=June21/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/colonial-standard BNA page]. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue April 5, 1858, latest issue: June 29, 1895 with planned coverage from 1812. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers from 1865, 1867, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1879.
::*''Morning Journal (Kingston)'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/morning-journal-kingston BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1838-1840, 1858, 1864-1875 with planned coverage 1838–75.
::*The American pay website NewspaperArchive.com includes the following titles
:::''De Cordovas Advertising Sheet'' 03 May 1858
:::''Jamaica Guardian'' 24 August 1868
:::''Kingston Gleaner'' 13 September 1834, with editions to 1950 and beyond, (see [https://newspaperarchive.com/browse/jm/king/kingston/kingston-gleaner details of issues available], (for ''Kingston Gleaner'' with links to other titles)).
:::''Kingston Sunday'' Gleaner 13 September 1834, with editions to 1950 and beyond.
::: Previously these titles were also available on Findmypast, but were withdrawn c 2 August 2021, as the licence was not renewed.
:*St. Kitts
:**''Saint Christopher Advertiser and Weekly Intelligencer'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/saint-christopher-advertiser-and-weekly-intelligencer BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1839-1840, 1855, 1869-1888, 1897-1909, with planned coverage 1839–1909.
:**''St. Christopher Gazette'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/st-christopher-gazette BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1771, 1837, 1839-1840, 1848, 1871-1888, 1908-1909, with planned coverage 1771, 1837–1909.
:** ''St. Kitts Daily Express'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/st-kitts-daily-express BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1884, 1886, with 1884–1915 planned. Added Jul 27, 2022 newspapers for 1906, 1909-1915.
:*St. Lucia
:**''Voice of St. Lucia''  (Details of this publication<ref name=June21/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/voice-of-st-lucia BNA page]. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 31, 1885 and latest issue: December 25, 1915 with planned coverage to 1927. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers for 1889. 1916 added Feb 22, 2024.
:*Trinidad and Tobago
:**''The Trinidad Chronicle'' (Brief details of this publication <ref>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/08/15/hot-off-the-press-new-titles-this-week-3/ "Hot Off the Press – New Titles This Week"] 15 August 2022. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.)  [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/trinidad-chronicle BNA page]. Added Aug 10-12, 2022 with earliest issue: November 11, 1864 and latest issue: September 30, 1885.
:**''Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago)'' (Details of this publication<ref name=June21/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/mirror-trinidad-tobago BNA page]. Added Jun 15, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 28, 1898, latest issue: December 31, 1915. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers for 1899-1900, 1912-1913, 1916.
:It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching.  To browse the Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/cardcatalog.aspx Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases] (located  as an option under the Search tab). Ancestry is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Note some of the databases are FamilySearch data, see above (where it is free data).
:Also included is the Ancestry database "Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800" (located in  BMD)  from a series of  six books (one of baptisms, two of marriages and three of wills) published 1979-1984 by Joanne McRee Sanders using data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives. The books ''Barbados Records Baptisms 1637-1800'' and ''Barbados Records  Marriages, 1643-1800, Volume 1'' which are part of this Ancestry database are available online (free), see below.
:Ancestry also includes the database [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1897/ "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"]. This is part of the Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish, section of  pay website Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to countries "abroad" [from England], compiled from from newspapers and various official sources. Search by name or individual country such as Jamaica. Includes filings under the Colonial Probates Act of 1892 (which recognized probates from courts in British possessions).
:Ancestry also includes databases from the books ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857'' by David  Dobson 1998 (there was subsequently a Volume 2 published in 2006, which appears '''not''' to be  included in the Ancestry database, which is located in "Immigration & Emigration") and ''The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707''  by David Dobson 1999 (located in "Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference"). See [[Scotland]] for some background about the Scottish diaspora.
*For further books  by David Dobson available online, see Historical books online below.
:Also see other book titles by David Dobson, not available online,  under "Other records", below.
*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk Kabristan Archives -Ireland -Ceylon -India Genealogy] Includes a Search, with a partial transcription of records. Search for free, then pay for a full record. Includes one database relating to Jamaica “Moravian Graveyards India and Jamaica 1755-1971” located under  India & Nepal. Moravian missionaries were the first large-scale Protestant missionary movement.
*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk Kabristan Archives -Ireland -Ceylon -India Genealogy] Includes a Search, with a partial transcription of records. Search for free, then pay for a full record. Includes one database relating to Jamaica “Moravian Graveyards India and Jamaica 1755-1971” located under  India & Nepal. Moravian missionaries were the first large-scale Protestant missionary movement.
 
*Online newspapers are available from free websites, pay websites and through library subscription websites and are mentioned below on this page. There are also many transcriptions from newspapers available.
*[http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/anom/fr Archives nationales d'outre-mer, ANOM] French  National Overseas Archives.  French language website. Previously there was an English language version available, but generally this does not now seem available for the entire website, although there is the English language webpage [http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/anom/en/Recherches/IREL.html Searches] which contains a link to the Digitised Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in addition to a  People and Families Name Database.  For the former, select, then click on the Caribbean area Caraïbes showing online records from Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Domingue, Saint-Martin, Sainte-Lucie. Then click on État civil for Civil records including Birth, Marriages and Deaths. If you can't see the record images, you may need to download the latest Java software. [http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/anom/en/Presentation/Empires-coloniaux-francais-02.html French Colonial Empires: Caribbean, Guyana] general description. English language page, also contains details of the Departmental Archives for Guadeloupe, Guyane, and Martinique.
:[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/ulysse/ Ulysse], ANOM's searchable database of images, including maps from the colonial period (in French).
:For more details about the ANOM website, and sources for French records generally, see [[French]].
*Danish West Indies,  Dansk Vestindien, (De vestindiske Øer, The West Indian Islands) consisting of the islands St. Thomas, St. Jan and St. Croix, (which were purchased by the USA in 1917, now named the Virgin Islands, the long standing English name). Britain had occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801–02 and 1807–15 during the Napoleonic Wars.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20201124213608/http://www5.kb.dk/en/nb/tema/dvi/index.html Danish West Indies] (English language page, now archived) with a link to [https://web.archive.org/web/20190828015237/http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/tema/dvi/aviser.html a page about digitised newspapers], mainly English language, now archived. Using the names of the relevant newspapers, [https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/list Search] for newspapers in the current website, in the section Mediestream.  Even the Danish titles appear to contain at least some English text. kb.dk. Det Kgl. Bibliotek (Royal Danish Library). The newspapers all seem to have been published at Christianssted/Christiansted.
*: For  category Maps (digitised, from the same website). From [http://www5.kb.dk/maps/kortsa/2012/jul/kortatlas/subject306/da Digitale samlinger] scroll down to Kort & Atlas/Saerudgivelser then scroll down to [http://www5.kb.dk/maps/kortsa/2012/jul/kortatlas/subject306/da/? Vestindien]. 
*Netherlands Antilles.
**Dutch language [https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/nieuws/op-zoek-naar-je-antilliaanse-roots/ article] from the website WieWasWie, a Dutch pay genealogical website. Using [https://translate.google.com Google Translate] gives "WieWasWie contains the civil status records of the six islands that were part of the former Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten. To search in all records of the Antillean civil status, under 'Advanced search', under 'Country', first select World, and then under 'Region' Netherlands Antilles."
**Search online newspapers and books on the free Dutch language website [https://www.delpher.nl Delpher], developed by the KB (National Library), "Ruim 130 miljoen pagina's uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften" ["More than 130 million pages from Dutch newspapers, books and magazines"]. [https://www.delpher.nl/over-delpher/wat-zit-er-in-delpher/wat-zit-er-in-delpher/kranten#cc362 Wat zit er in Delpher?] (Dutch language) advises there are newspapers “de Antillen, Amerika en Suriname”,  with a link to [https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten#krantenoverzicht Krantenoverzicht] which then links to a pdf, [https://www.kb.nl/kbhtml/delpher/documentatie/beschikbare_kranten_alfabetisch.pdf List of newspapers] (Dutch language).
**[https://archive.org/details/aruba?and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22 English language items from the Aruba Collection (Coleccion Aruba)],  the documentary heritage portal for the island nation of Aruba, in the Internet Archive, Archive.org. Some of the items relate to the West  Indies more generally.
==Other records==
==Other records==
*The [[Society of Genealogists]] holds some records relating to the West Indies. Search the catalogue to see what is currently available. The holding at November 2012 is set out in the archived webpage [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103071637/http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/westindies.shtml Overseas: West Indies]. Some of the sources are from ''Caribbeana'' - all of these volumes are available online, refer below. Also includes the book ''Tracing your West Indian ancestors: sources in the Public Record Office: PRO readers’ guide, no. 11'' [by Guy Grannum, 1995, subsequently republished as ''Tracing your Caribbean ancestors : a National Archives guide'' 2012]
*The [[Society of Genealogists]] holds some records relating to the West Indies. Search the catalogue to see what is currently available. The holding at November 2012 is set out in the archived webpage [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103071637/http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/westindies.shtml Overseas: West Indies]. Some of the sources are from ''Caribbeana'' - all of these volumes are available online, refer [[West Indies#Historical books online|below]]. Also includes the book ''Tracing your West Indian ancestors: sources in the Public Record Office: PRO readers’ guide, no. 11'' [by Guy Grannum, 1995, subsequently republished as ''Tracing your Caribbean ancestors : a National Archives guide'' 2012], now available online, see [[West Indies#Historical books online|below]].
*The [[British Library]] holds the book ''Lists from the San Fernando Gazette, Trinidad, West Indies,  1865-1896'' by Tian Uddenberg & Karen Vaucrosson 2002 UIN: BLL01012465957 . This book is also held by the FamilySearch Family History Library, where the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1045768 catalogue entry] says "This book is a compilation of births, deaths, and marriage announcements, as well as news items, Burgess lists, land rate delinquencies, entrepreneurial activities, and other lists", and perhaps may become digitally available in the future.  
*The [[British Library]] holds the book ''Lists from the San Fernando Gazette, Trinidad, West Indies,  1865-1896'' by Tian Uddenberg & Karen Vaucrosson 2002 UIN: BLL01012465957 . This book is also held by the FamilySearch Family History Library, where the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1045768 catalogue entry] says "This book is a compilation of births, deaths, and marriage announcements, as well as news items, Burgess lists, land rate delinquencies, entrepreneurial activities, and other lists", and perhaps may become digitally available in the future.  
:Note, at least some issues of this newspaper are now available online, see below.
*The [[British Library]] holds the book ''Monuments of the Cathedral-Church and Parish of St. Catharine: being part I. of Church Notes and Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica, in the year 1824'' by John Roby, published Montego-Bay, Jamaica : A. Holmes, 1831. UIN: BLL01003126950 . Also available at [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8791625 Yale University Library] where the book contains "Ms. notes and additions in text".
*The [[British Library]] holds the book ''Monuments of the Cathedral-Church and Parish of St. Catharine: being part I. of Church Notes and Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica, in the year 1824'' by John Roby, published Montego-Bay, Jamaica : A. Holmes, 1831. UIN: BLL01003126950 . Also available at [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8791625 Yale University Library] where the book contains "Ms. notes and additions in text".
:By the same author: ''The history of the parish of St. James, in Jamaica : with notes on the general history, genealogy, and monumental inscriptions of the island'' by John Roby. Published Kingston, Jamaica : Printed by R.J. De Cordova, 1849. Contains information to 1740.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/700/mode/1up Page 336] ''Caribbeana : being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies'' by Vere Langford Oliver Volume I, 1910 Archive.org</ref> Held by [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8786537 Yale University Library], bound in three parts, with "Ms. corrections of author in text". There are also references to  microfiche of this book published "Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2008. 2 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH19183)".  UMI [University Microfilms International]  is now part of [https://web.archive.org/web/20081001164511/http://www.proquest.com/brand/umi.shtml Proquest].
:By the same author: ''The history of the parish of St. James, in Jamaica : with notes on the general history, genealogy, and monumental inscriptions of the island'' by John Roby. Published Kingston, Jamaica : Printed by R.J. De Cordova, 1849. Contains information to 1740.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/700/mode/1up Page 336] ''Caribbeana : being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies'' by Vere Langford Oliver Volume I, 1910 Archive.org</ref> Held by [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8786537 Yale University Library], bound in three parts, with "Ms. corrections of author in text". There are also references to  microfiche of this book published "Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2008. 2 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH19183)".  UMI [University Microfilms International]  became part of [https://web.archive.org/web/20081001164511/http://www.proquest.com/brand/umi.shtml Proquest], but current situation is unclear.
*The British Library and Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries hold a number of Almanacs and Directories, in respect of different islands and time periods, some of which are also available online, see below. The titles at the BL  include:
**''The British Guiana Directory and Almanack'' for 1878, 1879, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1896. UIN: BLL01000945668
**''An Almanack for ... 1879, containing ... information respecting ... British Honduras'' UIN: BLL01001147477 . ''The British Honduras Almanac ... 1884'' UIN: BLL01001148106
**''Douglass & Aikman's Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica'' for 1791 and 1793 UIN: BLL01001149175 and UIN: BLL01001149176 . [http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph013355757 Oxford University catalogue entry for this title] for 1785, 1789, 1792, 1794, 1796 and 1820, 1832, 1839, 1840, 1842 (Books not available online).
**''Jamaica, ... De Souza's shipping, railway and general commercial handbook and business directory''. 1912-1916. Series ''De Souza's Commercial Handbook''.  BL UIN: BLL01000945952. Cambridge University holds the 1916 edition.
**''The St. Lucia Handbook, Directory and Almanac for ... 1900''  BL UIN: BLL01001152255 . The 1901 edition is available online, see below.
**''The “Mirror” Almanack and general commercial Directory'' [of Trinidad] for 1894, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1904-07, 1910, 1911. BL UIN: BLL01001151064 .
*Books by David Dobson, who is also the author of books available online, see above and below. [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/David_Dobson David Dobson] FamilySearch Wiki.
**''Scots in Jamaica 1655-1855'' published 2011. Available at the National Library of Scotland, [https://search.nls.uk/permalink/f/sbbkgr/44NLS_ALMA21481914980004341 catalogue entry]; also available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1948025 catalogue entry]. (Description<ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/scots-in-jamaica-1655-1855/ ''Scots in Jamaica 1655-1855'']  by David Dobson. genealogical.com</ref>).
*:''The People of Jamaica, 1655-1855''  published 2019. (Description<ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/the-people-of-jamaica-1655-1855/ ''The People of Jamaica, 1655-1855''] by David Dobson. genealogical.com</ref>). Generally does not include Scots, who are covered in the earlier book.
**''People of the Leeward Islands : 1620-1860'' published 2018. Available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3039614 catalogue entry]. (Description <ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/the-people-of-the-leeward-islands-1620-1860/  ''The People of the Leeward Islands, 1620-1860''] by David Dobson. genealogical.com.</ref>)
**''The People of the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curacao 1620-1860'' published 2019. [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_People_of_the_Windward_Islands_Trini.html?id=D3hUwwEACAAJ Google Books description]. Available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3303026 catalogue entry]. Stated to be a reprint of a 2010 book.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210402055440/https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/researching-family-roots-the-caribbean-this-book-might-help/ZpklSWS4Q02ChvY7GFcRDP/ "Researching family roots in the Caribbean? This book might help"] by Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. ajc.com.</ref> (Description<ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/the-people-of-the-windward-islands-trinidad-and-tobago-and-curacao-1620-1860/ ''The People of the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curacao, 1620-1860''] by David Dobson. genealogical.com</ref>)
**''The People of Barbados, 1625-1875'' published 2020. (Description<ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/the-people-of-barbados-1625-1875/ ''The People of Barbados, 1625-1875''] by David Dobson. genealogical.com</ref>) The Scots are covered in his earlier book, available online, refer above.
*[https://www.natt.gov.tt/sites/default/files/images/General-Registers-of-Indian-Indentured-Labourers.pdf Indian Indentureship Collection.  List of the General Registers of Indian Indentured Labourers 1845-1917] National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago.
 
==Also see==
==Also see==
*[[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#Caribbean publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories : Caribbean publications]].   
*[[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#Caribbean publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories : Caribbean publications]].   
:Information about  the database Caribbean Newspapers 1718 - 1876, part of Readex World Newspapers Archive, and a database containing ''Blue Book''s from many Caribbean countries.
:Information about  the database Caribbean Newspapers 1718 - 1876, part of Readex World Newspapers Archive, and a database containing ''Blue Book''s from many Caribbean countries. ''The Creole Almanack for Trinidad and Tobago'' for the four years 1891-1894 is also available.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/index.htm Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library] jamaicanfamilysearch.com
*[http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/index.htm Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library] jamaicanfamilysearch.com
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~jamwgw/index.htm  Genealogy of Jamaica]  (a Rootsweb page). Includes
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~jamwgw/index.htm  Genealogy of Jamaica]  (a Rootsweb page). Includes
**[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~jamwgw/stepport.htm "Jamaica Records"] by Stephen D. Porter. A genealogical talk on the Records of Jamaica held at the Society of Genealogists, London, on Saturday, 21 June 1997.
**[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~jamwgw/stepport.htm "Jamaica Records"] by Stephen D. Porter. A genealogical talk on the Records of Jamaica held at the Society of Genealogists, London, on Saturday, 21 June 1997.
*[http://jamaicaphilately.info/jamaicabluebooks Extracts from Jamaica Blue Books relating to the Post Office] jamaicaphilately.info .
*[http://www.caribbeanfamilyhistory.org Caribbean Family History]. Barbados. Includes transcribed burial records for Barbados.
*[http://www.caribbeanfamilyhistory.org Caribbean Family History]. Barbados. Includes transcribed burial records for Barbados.
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Caribbean  Caribbean] FamilySearch (LDS)  Wiki. Includes  links to the pages for  Barbados and Jamaica.
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Caribbean  Caribbean] FamilySearch (LDS)  Wiki. Includes  links to the pages for  Barbados and Jamaica.
:[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups, also called Family Search Community] FamilySearch Wiki. Includes links to 'closed' Facebook groups (where you must be accepted by an Administrator) for the Caribbean and Jamaica. Note, to  sign up to these groups you must be a Facebook member, and  then may need to be signed in to FamilySearch, and then  may need to agree to conditions set by FamilySearch Community, including access to your data.
:[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups], also called Family Search Community. FamilySearch Wiki. Includes links to 'closed' Facebook groups (where you must be accepted by an Administrator) for the Caribbean and Jamaica. Note, to  sign up to these groups you must be a Facebook member, and  then may need to be signed in to FamilySearch, and then  may need to agree to conditions set by FamilySearch Community, including access to your data.
:[http://londonfamilyhistory.org/useful-web-links/ Really Useful Weblinks] from London FamilySearch Centre website includes a category Caribbean.
:Scroll to article (5th page) [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Europe/BritishIsles.pdf "Seventeenth Century Immigration to North America from Great Britain and Ireland"] written by what is now Family Search 1976. lib.byu.edu. Includes the West Indies. Note, due to the date of this article, some sources may now be available online.
*[https://grannum.wordpress.com/caribbean-family-history/ Caribbean family history: An introduction to tracing your Caribbean ancestors]. ''Caribbean Roots'' website. Includes information about Civil Registration, and addresses of Registry Offices. For example, births were registered from 1890 in Barbados, and 1880 in Jamaica.
*[https://grannum.wordpress.com/caribbean-family-history/ Caribbean family history: An introduction to tracing your Caribbean ancestors]. ''Caribbean Roots'' website. Includes information about Civil Registration, and addresses of Registry Offices. For example, births were registered from 1890 in Barbados, and 1880 in Jamaica. Also see the online book below ''Tracing your Caribbean Ancestors : a National Archives Guide''.
*[https://www.caribbeangenweb.org/index.php/en/ CaribbeanGenWeb]. This site is part of the WorldGenWeb Project and is the regional resource page for research in the Caribbean.  
*[https://www.caribbeangenweb.org/index.php/en/ CaribbeanGenWeb]. This site is part of the WorldGenWeb Project and is the regional resource page for research in the Caribbean. This site may now have ceased, if so, possibly some information may be obtained from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210511202031/http://www.caribbeangenweb.org/index.php/en/ archived website, as at 2021/05/11].
*[https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.caribbean/mb.ashx Rootsweb Message Boards: Carribean]. Part of Ancestry. Search the Archives.
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/index.htm TriniGenWeb] for Trinidad. Is/was part of CaribbeanGenWeb, although a different website. The website appears not to have been updated for some years, but some information is still useful. sites.rootsweb.com.
:[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/ All Rootsweb Mailing Lists] includes Barbados, Jamaica etc. Search the Archives.
:[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~guppyross/genealogy/trinidadhome.html Trinidad Collection] freepages.rootsweb.com
*[https://www.vc.id.au/tb/ British Guiana Colonists]  an index to an on-going database of 18th and 19th century residents of the colonies of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequebo, of over  15900 individuals. Generally considered part of the British West Indies, although geographically located on the northern coast of South America. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Guiana British Guiana] Wikipedia
**[https://vc.id.au/edg/ Guyana Colonial Newspapers] Transcripts of early 19th century newspapers from the colonies that made up present day Guyana from microfilm from  National Archive of the Netherlands.
:[https://www.gbggs.org/ The Guyana/ British Guiana Genealogical Society] includes [https://www.gbggs.org/Research/Transcriptions/ Transcriptions].
:(An older version of the website, but with a different but current URL is [https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyggbs/MainTranscriptionpage.htm The Guyana/ British Guiana Genealogical Society: Transcriptions]  Then click on "Vital Records (Births, Engagements, Marriages, Deaths)". sites.rootsweb.com.)
:The transcriptions by Inge R Veecock and Thomas Kidman are also listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3A%22British+Guiana%22&page=1&topic0=Birth%2C+Marriage+and+Death FamilySearch catalogue] as available as two books and one CD-ROM respectively.
*Bermuda is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean, but  as  a British Overseas Territory is generally grouped as part of the British West Indies. There were both British Army and Royal Navy bases, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Garrison Bermuda Garrison] Wikipedia. Bermuda  was one of four British colonies in the world  located in strategic positions  designated an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_fortress  Imperial fortress] Wikipedia, so was an important base for the Royal Navy.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20200511164813/http://www.bermuda-online.org/britishmilitarygravesbda.htm British Military Graves in Bermuda] bermuda-online.org, archived. There is mention of the book ''Bermuda memorial inscriptions'' by H.R. & R.C. Tulloch 2011 which is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015905917 .
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20200516044837/http://www.bermuda-online.org/britarmy.htm British Army units posted to Bermuda from 1701 to 1977] bermuda-online.org, archived
:[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/history.html The Army Children Archive (TACA): History Matters]. Scroll down to two items "TACA Correspondence: British Army Birth, Marriage And Burial Records In Bermuda" and "The Historical Relationship Between The British Army, Bermuda And Bermudians". A book mentioned as a good source of records ''19th century church registers of Bermuda'' by A. C. Hollis Hallett is available, 1st edition 1997, at the British Library BLL01008587870. There was a later updated edition 2005, available online, see below.
:Boer Prisoners of War. [https://www.wmbr.org.za/view.asp?pg=research&pgsub=prison&pgsub1=2&head1=Prisoners%20of%20War Prisoners of War: POW Camps Overseas] from Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa. [https://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-POW-Bermuda/14299 Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Bermuda] geni.com. [https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=704925 Bermuda, Long Island, Boer Cemetery, Monument] Photographs. graves-at-eggsa.org.
:[https://nmb.bm/discover-learn/genealogy/ Explore Genealogy Research]  with a Genealogy database.  National Museum of Bermuda. "Become a member to get full access to all downloadable documents". 
:[http://www.bnl.bm/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2021/02/Genealogy-Resources-February-2021.pdf Bermuda Genealogy Resources] Bermuda National Library.
*[https://www.openarch.nl/indexen/ openarchives] "search the genealogical data of Dutch and Belgian archives". Includes Slave registers from Curaçao and Suriname together with other records. openarch.nl . Website in English.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.caribbean/mb.ashx Rootsweb Message Boards: Carribean]. Part of Ancestry. Search the Archives. It is still possible to post a Message Board query, but prior registration is required.
:[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/ Search the Rootsweb Mailing Lists Archives] for a specific List and then search, or Search All Rootsweb Mailing Lists including Barbados, Jamaica etc. The Mailing Lists  closed March 2020,  but  the Archives remain searchable.
*[https://memorials.rmg.co.uk Maritime Memorials] in respect of ships’ crews’ deaths, both Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, from all around the world. Includes transcriptions of UK memorials for deaths "overseas".  Search  for entries  using terms such as Barbados, Jamaica, etc, a small number  are classified  West Indies, or Caribbean, or search by name.  An associated National Maritime Museum, UK website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915122721/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/index.php?cat=1  Trace and tell your family’s Empire stories] with links to pages "Government Records of Britons in …" including
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915122721/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/index.php?cat=1  Trace and tell your family’s Empire stories] with links to pages "Government Records of Britons in …" including
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001659/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=22 Government Records of Britons in Dominica]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001659/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=22 Government Records of Britons in Dominica]
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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001804/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=77 Government Records of Britons in Trinidad]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001804/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=77 Government Records of Britons in Trinidad]
:These pages  c 2008  are from the archived website “Empire’s Children”, a website connected with the 2007 Channel 4 television series of the same name. Note, some of the information may now be outdated. Many of the internal links have not been archived.
:These pages  c 2008  are from the archived website “Empire’s Children”, a website connected with the 2007 Channel 4 television series of the same name. Note, some of the information may now be outdated. Many of the internal links have not been archived.
:There is a "Resources" chapter in the book ''Empire’s Children: Trace Your Family History Across the World'' by Anton Gill 2007, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01013623894 . This book accompanied  the television series ''Empire's Children''.
:There is a [https://archive.org/details/empireschildrent0000gill/page/270/mode/2up "Resources"] chapter in the book ''Empire’s Children: Trace Your Family History Across the World'' by Anton Gill 2007, (Archive.org Books to Borrow), which consists mainly of a bibliography and does not include records.   This book accompanied  the television series ''Empire's Children''.  
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/dloc1?n=dloc  dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean] includes  
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/dloc1?n=dloc  dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean] includes  
**[https://dloc.com/cndl Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library]. [https://dloc.com/title-sets Explore Title Sets] Search for newspaper titles.
**[http://dloc.com/mapcar  Caribbean Map Collection]
**[http://dloc.com/mapcar  Caribbean Map Collection]
:from  [http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu  University of Florida Digital Collections]
:from  [http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu  University of Florida Digital Collections]
*[https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection].  Mostly online photographs, but also contains the Collection "Online Government Documents", see Historical books online, below.
*[https://newspaperarchive.com NewspaperArchive], a pay website, includes [https://newspaperarchive.com/jm/ Jamaican Newspaper Archives (1834-2020)], including  ''The Gleaner'' from 1834, ''The Weekly Gleaner'' from 1885, and ''The Jamaican Guardian'' from 1868, all published in Kingston, and [https://newspaperarchive.com/bs/ Bahamas Newspaper Archives (1849-1961)] consisting of ''The Nassau Guardian ''. Subscriptions from monthly.
:[https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com ''The Jamaica Gleaner''], from 1834, a pay website,  provided by NewspaperArchive. One day pass available.
*[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/ West Indian History, Heritage and Culture] The West India Committee, a UK registered charity, with an office in London, including a Library and Archive. Includes some digitised books in the website  "[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ Archive"].
**[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/topics/the-west-indian-soldier/ The West Indian Soldier]
**[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/topics/caribbeansgreatwar/ The Caribbean’s Great War]
*[https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection].  Mostly online photographs. Previously contained the Collection "Online Government Documents", but this no longer appears to be available on this website.
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/carviews/index.html Caribbean Views] British Library Online Gallery.
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/carviews/index.html Caribbean Views] British Library Online Gallery.
*[http://caribbeanrollofhonour-ww1-ww2.yolasite.com Caribbean Roll of Honour 1914-1918 1939-1945] . A page within includes a link now not active, but available as an archived page [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025202527/http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/carib_web/gall_wwi_05.htm Caribbean Online - Routes to Roots.  Gallery - World War One and the British West Indies Regiment, Lists of honours and awards] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025030912/http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk:80/carib_web/wwi.htm World War One and the British West Indies Regiment] now archived. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk
*[http://caribbeanrollofhonour-ww1-ww2.yolasite.com Caribbean Roll of Honour 1914-1918 1939-1945] . A page within includes a link now not active, but available as an archived page [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025202527/http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/carib_web/gall_wwi_05.htm Caribbean Online - Routes to Roots.  Gallery - World War One and the British West Indies Regiment, Lists of honours and awards] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025030912/http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk:80/carib_web/wwi.htm World War One and the British West Indies Regiment] now archived. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk. Data from this website is possibly now on the pay website Findmypast, refer above.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180803212114/http://books.ai/ "Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography: Caribbean Books and Pamphlets. 11th Edition"] by Don Mitchell CBE QC. books.ai, now archived.
*[https://www.johngrenham.com/records/irishabroad_full.php?country=West%20Indies#emigration Bibliography: The Irish in West Indies] ''Irish Ancestors''. This site allows "five free page-views".
*[https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/140-5-Behrendt.pdf "The Captains in the British Slave Trade from 1785 to 1807"] by Stephen D. Behrendt  ''Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire'' Volume 140 (1990), pages 79-140. hslc.org.uk
*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/caribbean-slave-registers Caribbean Slave Registers]  by Pooran Bridgelal, part of RootsTech Connect 2021.  A video presentation. [https://familysearch.brightspotcdn.com/93/72/e6f6555342b68f2384c2ef7fccd8/pooran-bridgelal-caribbean-slave-registers-handout-rootstech-2021.pdf Handout] familysearch.org. Also on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sb1PIFry-c  YouTube video].
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0jEzW2ETQ Caribbean Genealogy Part 3 - Jamaican Slave Register and Slave Owner "Reparations"] by TerrenceDixon. YouTube video.
 
===Maps===
===Maps===
*''A new and exact map of the island of St. Christopher in America''  by Samuel Baker 1753. Now known as Saint Kitts. [https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5042s.ar198500/ Library of Congress version], [http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000245722 Biblioteca Digital Hispánica version] Biblioteca Nacional de España. The map may be slow to open in the latter version.
*[https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-2r36v097z A New map of Jamaica : exhibiting the boundaries of each parish and the different post roads throughout the island… 1800] maps.princeton.edu
*[http://maps.nls.uk/jamaica/index.html Maps of Jamaica by James Robertson, 1804] National Library of Scotland.
*[http://maps.nls.uk/jamaica/index.html Maps of Jamaica by James Robertson, 1804] National Library of Scotland.
 
*[https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/search/?type=edismax&cp=collection%3Acaribbean_maps Caribbean Maps] Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. Map titles mainly in Dutch, although there are some English, French and German titles. Website in English.
*[https://bibliotecavirtual.defensa.gob.es/BVMDefensa/en/inicio/inicio.do Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa] Digital Library of the Ministry of Defence, Spain (English version is available for some webpages) includes some early maps of the West Indies, including some English Maps including
**[https://bibliotecavirtual.defensa.gob.es/BVMDefensa/en/consulta/registro.do?id=83914 ''The West Indian Atlas or a general description of the West Indies : Taken from actual surveys and observations. 1775'']. From the catalogue description, appears to be a selection of the maps from the Atlas. Mirror version of the digital images is also available [https://archive.org/details/BVMDDEFENSA-DIG-83914/mode/2up Archive.org] from the Biblioteca Nacional Aruba collection, part of
*[https://archive.org/details/bnamaps BNA Map Collection] Archive.org
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/dloc1?n=dloc  dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean] includes
**[https://dloc.com/cndl Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library]. [https://dloc.com/title-sets Explore Title Sets] Search for newspaper titles. [https://dloc.com/title-sets?title=Gazette Titles including Gazette] Includes Government and official Gazettes. Mainly online editions appear to date from the 1950s, although there are some earlier ones, such as
***[https://dloc.com/title-sets/AA00047511 ''Barbados Mercury, and Bridge-town Gazette''] 1783 to 1848.
***[https://dloc.com/title-sets/AA00071028 ''Barbadian''] 1822-1832, and 1855.
***[https://dloc.com/title-sets/UF00094730 ''Port of Spain Gazette''] Trinidad.  1825 to 1920s.
***[https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00079373 ''San Fernando Gazette''] Trinidad  1850 to 1896.
*[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ West Indian History, Heritage and Culture: Archive] the West India Committee’s online portal includes  books in pdf format.
*[https://archive.org/details/aruba?and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22 English language items from the Aruba Collection (Coleccion Aruba)],  the documentary heritage portal for the island nation of Aruba, in the Internet Archive, Archive.org. Some of the items relate to the West  Indies more generally.
*''Calendar of State Papers, Colonial series. America and West Indies. Preserved by the Public Record Office'' [United Kingdom]. Most Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa16offigoog ''1574-1660'']  1860, [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol5 Volume 5, ''1661-1668''] 1880 and  [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol7 Volume 7, ''1669-1674''] 1889, both transcribed editions BHO, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa19offigoog ''1675-1676 and Addenda 1574-1674''] 1893 all edited by W Noel Sainsbury; [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa08offigoog ''1677-1680''] edited by W Noel Sainsbury and WJ Fortescue 1896: [https://archive.org/details/calendarofstatep168185grea/page/n3/mode/2up ''1681-1685'']  reprint edition, first published 1898,[https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa18offigoog ''1685-1688'']  1899, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa14offigoog ''1689-1692''] 1901, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa00fortgoog ''January 1693-14 May 1696'']  1908, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087794685 ''15 May 1696- 31 October 1697''] 1904, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa13offigoog ''27 October 1697-31 December 1698''] 1905, the latter all edited by W J Fortescue;
:[https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa15offigoog ''1699 and Addenda 1621-1698'']  1908, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786319 ''1700'']  1910, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786327 ''1701''] 1910, [https://archive.org/details/calendarofstatep20grea/page/n5/mode/2up  ''Jan.-Dec.1. 1702'']  1912, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786350 ''Dec. 1. 1702-1703''] 1913, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786350 ''1704-1705''] 1916, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786368 ''1706-1708, June''] 1916,[https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786376 ''June, 1708-1709''] 1922, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786384 ''1710-June 1711'']  1924, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786392  ''July 1711-June 1712'']  1925, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786400  ''July 1712-July 1714'']  1926, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786418 ''August 1714-December 1715''] 1928. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786426  ''Jan. 1716-July 1717'']  1930, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786434 ''August 1717-Dec.1718'']  1930, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786442 ''January 1719 to February 1720'']  1933, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924081183513 ''March 1720-December 1721'']  1933, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924081183505 ''1722-1723'']  1934, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924081183539 ''1724-1725'']  1936, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786459 ''1726-1727'']  1936, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786467 ''1728-1729''] 1937, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786475 ''1730'']  1937, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786483 ''1731'']  1938, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786491 ''1732''] 1939, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786509 ''1733'']  1939, the latter all edited by Cecil Headlam;
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786517 ''1734-1735, Vol. XLI''] 1953, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786525 ''1735-1736, Vol. XLII''] 1953; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786533 ''1737, Vol. XLIII''] 1963, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087786541 ''1738, Vol. XLIV'']  1969, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924072879368 ''1739, Vol.XLV'']  1994, the last three edited by K G Davies.
:[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/cal-state-papers--colonial--america-west-indies All  editions, transcribed]  BHO, British History online. Searchable.
:[https://archive.org/details/journalofcommiss00grea/page/n3/mode/2up ''Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations  from April 1704 to February 1708-9''] [Volume 1] 1920 Archive.org. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/jrnl-trade-plantations 14 transcribed editions 1704-1782] BHO, British History online. Searchable
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924021197011 ''Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date'']  by J H Lawrence-Archer [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924021197011#page/n449/mode/2up Index]. 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924021197011 ''Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date'']  by J H Lawrence-Archer [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924021197011#page/n449/mode/2up Index]. 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sketchpedigreeso00livi/page/n3 ''Sketch pedigrees of some of the early settlers in Jamaica : compiled from the records of the Court of Chancery of the island with a list of the inhabitants in 1670 and other matter relative to the early history of the same''] by Noel B Livingston 1909. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sketchpedigreeso00livi/page/n3 ''Sketch pedigrees of some of the early settlers in Jamaica : compiled from the records of the Court of Chancery of the island with a list of the inhabitants in 1670 and other matter relative to the early history of the same''] by Noel B Livingston 1909. Archive.org
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:[https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/n3 Vol. I] 1910, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/n15 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv2oliv/page/n4 Vol. II] 1912, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv2oliv/page/n11 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingm03oliv/page/n3 Vol. III] 1914, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingm03oliv/page/n13 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeing00oliv/page/n3 Supplement to Vol.IV ''The Registers of St Thomas, Middle Island, St. Kitts''] 1915; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv5oliv/page/n4 Vol. V] 1919, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv5oliv/page/n15 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv6oliv/page/n9  Vol. VI] Commences page 41, no Contents or Index.  All Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/n3 Vol. I] 1910, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/n15 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv2oliv/page/n4 Vol. II] 1912, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv2oliv/page/n11 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingm03oliv/page/n3 Vol. III] 1914, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingm03oliv/page/n13 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeing00oliv/page/n3 Supplement to Vol.IV ''The Registers of St Thomas, Middle Island, St. Kitts''] 1915; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv5oliv/page/n4 Vol. V] 1919, [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv5oliv/page/n15 Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv6oliv/page/n9  Vol. VI] Commences page 41, no Contents or Index.  All Archive.org.
:All  seven volumes of ''Caribbeana'' are available online at The University of Florida Digital Collections including [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075409/00004/ Volume IV], [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075409/00004/33j Contents]; and [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075409/00007 Volume VI], no Contents or Index.  All volumes may be accessed from the two given volume links by clicking on  "All Volumes".  Print may be darker in these volumes compared with the editions on Archive.org, and therefore easier to read.
:All  seven volumes of ''Caribbeana'' are available online at The University of Florida Digital Collections including [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075409/00004/ Volume IV], [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075409/00004/33j Contents]; and [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075409/00007 Volume VI], no Contents or Index.  All volumes may be accessed from the two given volume links by clicking on  "All Volumes".  Print may be darker in these volumes compared with the editions on Archive.org, and therefore easier to read.
*[https://archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00olivrich ''The Monumental Inscriptions in the churches and churchyards of the island of Barbados, British West Indies''] edited by Vere Langford Oliver  1915 Archive.org
*''The History of the Island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time'' by Vere Langford Oliver, published 1894-1899. [https://archive.org/details/historyofislando01oliv/page/n10 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyofislando02oliv/page/n8 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/historyofislando03oliv/page/n10 Volume III] Archive.org. Includes family pedigrees.
:[https://archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00olivrich ''The Monumental Inscriptions in the churches and churchyards of the island of Barbados, British West Indies''] edited by Vere Langford Oliver  1915 Archive.org
:[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/656462 ''More monumental inscriptions : tombstones of the British West Indies''] by  Vere Langford Oliver.  Reprint of ''The Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies'', collected and edited by V. L. Oliver, 1927.  Catalogue entry with link to a FamilySearch Digital Book to read online or download. You need to be registered and sign in first, see [[Family Search]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/327348-more-monumental-inscriptions-tombstones-of-the-british-west-indies  Direct link].  Catalogue entry says "Inscriptions copied from cemeteries on the West Indian islands of Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Trinidad; on the Bahamas; and in the former Dutch colony of Demerara, now a county of Guyana". With an Index of Names at the back of the book.
:[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/656462 ''More monumental inscriptions : tombstones of the British West Indies''] by  Vere Langford Oliver.  Reprint of ''The Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies'', collected and edited by V. L. Oliver, 1927.  Catalogue entry with link to a FamilySearch Digital Book to read online or download. You need to be registered and sign in first, see [[Family Search]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/327348-more-monumental-inscriptions-tombstones-of-the-british-west-indies  Direct link].  Catalogue entry says "Inscriptions copied from cemeteries on the West Indian islands of Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Trinidad; on the Bahamas; and in the former Dutch colony of Demerara, now a county of Guyana". With an Index of Names at the back of the book.
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924096785278#page/n427/mode/2up "Barbadoes Parish Registers 1678-1679"],  page 419 ''The original lists of persons of quality 
emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels : serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700. With their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. From mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England''.  
Edited by John Camden Hotten.  1874 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924096785278#page/n427/mode/2up "Barbadoes Parish Registers 1678-1679"],  page 419 ''The original lists of persons of quality 
emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels : serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700. With their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. From mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England''.  
Edited by John Camden Hotten.  1874 Archive.org
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/225619 ''Monumental inscriptions of Jamaica''] compiled by Philip Wright 1966 FamilySearch Digital Library. Catalogue entry with link to a FamilySearch Digital Book to read online or download. You need to be registered and sign in first, see [[Family Search]].  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/225619 ''Monumental inscriptions of Jamaica''] compiled by Philip Wright 1966 FamilySearch Digital Library. Catalogue entry with link to a FamilySearch Digital Book to read online or download. You need to be registered and sign in first, see [[Family Search]].  
*[https://archive.org/details/genealogiesofbar00bran ''Genealogies of Barbados families : from Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society''] by James C Brandow. 1983. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/genealogiesofbar00bran ''Genealogies of Barbados families : from Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society''] by James C Brandow. 1983. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/barbadosrecords00sand/page/n5/mode/2up ''Barbados Records Baptisms 1637-1800''] compiled and edited by Joanne McRee Sanders 1984. Archive.org.  Data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives.
:[https://archive.org/details/barbadosrecordsm0001sand/page/n1/mode/2up ''Barbados Records  Marriages 1643-1800, Volume 1''] compiled and edited by Joanne McRee Sanders 2011 reprint, first published 1982. Consists of four parishes from the island (St. Michael, Christ Church, St. James and St. John), while Volume 2 contains five more parishes. (Two further parishes did not have data for the date range). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives.
*[https://archive.org/details/bermudaindex178402holl/page/n3/mode/2up ''Bermuda Index, 1784-1914. An Index of Births, Marriages, Deaths, as Recorded in Bermuda Newspapers  Volume 2, L-Z''] by C F E Hollis Hallett (Clara Frances Edith)  1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
: Volume 1, A-K does not appear to be available online, but is available at the British Library    UIN: BLL01006015682 and UIN: BLL01007907204 . The British Library  has additional titles by both this author and  her husband A C Hollis Hallett.
:[https://archive.org/details/earlybermudawill00holl/page/n5/mode/2up ''Early Bermuda wills, 1629-1835 : summarized and indexed, a genealogical reference book''] by  C. F. E. Hollis Hallett 1993. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/earlybermudareco00holl/page/n3/mode/2up ''Early Bermuda Records, 1619-1826 A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with Some Assessment Lists and Petitions''] by A C Hollis Hallett (Archibald Cameron) 1991. Incorrectly catalogued with his wife as author. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20220410002616/https://bermudaconstructionsafetycouncil.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/19th-century-church-registers-of-bermuda.pdf  ''19th Century Church Registers of Bermuda'']  by A C Hollis Hallett Second Edition 2005, first published 1996. Archive.org
*Books  by David Dobson
**Sample pages  ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857'' by David  Dobson [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=W2ilmBSkHY8C&pg=PP3 ''Volume 1'', 1998], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=afQEiAK8XD4C&pg=PP9 ''Volume 2'', 2006] Google Books.
**[https://archive.org/details/barbadosscotland00dobs/mode/2up ''Barbados and Scotland links, 1627 – 1877''] by David Dobson 2005. Archive.org. Includes records  for baptism, marriage and death in Barbados for those from Scotland.
**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscots00dobs_0/page/n5/mode/2up ''Directory of Scots banished to the American plantations, 1650-1775''] by David Dobson 1983 Archive.org.
**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/originalscotscol00dobs/mode/2up ''The original Scots colonists of early America, 1612-1783''] by David Dobson 1989 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott04dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Directory of Scottish settlers in North America, 1625-1825, Volume IV''] by David Dobson 1985. Possibly the other volumes in this title may similarly also contain references.  [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott01dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume I''] 1985; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott02dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. II''] 1984;[https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott03dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. III''] 1984; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott05dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. V''] 1985; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott06dobs/page/n3/mode/2up ''Vol. VI''] 1986; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott07dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. VII''] 1993. All Archive.org.
*:These seven volumes are available as a database on Ancestry (pay website), searchable with images, as "U.S., Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825", located in "Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal", introduced 2021/08/05.
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00001365/00001  ''The Jews of Jamaica: Tombstone Inscriptions, 1663-1880''] Richard D. Barnett and Philip Wright c 1997. Digital Library of the Caribbean.
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00001365/00001  ''The Jews of Jamaica: Tombstone Inscriptions, 1663-1880''] Richard D. Barnett and Philip Wright c 1997. Digital Library of the Caribbean.
*[https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/browse?collection=15&page=1&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle Collection: Jamaica Government Documents]  from National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection. Read online or download. Includes
:[https://archive.org/details/the-jews-of-eighteenth-century-jamaica-a-testamentary-history-of-a-diaspora-in-transition/mode/2up ''The Jews Of Eighteenth Century Jamaica. A Testamentary History Of A Diaspora In Transition''] by Stanley Mirvis 2020. Archive.org
**''Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica'' (or similar title) for 1779, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785.
*[https://archive.org/details/naturalizationso24grea/page/n27/mode/2up Pages 1-6] ''Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies : (pursuant to statute 13 George II. c. 7)'' being Volume 24, ''The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London'' edited by M S Giuseppi 1921 Archive.org. These records relate to Jamaica 1740-1751 and most relate to Jewish persons.  
** ''Blue Book. Island of Jamaica'' for years 1852, 1853, 1866 to 1906-1907 (broken range). "Contains statistical information about the island of Jamaica". As an example of the contents,
*[https://archive.org/details/medicalregisterf1783lond/page/168/mode/2up "West Indies"] pages 169-172 ''The Medical Register for the year 1783''. Archive.org.
***for the year [https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/3555  1906-1907], the Contents page is digital page 2. Each section is allocated a letter, and is separately numbered. The Civil Establishment (civil service employees) is section N and commences digital page 135 - note many of the following pages needed to be read two pages side by side (but it does not seem possible to select a two page option). Information includes  employment title, date appointed and salary. There is also a following section "Officers who have given Security", section O digital page 201, and Pensions, section P digital page 232 (again, most/all pages for these two sections need to be read side by side). Total digital pages 582.
*[https://archive.org/details/b24850135/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Barbados Handbook''] by E Goulburn Sinckler 1912 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/hndbk-barbados-1913/page/n9/mode/2up ''1913 2nd edition, New and Revised''] Archive.org
*''The Colonial Office List for ...'' Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archive.org.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043612900.0x000001 ''The New Jamaica Almanack, and Register... for 1791''] British Library Digital. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zfusT42AtLkC&pg=PP13 Google Books mirror edition].
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 1862: First publication]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1dcNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1867], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CtgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1877]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002214374g?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 1878]; [http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/555073632.pdf 1879] pdf from Oxford University Library, may be slow to open, [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Colonial_Office_List.html?id=T9UNAAAAQAAJ 1879 Google Books edition] should become freely available 2020; [https://archive.org/details/colonialofficel00offigoog/page/n14 1881]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89090339342?urlappend=%3Bseq=21 1889]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_001/page/18 1901]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_002/page/24 1902]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_003/page/23 1903]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_004/page/49 1904]; HathiTrust Digital Library  editions to 1922  viewable in restricted areas such as North America: [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005698734 A] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009992447 B]
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sud-hLkK2eQC&pg=PP7 ''1801''] Google Books.  [https://archive.org/details/newjamaicaalmana00king/page/n7/mode/2up ''The New Jamaica Almanack, and Register…for the year of our Lord  1801, 2nd edition''] including [https://archive.org/details/newjamaicaalmana00king/page/96/mode/2up "Jamaica"] page 96 and [https://archive.org/details/newjamaicaalmana00king/page/106/mode/2up "Jamaica Lists"] page 106 Archive.org.
: In addition, ''Colonial Office List, 1863'' and ''Colonial Office List, 1870'' are available in the [[findmypast]] (pay website) dataset [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-directories-and-almanacs "Britain, Directories & Almanacs"] located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.
:[https://archive.org/details/b28751590 ''The New Jamaica Almanac, and Register for 1802''] Archive.org.
:FamilySearch has a [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/415801 catalogue entry] for a series of microfiches of the ''Colonial Office List'', (produced by Chadwyck-Healey, 1987), currently (2019/06)  available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, with however the potential to be digitised in the next few years, and perhaps be more widely available, or at least searchable. The same microfiche series may also be available at some other libraries, or to a very limited extent at some other FamilySearch Centres.
:[https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591  ''The Royal Register and Jamaica Almanac, for the year 1810''] including [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n149/mode/2up "Jamaica"] page 134 and [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n153/mode/2up "Jamaica Lists"] page 136. Archive.org
:''Colonial Office List'' (to 1925) and the later title ''The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List'' are available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01002841625 and UIN: BLL01007173533
:[https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcscd.00411437553/?sp=9 ''Jamaica Almanac for the year 1846''] Ninth year of publication. Compiled by William Cathcart. Library of Congress loc.gov. [https://archive.org/details/jamaica-almanack-1846/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%22Handbook+of+Jamaica%22&sort=date ''The Handbook of Jamaica'' at Archive.org]  broken range of editions from 1881 to 1949, (not published 1940-45). Archive.org. One of the  editions catalogued 1908 is in fact 1903.
: Other sources: 1791, 1795 and  1798 editions are available on the library subscription website "Eighteenth century collections online". 1825 edition is believed to be on the Gale library subscription database "The Making of the Modern World". See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]].
*''The Grenada Handbook, Directory and Almanac''. [https://archive.org/details/grenadahandbook00unkngoog/page/n5/mode/2up 1897] compiled by Edward Drayton, Colonial Secretary. 1897. Second Year of Issue. [https://archive.org/details/grenadahandbook01unkngoog 1902] compiled by The Colonial Secretary. Seventh year of issue. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/st-lucia-handbook/page/n21/mode/2up ''The St. Lucia Handbook, Directory, and Almanac for the year…1901''] compiled by Everard G Garraway 1901 Archive.org.
*[https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000050/00001 ''The Trinidad almanac and public register, for the year of our Lord, 1827''], [https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000050/00001/9j Index]. Digital Library of the Caribbean. [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-almanac-images/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]
:''The Trinidad Official and Commercial Register and Almanack. Compiled from Official Records, Etc. By Authority''
:*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=o7E0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP3 1882] 17th Year of publication; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hQJQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 1888]  23rd year of publication. Both by  R J Lechmere Guppy. Google Books. Archive.org mirror versions [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-register-1882/page/n1/mode/2up 1882], [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-register-1888/page/3/mode/2up 1888].
:* Title change to ''The Trinidad and Tobago ...'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WMUj72AR5VMC&pg=PP1 1894] published  1893. 29th Year of Issue; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=E29EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1  1896] published  1895. 31st Issue. Both  by James Henry Collens. Google Books. Archive.org mirror versions [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-register-1894/page/n1/mode/2up 1894], [https://archive.org/details/trinidadt-register-1896/page/n3/mode/2up 1896].  [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~guppyross/genealogy/trinidad/TrinidadAlmanac1899.pdf Limited transcriptions, 1899 edition] from an edition  held at the National Archives of Trinidad & Tobago. freepages.rootsweb.com/~guppyross.
:*The title subsequently changed to''Trinidad and Tobago Year Book''. Initially compiled by J H Collens, then by C B Franklin and alternatively titled ''Franklin's Year Book''.
::[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28%22Trinidad+and+Tobago+Year+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Trinidad and Tobago Year Book'' at Archive.org] broken range  from 1911-1948, plus 1966. Archive.org
::Cambridge University holds (according to Library Hub Discover) 1898,1905-1906,1913-1916,1919-1920,1923-1930,1933-1936,1938,1940,1945-1947,1949-1950 and later editions. Yearbooks of 1926 to 1941 include a section on Barbados. Publication ended in 1969 with the 102nd issue.
:''The Creole Almanack for Trinidad and Tobago'' for the four years 1891-1894 is available on the library subscription website "Nineteenth century collections online"/Maps and Travel Literature. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]], section Caribbean publications. Also available at the British Library.
*[https://cdm16964.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dc Collection: Government Publications from National Library of Jamaica] on oclc.org.  Consists of 4 editions of ''Blue Book'', ''Jamaica'' for 1852, 1853, 1866, 1867. (Mirror versions are available Archive.org, see next item).
:''Blue Book. Island of Jamaica''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Jamaica%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book+Island+of+Jamaica%22%29&sort=date ''Blue Book Island of Jamaica'' at Archive.org] Multiple  volumes 1852-1945;
: Google Books editions:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KRNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1870], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cAFOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1871], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1873], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1896-97], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XxNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1907-1908], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6_dRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1914-1915], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-1917], [https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=CWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-1917 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LfhRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1917-1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=T_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919-1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0hw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7vJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1920 File 2],  [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6Rw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FvZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1921 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DR0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1922], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kvNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1922 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nfZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1923], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=m_VRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1924],  [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wvVRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA27 1925], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KvdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1926], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6fVRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1927], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BO9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1928], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1929], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ePdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1930], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_fFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1932], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pPFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1933], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1934], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YvFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1935], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=evJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1936], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MvNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1937], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=z_FRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1938], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2fJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1945]. All Google Books.
:Based on [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n5/mode/2up 1873 Archive.org] as an example: Each section is allocated a letter, and is '''separately numbered'''. For many sections, the details continue across two pages, '''however the two pages may not display side by side''', and it may be easier to use the single page viewing option. [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n7/mode/2up Contents]; Section L [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n119/mode/2up "Index to the Civil Establishment"] followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n143/mode/2up "Civil Establishment"].  Followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n235/mode/2up "Section M  Return of Officers who have given security for the due discharge of their duties"]. Followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n245/mode/2up "Section N Pensions"].
*''Bahamas Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Bahamas%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Bahamas Blue Book'' at Archive.org]  Volumes 1913-1937; Google Books editions:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 1913-1914], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=62E9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1915-1916], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6mE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1918-1919], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dyL64R6YAOgC&pg=PP7 1937].
*''Bermuda Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Bermuda%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Bermuda Blue Book'' at Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1  1918]- this file also contains [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 1920] and [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA1 1921],[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=A2I9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1  1920, 2nd file], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ePFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1944], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CPJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1946], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HvJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1947], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NvJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1948] Google Books
*''British Guiana Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22British+Guiana%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=-date ''British Guiana Blue Book'' at Archive.org] 1913-1936 broken range. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dGpFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1913-1914], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2GJEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1917], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kmJEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9  1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=l1tEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LFxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1926], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7VDdNUYeFTUC&pg=PP5 1929], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fUNmrdcwBHYC&pg=PP7 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PAkTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1936] Google Books. Archive.org has a greater number.
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22British+Guiana%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Gazette%22%29&sort=date ''The Official Gazette of British Guiana (New Series)'' at Archive.org] from 1902.
*''British Honduras Blue Book''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22British%20Honduras%22%29%20AND%20title%3A%28%22Blue%20Book%22%29  1914 Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lbM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1914] Google Books
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BGZXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Government Gazette British Honduras'' 1943] Google Books
*''Grenada Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Grenada%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Grenada Blue Book'' at Archive.org] 1933-1938. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vAZQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1933], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5QVQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1936] Google Books
*''Leeward Islands Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Leeward+Islands%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date 1921, 1922 Archive.org]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=R2I9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=a3EwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9  1922] Google Books
*''Saint Lucia Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Saint+Lucia%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Saint Lucia Blue Book'' at Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EO9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5  1916-17], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bfBRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919 1st April to 31st December], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ve9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mOtRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1937], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wetRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1938] Google Books
*''Saint Vincent Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Saint+Vincent%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Saint Vincent Blue Book'' at Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rJMtAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP1 1914-15], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iv5RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1915-16], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zP9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1918-19], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KmI9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1919, April to December]- Note, catalogued St Lucia; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=k_VRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1921]. Google Books
*''Trinidad and Tobago Blue Book''.  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Trinidad+and+Tobago%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Trinidad and Tobago Blue Book'' at Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CvhRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1913-14], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1915 April-Dec.], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP11 1916], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LPBRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1917], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5e9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=A-xRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP11 1919], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9vBRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP11 1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uv1RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=stb_8DyiZzwC&pg=PP7 1925], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rZ6plfO9YDUC&pg=PP7 1930], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mSEFipbao2cC&pg=PP7 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RI64QSFDZMIC&pg=PP7 1932], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=855aH1ozzv4C&pg=PP7 1934] Google Books
*''Colonial Reports - Annual.  Annual Report on the Social and Economic Progress of the People of … '' [by Great Britain Colonial Office]. [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n1/mode/2up Nos. 1570-1599  1931] Archive.org. Includes a number  of 1931 reports relating to West Indies colonies,  [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n51/mode/2up Bahamas], [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n315/mode/2up Cayman Islands (Dependency of Jamaica)]  [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n411/mode/2up St. Vincent], [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n781/mode/2up Turks and Caicos Islands], [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n1051/mode/2up Trinidad and Tobago, followed by St.Lucia], [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n1473/mode/2up Barbados, followed by Bermuda],  [https://archive.org/details/colonial-reports-annual-1931/page/n1639/mode/2up British Guiana].
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Colonial+Reports+-+Annual%22%29&sort=date Archive.org editions of ''Colonial Reports - Annual'' from 1908 onwards]
:[https://archive.org/details/sessionalpapers19commgoog/page/n5/mode/2up ''Papers presented to British Parliament 1902''] consisting of ''Colonial Reports- Annual'' No. 331 Fiji 1900 to No. 375 Gold Coast 1901, for the colonies Bahamas to Grenada [B-G].  Archive.org
*''The Colonial Office List for ...''.  Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. First published 1862.  See [[Directories online#Colonial Office List|Directories online - Colonial Office List]] for a broken range 1862-1930s.
*Comments about [https://archive.org/details/registrumecclesi00burnrich/page/236  "The registers of Persons Baptised etc Abroad: The West Indies"] page 237 ''Registrum ecclesiae parochialis : the history of parish registers in England : also of the registers of Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies...'' by John Southerden Burn 2nd edition 1862 Archive.org. Refers to some early Baptisms and Burials from Barbados in the "State Paper Office", now The National Archives at Kew, but it is unknown whether these records are still available. See [[West Indies#Other records|Other records]] above.
*Comments about [https://archive.org/details/registrumecclesi00burnrich/page/236  "The registers of Persons Baptised etc Abroad: The West Indies"] page 237 ''Registrum ecclesiae parochialis : the history of parish registers in England : also of the registers of Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies...'' by John Southerden Burn 2nd edition 1862 Archive.org. Refers to some early Baptisms and Burials from Barbados in the "State Paper Office", now The National Archives at Kew, but it is unknown whether these records are still available. See [[West Indies#Other records|Other records]] above.
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-CARI-944_4-GOSL/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Dutch in the Caribbean and on the Wild Coast, 1580-1680''] by  Cornelis Ch. Goslinga (Cornelis Christiaan) 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Goslinga also was the author of  subsequent volumes ''The Dutch in the Caribbean and in the Guineas 1680-1791'', published 1985  available at the British Library UIN: BLL01005722306, and searchable, but not viewable at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000440335 HathiTrust] and ''The Dutch in the Caribbean and in Surinam 1791/5-1942'', pub. 1990, available at the B.L.  UIN: BLL01012077679 and searchable, but not viewable at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002487834 Hathi Trust].
*''A true description of Jamaica, with the fertility, commodities and healthfulness of the place. As also, the towns, havens, creeks, promontories, and the circuit of the whole island''. London, 1657. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100029596475.0x000001 British Library Digital], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xehmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1 Google Books] same underlying file.
*[[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100099754196.0x000001 ''A Description of the Island of Jamaica; with the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are related ... Taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch ... Governour of Jamaica ...'']] by Richard Blome 1687. British Library Digital. Title as catalogued by the British Library, with a different title on the book. Appears to be the title of a 1672 edition.
*''Memorials of the discovery and early settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 1515-1685'' by J H Lefroy, sometime Governor of the Bermudas. For Volume II, the title date range changed to ''1511-1687''. [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofdisco01lefr/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume I 1515-1652''] 1877, [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofdisco02lefr_0/page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume II 1650-1687''] 1879. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishnavaloper00nees/page/n1 ''The British Naval Operations in the West Indies, 1650-1700; a study in naval administration''] by  Robert W Neeser. "Reprinted from the ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'', vol. 40, no. 6, whole no. 154, Nov.-Dec., 1914." Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofcaledon00unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''The history of Caledonia: or, The Scots Colony in Darien in the West Indies.  With an account of the manners of the inhabitants, and riches of the countrey''] by a Gentleman lately Arriv'd 1699. Archive.org
*[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Caribbean-Travel-Guide.pdf ''The English Empire in America: or, a view of the Dominions of the Crown of England  in the West Indies'']  by Robert Burton (Nathaniel Crouch). 7th edition,  c 1729, first published 1685. Pdf from [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ westindiacommittee.org]. (Note, the underlying URL suggests another title)
*''The British Empire in America : containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America. The Second Volume. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilla, Jamaica, the Bahama and Bermudas Islands. With curious maps of the several places done from the newest surveys'' [by John Oldmixon]  [https://archive.org/details/britishempireina04oldm/page/n3  1708 edition], [https://archive.org/details/britishempireina02oldm/page/n10 Second edition, Corrected and Amended 1741] Archive.org
*''A description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the coast of the West Indies: compiled from authentic Memoirs... With... maps...  engraved by Thomas Jefferys''. [https://archive.org/details/descriptionofspa00jeff 1762 edition, Archive.org] [http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000043500 1762 edition, BDH] [http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000000523 1774 edition, BDH] Biblioteca Digital Hispánica,  Biblioteca Nacional de España. Note, catalogue by BDH includes ''Spanish Island''
*[https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof02wynn/page/n7/mode/2up ''A General History of the British Empire in America : containing an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements ; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the peace of Paris, Volume II''] by Mr Wynne 1770 Archive.org. (Vol II contains the West Indies sections).
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HARTOG-COCKBURNE/mode/2up ''The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Cockburne, late Governor of the Island of St. Eustatius, for the Loss of the said Island, before a Court Martial held at the Horse Guards, on Monday, May 12th, 1783, and nine subsequent Days''] taken in Short Hand by E Hodgson. 1783 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/west-india-seamans-med-directory/page/n1/mode/2up ''The West-India Seaman's Medical Directory for the use of such Merchant-Ships trading to the West-Indies as carry no Surgeon''] by  William Chamberlaine, Surgeon 1785. Archive.org.
*[http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000001518 ''A brief account of the island of Antigua''] by John Luffman 1789. Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, Biblioteca Nacional de España. Title as catalogued by the British Library ''A brief account of the island of Antigua, together with the customs and manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black: ... In letters to a friend. Written in the years 1786, 1787, 1788''.
*''A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica: with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves'' by William Beckford 1790. [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc02beckgoog/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc03beckgoog/page/n6 Volume II] Archive.org.
*''A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica: with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves'' by William Beckford 1790. [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc02beckgoog/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc03beckgoog/page/n6 Volume II] Archive.org.
*''The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies'' by Bryan Edwards. First published 1793. 1806 volumes have additional title ''To which is added A general description of the Bahama islands by Daniel M'Kinnen''
*''The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies'' by Bryan Edwards. First published 1793. 1806 volumes have additional title ''To which is added A general description of the Bahama islands by Daniel M'Kinnen''
:1806 edition in four volumes [https://archive.org/details/historycivilcomm00edwa/page/n6 Vol I], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland00edwagoog/page/n7 Vol II], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland03edwagoog/page/n9 Vol III], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland05edwagoog/page/n7 Vol IV]
:1806 edition in four volumes [https://archive.org/details/historycivilcomm00edwa/page/n6 Vol I], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland00edwagoog/page/n7 Vol II], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland03edwagoog/page/n9 Vol III], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland05edwagoog/page/n7 Vol IV]
:1807 Fourth edition "with considerable additions", in three volumes [https://archive.org/details/cihm_50251/page/n5 Vol I], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland01unkngoog/page/n9  Vol II], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland00unkngoog/page/n8 Vol III]. All Archive.org
:1807 Fourth edition "with considerable additions", in three volumes [https://archive.org/details/cihm_50251/page/n5 Vol I], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland01unkngoog/page/n9  Vol II], [https://archive.org/details/historyciviland00unkngoog/page/n8 Vol III]. All Archive.org
:1819 Fifth edition, "enlarged and corrected", in five volumes [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nsE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Vol I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-zrVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Vol II], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qTXVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Vol III], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=m8I-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 Vol IV], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TCBM3qOrmj8C&pg=PP7 Vol V] Google Books
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28The+history%2C+civil+and+commercial%2C+of+the+British+colonies+in+the+West+Indies%29&sort=-date Additional editions Archive.org]
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28The+history%2C+civil+and+commercial%2C+of+the+British+colonies+in+the+West+Indies%29&sort=-date Additional editions Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n1 ''The Royal Register and Jamaica Almanac, for the year 1810''] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b21459484/page/n7/mode/2up  ''Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans in that climate : also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies''] by John Hunter 3rd edition 1808, first published 1788, (2nd edition 1796) Archive.org.  He was in charge of the military hospitals in Jamaica from the beginning of 1781 until May 1783.
*[https://archive.org/details/west-india-directory-norie-1827/page/n7/mode/2up  ''West India Directory; containing instructions for navigating the Caribbee or Windward and Leeward Islands, Porto Rico, Hayti ... Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas; together with the harbours ... of America, etc.''] by J. W Norie 1827 Archive.org. There were also later editions. [https://navalmarinearchive.com/bibliography/norie.html John William Norie, 1772-1843] navalmarinearchive.com
:''West Indies Directory'' [Sailing Directions], in Six Parts by James Imray and Son, London (Publisher). All Archive.org
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part1-1869/page/n1/mode/2up ''Part 1 Cuba, with the Bahama Islands and Banks, the Florida Reef, and the Windward Passages''] 1869
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part2/page/n3/mode/2up ''Part 2 Haiti or San Domingo, and Jamaica''] 1870
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part4/page/n1/mode/2up ''Part 4 The Gulf of Mexico''] 1870
:*[https://archive.org/details/widirectorypart1to4-1902/page/n7/mode/2up  ''Parts 1-4, including Part 3 The Bay of Honduras from Cape Gracias to Cape Catoche''] 1898-1902
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part5/page/n5/mode/2up ''Part 5 Puerto Rico and the Caribbee Islands; Part 6 The Coasts of Colombia and Mosquito''] 1897
*''Jamaica: its Past and Present State'' by James M Phillippo, Baptist Missionary 1843. [https://archive.org/details/jamaicaitspasta00mursgoog/page/n10 London Edition 1843], [https://archive.org/details/jamaicaitspastpr00phil/page/n7  USA Edition 1843] Archive.org.
*''Jamaica: its Past and Present State'' by James M Phillippo, Baptist Missionary 1843. [https://archive.org/details/jamaicaitspasta00mursgoog/page/n10 London Edition 1843], [https://archive.org/details/jamaicaitspastpr00phil/page/n7  USA Edition 1843] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-capadose/page/n7/mode/2up  ''Sixteen Years in the West Indies, Volumes 1 and 2''] by Lieutenant Colonel Capadose [Henry] 1845 Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hA9cAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Sessional Papers, House of Lords Session 1847-8. Volume 40 Reports from Commissioners: Colonial Possessions''] Includes Bermuda from page 33 and West Indies from page 44. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/moraviansinjamai00buch/page/n5 ''The Moravians in Jamaica: History of the Mission of the United Brethren's Church to the Negroes'' ...] by J. H. Buchner 1854 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/moraviansinjamai00buch/page/n5 ''The Moravians in Jamaica: History of the Mission of the United Brethren's Church to the Negroes'' ...] by J. H. Buchner 1854 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28The+Handbook+of+Jamaica+%29&sort=-date ''The Handbook of Jamaica''] broken range of editions from 1886 to 1906. Archive.org. The edition catalogued 1908 is in fact 1903.
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-ARUBIANA-1872-GOLD/mode/2up ''Reports on the island of Aruba (Dutch) West Indies and its gold ores; with a general description of the island''] by Frank Taylor 1872. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030726859 ''History of the First West India Regiment''] by A B Ellis, Major, First West India Regiment. 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030726859 ''History of the First West India Regiment''] by A B Ellis, Major, First West India Regiment. 1885 Archive.org
:[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-1st-Battalion-West-India-Regiment-A-Brief-Historical-Sketch.pdf ''The 1st Battalion West India Regiment: a brief historical sketch''] by A.R. Loscombe estimated c 1905. westindiacommittee.org
:[https://archive.org/details/slavesinredcoats0000buck ''Slaves in Red Coats : the British West India Regiments, 1795-1815''] by Roger Norman Buckley 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/A-few-notes-of-the-History-of-the-British-West-Indies-Regiment.pdf ''A Few Notes on the History of the British West Indies Regiment''] by Lt.-Col. C Wood-Hill. Undated, but written post Armistice about the problems of service during the First World War. westindiacommittee.org
*[https://archive.org/details/starkshistoryan02stargoog ''Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands''…]  by James H Stark  1891 Archive.org. [http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ca01200011 Version from University of Florida Digital Collections/ Digital Library of the Caribbean] which may contain better photographs.
*[https://archive.org/details/starkshistoryan02stargoog ''Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands''…]  by James H Stark  1891 Archive.org. [http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ca01200011 Version from University of Florida Digital Collections/ Digital Library of the Caribbean] which may contain better photographs.
*[https://archive.org/details/starksguidebook00henrgoog ''Stark's Guide-book and History of Trinidad: Including Tobago, Granada, and St. Vincent…''] James H Stark 1897 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/starksguidebookh00staruoft 2nd copy] missing title page, but the photographs may be better.
*[https://archive.org/details/starksguidebook00henrgoog ''Stark's Guide-book and History of Trinidad: Including Tobago, Granada, and St. Vincent…''] James H Stark 1897 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/starksguidebookh00staruoft 2nd copy] missing title page, but the photographs may be better.
*[https://archive.org/details/starksjamaicagui00star_0 ''Stark's Jamaica Guide (illustrated) : containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including its history, inhabitants, government, resources, and places of interest to travellers''] by James H Stark 1898 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/starksjamaicagui00star_0 ''Stark's Jamaica Guide (illustrated) : containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including its history, inhabitants, government, resources, and places of interest to travellers''] by James H Stark 1898 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/starkshistorygui00star ''Stark's History and Guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information'' ..] James H Stark Archive.org 1903 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/starkshistorygui00star ''Stark's History and Guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information'' ..] James H Stark Archive.org 1903 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:380620 ''A synopsis of the history of the Jews of Curacao from the day of their settlement to the present time''] by Joseph M  Corcos 1897. Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections (Collection Caribbean Sources).
*[https://archive.org/details/jamaicacartograp00inst/page/n1 ''Jamaica cartography; chronological list of the maps of Jamaica in the Library of the Institute of Jamaica…''] by Frank Cundall  c 1897 Archive.org. Reprinted from the ''Handbook of Jamaica for 1897''.
*[https://archive.org/details/jamaicacartograp00inst/page/n1 ''Jamaica cartography; chronological list of the maps of Jamaica in the Library of the Institute of Jamaica…''] by Frank Cundall  c 1897 Archive.org. Reprinted from the ''Handbook of Jamaica for 1897''.
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020438929/page/n7 ''Studies in Jamaica History''] by Frank Cundall 1900 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020438929/page/n7 ''Studies in Jamaica History''] by Frank Cundall 1900 Archive.org.
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:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020417527/page/n5 ''Historic Jamaica : With fifty-two illustrations''] by Frank Cundall 1915 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020417527/page/n5 ''Historic Jamaica : With fifty-two illustrations''] by Frank Cundall 1915 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jamaicain1922han00cund/page/n26 ''Jamaica in 1922 : a handbook of information for intending settlers and visitors with some account of the colony's history''] by Frank Cundall 1922 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jamaicain1922han00cund/page/n26 ''Jamaica in 1922 : a handbook of information for intending settlers and visitors with some account of the colony's history''] by Frank Cundall 1922 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015003557488?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''The History of Piracy''] by Philip Gosse 1934, first published 1932. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Contains "Book III: The Pirates of the West". An earlier book was [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19564 ''The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers''] by Philip Gosse, first published 1924 Gutenberg.org.
*''Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, No.18 1909''. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/publicationsofam18amer/page/128/mode/2up  "Notes on the history of the Jews in Barbados"] by N Darnell Davis, page 129. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/notesonhistoryof00davi/mode/2up  separate reprint] Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/publicationsofam18amer/page/148/mode/2up "The Jews’ Tribute in Jamaica. Extracted from the Journals of the House of Assembly of Jamaica"] by George Fortunatus Judah page 149
**[https://archive.org/details/publicationsofam18amer/page/178/mode/2up "Notes on the History of the Jews in Surinam"] by Rev. P A Hilfman page 179. Includes some marriage records from 1642-1750, and some further marriage records using the Jewish Calendar from 5403 (1643?) to 5504 (1744?)
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetowestindie00ober_0/page/n8/mode/2up ''A Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda, and Panama''] by Frederick A Ober 1914, first published 1908. [https://archive.org/details/guidetowestindie00ober_1/page/n7/mode/2up 1920 edition]. Both Archive.org.
*First World War period:  [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/category/the-caribbeans-great-war/ The Caribbean's Great War] includes links to a number of books including ''The Trinidad Merchants and Planters Contingent 1915-1918 Records of service'' by Henry Dow, 1925, [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Record-of-Service-of-Member-of-The-Trinidad-Merchants-and-Planters-Contingent.pdf direct pdf link]. Alternatively [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ Search the Archive] westindiacommittee.org.
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00078553/00001 ''The Red Book of the West Indies historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures, & resources''] by Allister Macmillan 1922. Digital Library of the Caribbean.
*[https://archive.org/details/guideforthestudy010969mbp/page/n3/mode/2up ''A Guide for the Study of British Caribbean History 1763-1834 including the Abolition and Emancipation Movements''] by Lowell Joseph Ragatz 1932. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85514/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file]. Both Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80481/page/n7/mode/2up ''In The West Indies. Sketches and Studies in Tropic Seas and Islands''] by John C Van Dyke 1932 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Van_Dyke John Charles Van Dyke] Wikipedia. American art historian, critic, and nature writer.
*[https://archive.org/details/WhenceTheBlackIrishOfJamaica/page/n4/mode/1up ''Whence the "Black Irish" of Jamaica?''] by Joseph J. Williams, SJ 1932. Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015003557488?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''The History of Piracy''] by Philip Gosse 1934, first published 1932. HathiTrust Digital Library, with rotatable images. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34059/page/n7 Archive.org version]. Contains "Book III: The Pirates of the West". An earlier book was [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19564 ''The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers''] by Philip Gosse, first published 1924 Gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/pirateswhoswhogi0000goss/page/n3 1968 reprint edition] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' published by League of Nations.
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=122 "West Indies"] page 122, ''1924 First Year, 2nd Edition'' HathiTrust; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA173 "West Indies…"] page 173 ''1937'' edition Google Books.
:Also see [[Indian Army#Historical books online|Indian Army - Historical books online]] for the 15 volumes to 1940 in this series.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:398969 ''Netherlands Overseas Territories''] published by The Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Department Papers No. 28. July 1941. Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections (Collection Caribbean Sources). Some, (but limited) information about the Dutch West Indies.
*''The Corona Library'' series, a series of illustrated volumes under the sponsorship of the Colonial Office and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, dealing with the United Kingdom’s dependent territories, the way their people lived, and how they were governed produced 1952-1970. The three West Indian publications 1957-1968, all Archive.org  are
**[https://archive.org/details/british-guiana-swan/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Guiana. The Land of Six Peoples''] by Michael Swan 1957
**[https://archive.org/details/british-honduras-gregg/page/n1/mode/2up ''British Honduras''] by A R Gregg 1968
**[https://archive.org/details/jamaica-abrahams/page/n1/mode/2up ''Jamaica. An Island Mosaic''] by Peter Abrahams 1957
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofbahamas0000mich/page/n5/mode/2up ''A History of the Bahamas''] by Michael Craton 1962. Archive.org Books to Borrow
*[https://archive.org/details/travellerstreejo0000ferm_p3m3/mode/2up ''The Traveller's Tree : a journey through the Caribbean Islands''] by Patrick Leigh Fermor 1986, first published 1950. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles'' by Isaac S and Suzanne A Emmanuel 1970. [https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HISTORY-JEWS-NA-I/page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 History''], [https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HISTORY-JEWS-NA-II/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 2 Appendices''] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HARTOG-CURACAO-SHORT/mode/2up ''Curaçao:  Short History''] by Dr J Hartog [Johan] 3rd edition  1973. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sugarslaveryecon0000sher/page/n3/mode/2up ''Sugar and Slavery: an economic history of the British West Indies, 1623-1775''] by Richard B Sheridan 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. 
*[https://archive.org/details/islandsofcommonw00medi/mode/2up ''Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study''] by Sandra W. Meditz and  Dennis M. Hanratty, Library of Congress, Federal Research Division 1989. Includes a
**[https://archive.org/details/islandsofcommonw00medi/page/12/mode/2up historical overview of the region] from page 12.
*[https://archive.org/details/germansintrinida00deve/mode/2up ''The Germans in Trinidad''] by Anthony de Verteuil 1994 Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofca0000gosl/page/n5/mode/2up  ''A Bibliography of the Caribbean''] by Marian Goslinga 1996 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library
*''The Sugar Barons : Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies'' by Matthew Parker, first published 2011. [https://archive.org/details/sugarbaronsfamil0000park_a8m5/mode/2up File 1, 2011], [https://archive.org/details/sugarbaronsfamil0000park_x6r6/mode/2up File 2, 2012] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.  Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands from 1650.
*[https://archive.org/details/bwb_KR-252-420/mode/2up ''A Guide to Records in Barbados''] by M J Chandler 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/tracingancestors0000lane/mode/2up ''Tracing Ancestors in Barbados : a Practical Guide''] by Geraldine Lane 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. '''Note''', due to the date of publication, any references to digital sources are likely to be out of date.
*[https://archive.org/details/tracingyourcarib0000gran/mode/2up ''Tracing your Caribbean Ancestors : a National Archives Guide''] [UK] by Guy Grannum. 3rd edition 2012, (first published 1995, 2nd edition 2002). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. '''Note''', due to the date of publication, any references to digital sources are likely to be out of date. However, also see the website ''Caribbean Roots'' above,  by the author.


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[[Category:Migration]]
[[Category:Migration]]

Revision as of 03:30, 25 April 2024

Information on migration between East and West Indies.

There are many surnames common to both India and the West Indies, particularly Jamaica. "I wondered if anybody thought to look westwards when they hit a brick wall in India".[1]

A number of families who were active in India, had in previous generations also taken part in the development of the West Indies. Some of the most effective officers in India during the 1780's and 1790's had previously served in the West Indies. The reverse also applied. Planters from India moved to the West Indies to run plantations there.[2]

Online records

  • Also see External links and Historical books online, below.
  • Also see General Register Office [United Kingdom] for general information about birth, marriage and death records for British nationals abroad.
  • Also see Chaplains Returns for general information about birth, marriage and death records for British Army soldiers and their families abroad, as there were British Army regiments stationed in the West Indies.
  • FamilySearch, a free website, contains transcribed records relating to the Caribbean, and in addition many images. From the list of all Historical Record Collections, use the filters on the right hand side of the webpage to select "Caribbean and Central America". Note there are some overall Caribbean databases, and also specific country databases. There may be additional databases found by Searching the Catalog. Alternatively, from the Records/ Search page, first click on Browse Places, then click on the map for the Caribbean/West Indies area, and select a country. However, check that the overall Caribbean databases are also included through the specific country pages.
Historical Images, reached from FamilySearch/Search/Images is an alternative way of accessing records available as images on your home computer, but will not access databases only available as transcribed indexes, or records which are only available at Family History Centres, or FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries.
Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
FamilySearch microfilms include Wills, 1756-1930 Jamaica. Supreme Court and records using keywords Jamaica. Registrar General, most of which seem to be available on home computers. There may be additional microfilms. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for information about microfilms and digitised microfilms.
Note, you must be signed in to FamilySearch to view the records.
There also appear to be some records for the Danish West Indies, now the Virgin Islands (U.S.), which are handwritten records in Danish, appearing on page 11 of this catalogue entry, available on home computers. Note however, although catalogued as if wholly for the West Indies, they appear to be included with other records, so it would be difficult to locate them unless you read Danish.
Three free databases were added to Findmypast 17 September 2021 which are Index records with links to images on the British Library Endangered Archives Project. Turks & Caicos Births & Baptisms, 1792-1934, Turks & Caicos Marriages, 1799-1940 and Turks & Caicos Deaths & Burials, 1804-1947. These are Anglican, Methodist and civil records (but no civil marriage records).
Findmypast database "Caribbean Rolls Of Honour WW1" located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War, added c 16 Oct. 2020, with initial data relating to Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, with more data, for Bahamas, Barbados, St Kitts & Nevis and Bermuda added c 27 Nov. 2020. Source of data is not stated, but see External links below for a similarly named website.
Findmypast, in the category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/British newspapers includes newspapers classified by 'County' for Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts (as at 2021/02/20), Saint Lucia, Trinidad (added c 2022/06/14) and British Guiana (added 2022/10/18). (British Newspapers are available to individuals with a Pro subscription (previously called World subscription, or the top subscription) but not via library and community subscriptions. (Previously British newspapers were also available with the British subscription, but this no longer applies for new subscriptions.)) The same titles are also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, classified both by 'Region' and 'County' with the same headings.
  • Antigua
    • Antigua Observer (Details of this publication[5].) BNA page. Added Feb 5, 2021. Available years 1848, 1870-1903.
    • Sun (Antigua) (Details of this publication[5].) BNA page. Added Feb 12, 2021. Available for 1912. Added Jul 28, 2022 newspapers for 1911, 1913-1920.
    • Antigua Standard (Details of this publication[6].) BNA page. Added Jul 25, 2022. Available 1883-1890 with planned coverage to 1908.
    • Leeward Islands Gazette (Details of this publication[7].) This publication was the government gazette for the Leeward Islands covering Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Virgin Islands. BNA page. Added Oct 20, 2022. Available for the year 1893 only.
  • Barbados
    • Barbados Agricultural Reporter (Details of this publication[8].) BNA page. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available for 1845, 1870-1886 with planned range 1845 and 1870–1922. Added Jul 15, 2022 newspapers for 1896, 1911-1922.
    • Barbados Mercury BNA page. Added May 16, 2021. Earliest issue: April 5, 1783 and latest issue: April 11, 1789.
    • Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette BNA page. Added May 16 2021. Earliest issue: January 3, 1807 and latest issue: September 22, 1848.
    • The Barbadian BNA page. Added May 15-16, 2021. Earliest issue: December 14, 1822 and latest issue: December 30, 1861
    • Barbados Herald (Details of this publication[9].) BNA page. Added August 1-3, 2022. Earliest issue: April 3, 1879 and latest issue: July 25, 1896.
  • Belize previously British Honduras.
    • Colonial Guardian (Belize) (Details of this publication[10]). BNA page. Added 28 August 2020. Initial coverage is, earliest issue: 7 January 1882 and latest issue: 25 December 1897, with planned coverage to 1913. Belize was previously known as British Honduras, usually classified as a Caribbean country although located on the northeastern coast of Central America.
  • Dominica
    • Dominica Chronicle (Details of this publication[11].) BNA page. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 5, 1910, latest issue: December 29, 1915 with planned coverage to 1917.
    • Dominica Dial (Details of this publication[5].) BNA page. Added Feb 5, 2021, with earliest issue: January 6, 1883 and latest issue: July 5, 1890.
    • Dominica Guardian (Details of this publication[11].) BNA page. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue July 1, 1893, latest issue: December 15, 1921.
  • Guyana previously British Guiana
    • Official Gazette of British Guiana (Details of this publication[7].) BNA page. Added Oct 18, 2022 with earliest issue: January 1, 1893, latest issue: December 27, 1919. British Guiana was considered to be part of the British West Indies, although located on the northern coast of South America.
  • Jamaica
    • Royal Gazette of Jamaica or other titles added c 20 March 2020 with coverage 1779-1781, 1793-1794, 1809, 1811-1819, 1824-1828, 1834-1836, 1838-1840, with Earliest issue: May 1, 1779 and Latest issue: March 28, 1840.
The same titles are also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, with this link providing details.
Update 9 August 2021. Now available as “Free to View Pages” on both Findmypast and the otherwise pay site British Newspaper Archive. Pages are searchable. Details[3].
  • Budget (Jamaica) (Details of this publication[8].) BNA page Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1877-1883, 1886-1888, with planned coverage 1877-1888.
  • Colonial Standard (Jamaica) (Details of this publication[11].) BNA page. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue April 5, 1858, latest issue: June 29, 1895 with planned coverage from 1812. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers from 1865, 1867, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1879.
  • Morning Journal (Kingston) (Details of this publication[8].) BNA page. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1838-1840, 1858, 1864-1875 with planned coverage 1838–75.
  • The American pay website NewspaperArchive.com includes the following titles
De Cordovas Advertising Sheet 03 May 1858
Jamaica Guardian 24 August 1868
Kingston Gleaner 13 September 1834, with editions to 1950 and beyond, (see details of issues available, (for Kingston Gleaner with links to other titles)).
Kingston Sunday Gleaner 13 September 1834, with editions to 1950 and beyond.
Previously these titles were also available on Findmypast, but were withdrawn c 2 August 2021, as the licence was not renewed.
  • St. Kitts
    • Saint Christopher Advertiser and Weekly Intelligencer (Details of this publication[8].) BNA page. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1839-1840, 1855, 1869-1888, 1897-1909, with planned coverage 1839–1909.
    • St. Christopher Gazette (Details of this publication[8].) BNA page. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1771, 1837, 1839-1840, 1848, 1871-1888, 1908-1909, with planned coverage 1771, 1837–1909.
    • St. Kitts Daily Express (Details of this publication[8].) BNA page. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1884, 1886, with 1884–1915 planned. Added Jul 27, 2022 newspapers for 1906, 1909-1915.
  • St. Lucia
    • Voice of St. Lucia (Details of this publication[11].) BNA page. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 31, 1885 and latest issue: December 25, 1915 with planned coverage to 1927. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers for 1889. 1916 added Feb 22, 2024.
  • Trinidad and Tobago
    • The Trinidad Chronicle (Brief details of this publication [12].) BNA page. Added Aug 10-12, 2022 with earliest issue: November 11, 1864 and latest issue: September 30, 1885.
    • Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago) (Details of this publication[11].) BNA page. Added Jun 15, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 28, 1898, latest issue: December 31, 1915. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers for 1899-1900, 1912-1913, 1916.
It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
  • Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases (located as an option under the Search tab). Ancestry is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Note some of the databases are FamilySearch data, see above (where it is free data).
Also included is the Ancestry database "Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800" (located in BMD) from a series of six books (one of baptisms, two of marriages and three of wills) published 1979-1984 by Joanne McRee Sanders using data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives. The books Barbados Records Baptisms 1637-1800 and Barbados Records Marriages, 1643-1800, Volume 1 which are part of this Ancestry database are available online (free), see below.
Ancestry also includes the database "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976". This is part of the Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish, section of pay website Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to countries "abroad" [from England], compiled from from newspapers and various official sources. Search by name or individual country such as Jamaica. Includes filings under the Colonial Probates Act of 1892 (which recognized probates from courts in British possessions).
Ancestry also includes databases from the books Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857 by David Dobson 1998 (there was subsequently a Volume 2 published in 2006, which appears not to be included in the Ancestry database, which is located in "Immigration & Emigration") and The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707 by David Dobson 1999 (located in "Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference"). See Scotland for some background about the Scottish diaspora.
  • For further books by David Dobson available online, see Historical books online below.
Also see other book titles by David Dobson, not available online, under "Other records", below.
  • Kabristan Archives -Ireland -Ceylon -India Genealogy Includes a Search, with a partial transcription of records. Search for free, then pay for a full record. Includes one database relating to Jamaica “Moravian Graveyards India and Jamaica 1755-1971” located under India & Nepal. Moravian missionaries were the first large-scale Protestant missionary movement.
  • Online newspapers are available from free websites, pay websites and through library subscription websites and are mentioned below on this page. There are also many transcriptions from newspapers available.
  • Archives nationales d'outre-mer, ANOM French National Overseas Archives. French language website. Previously there was an English language version available, but generally this does not now seem available for the entire website, although there is the English language webpage Searches which contains a link to the Digitised Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in addition to a People and Families Name Database. For the former, select, then click on the Caribbean area Caraïbes showing online records from Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Domingue, Saint-Martin, Sainte-Lucie. Then click on État civil for Civil records including Birth, Marriages and Deaths. If you can't see the record images, you may need to download the latest Java software. French Colonial Empires: Caribbean, Guyana general description. English language page, also contains details of the Departmental Archives for Guadeloupe, Guyane, and Martinique.
Ulysse, ANOM's searchable database of images, including maps from the colonial period (in French).
For more details about the ANOM website, and sources for French records generally, see French.
  • Danish West Indies, Dansk Vestindien, (De vestindiske Øer, The West Indian Islands) consisting of the islands St. Thomas, St. Jan and St. Croix, (which were purchased by the USA in 1917, now named the Virgin Islands, the long standing English name). Britain had occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801–02 and 1807–15 during the Napoleonic Wars.
    • Danish West Indies (English language page, now archived) with a link to a page about digitised newspapers, mainly English language, now archived. Using the names of the relevant newspapers, Search for newspapers in the current website, in the section Mediestream. Even the Danish titles appear to contain at least some English text. kb.dk. Det Kgl. Bibliotek (Royal Danish Library). The newspapers all seem to have been published at Christianssted/Christiansted.
    For category Maps (digitised, from the same website). From Digitale samlinger scroll down to Kort & Atlas/Saerudgivelser then scroll down to Vestindien.
  • Netherlands Antilles.
    • Dutch language article from the website WieWasWie, a Dutch pay genealogical website. Using Google Translate gives "WieWasWie contains the civil status records of the six islands that were part of the former Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten. To search in all records of the Antillean civil status, under 'Advanced search', under 'Country', first select World, and then under 'Region' Netherlands Antilles."
    • Search online newspapers and books on the free Dutch language website Delpher, developed by the KB (National Library), "Ruim 130 miljoen pagina's uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften" ["More than 130 million pages from Dutch newspapers, books and magazines"]. Wat zit er in Delpher? (Dutch language) advises there are newspapers “de Antillen, Amerika en Suriname”, with a link to Krantenoverzicht which then links to a pdf, List of newspapers (Dutch language).
    • English language items from the Aruba Collection (Coleccion Aruba), the documentary heritage portal for the island nation of Aruba, in the Internet Archive, Archive.org. Some of the items relate to the West Indies more generally.

Other records

  • The Society of Genealogists holds some records relating to the West Indies. Search the catalogue to see what is currently available. The holding at November 2012 is set out in the archived webpage Overseas: West Indies. Some of the sources are from Caribbeana - all of these volumes are available online, refer below. Also includes the book Tracing your West Indian ancestors: sources in the Public Record Office: PRO readers’ guide, no. 11 [by Guy Grannum, 1995, subsequently republished as Tracing your Caribbean ancestors : a National Archives guide 2012], now available online, see below.
  • The British Library holds the book Lists from the San Fernando Gazette, Trinidad, West Indies, 1865-1896 by Tian Uddenberg & Karen Vaucrosson 2002 UIN: BLL01012465957 . This book is also held by the FamilySearch Family History Library, where the catalogue entry says "This book is a compilation of births, deaths, and marriage announcements, as well as news items, Burgess lists, land rate delinquencies, entrepreneurial activities, and other lists", and perhaps may become digitally available in the future.
Note, at least some issues of this newspaper are now available online, see below.
  • The British Library holds the book Monuments of the Cathedral-Church and Parish of St. Catharine: being part I. of Church Notes and Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica, in the year 1824 by John Roby, published Montego-Bay, Jamaica : A. Holmes, 1831. UIN: BLL01003126950 . Also available at Yale University Library where the book contains "Ms. notes and additions in text".
By the same author: The history of the parish of St. James, in Jamaica : with notes on the general history, genealogy, and monumental inscriptions of the island by John Roby. Published Kingston, Jamaica : Printed by R.J. De Cordova, 1849. Contains information to 1740.[13] Held by Yale University Library, bound in three parts, with "Ms. corrections of author in text". There are also references to microfiche of this book published "Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2008. 2 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH19183)". UMI [University Microfilms International] became part of Proquest, but current situation is unclear.
  • The British Library and Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries hold a number of Almanacs and Directories, in respect of different islands and time periods, some of which are also available online, see below. The titles at the BL include:
    • The British Guiana Directory and Almanack for 1878, 1879, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1896. UIN: BLL01000945668
    • An Almanack for ... 1879, containing ... information respecting ... British Honduras UIN: BLL01001147477 . The British Honduras Almanac ... 1884 UIN: BLL01001148106
    • Douglass & Aikman's Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica for 1791 and 1793 UIN: BLL01001149175 and UIN: BLL01001149176 . Oxford University catalogue entry for this title for 1785, 1789, 1792, 1794, 1796 and 1820, 1832, 1839, 1840, 1842 (Books not available online).
    • Jamaica, ... De Souza's shipping, railway and general commercial handbook and business directory. 1912-1916. Series De Souza's Commercial Handbook. BL UIN: BLL01000945952. Cambridge University holds the 1916 edition.
    • The St. Lucia Handbook, Directory and Almanac for ... 1900 BL UIN: BLL01001152255 . The 1901 edition is available online, see below.
    • The “Mirror” Almanack and general commercial Directory [of Trinidad] for 1894, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1904-07, 1910, 1911. BL UIN: BLL01001151064 .
  • Books by David Dobson, who is also the author of books available online, see above and below. David Dobson FamilySearch Wiki.
    • Scots in Jamaica 1655-1855 published 2011. Available at the National Library of Scotland, catalogue entry; also available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA catalogue entry. (Description[14]).
    The People of Jamaica, 1655-1855 published 2019. (Description[15]). Generally does not include Scots, who are covered in the earlier book.
    • People of the Leeward Islands : 1620-1860 published 2018. Available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, catalogue entry. (Description [16])
    • The People of the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curacao 1620-1860 published 2019. Google Books description. Available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, catalogue entry. Stated to be a reprint of a 2010 book.[17] (Description[18])
    • The People of Barbados, 1625-1875 published 2020. (Description[19]) The Scots are covered in his earlier book, available online, refer above.
  • Indian Indentureship Collection. List of the General Registers of Indian Indentured Labourers 1845-1917 National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago.

Also see

Information about the database Caribbean Newspapers 1718 - 1876, part of Readex World Newspapers Archive, and a database containing Blue Books from many Caribbean countries. The Creole Almanack for Trinidad and Tobago for the four years 1891-1894 is also available.

External links

FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups, also called Family Search Community. FamilySearch Wiki. Includes links to 'closed' Facebook groups (where you must be accepted by an Administrator) for the Caribbean and Jamaica. Note, to sign up to these groups you must be a Facebook member, and then may need to be signed in to FamilySearch, and then may need to agree to conditions set by FamilySearch Community, including access to your data.
Scroll to article (5th page) "Seventeenth Century Immigration to North America from Great Britain and Ireland" written by what is now Family Search 1976. lib.byu.edu. Includes the West Indies. Note, due to the date of this article, some sources may now be available online.
  • Caribbean family history: An introduction to tracing your Caribbean ancestors. Caribbean Roots website. Includes information about Civil Registration, and addresses of Registry Offices. For example, births were registered from 1890 in Barbados, and 1880 in Jamaica. Also see the online book below Tracing your Caribbean Ancestors : a National Archives Guide.
  • CaribbeanGenWeb. This site is part of the WorldGenWeb Project and is the regional resource page for research in the Caribbean. This site may now have ceased, if so, possibly some information may be obtained from the archived website, as at 2021/05/11.
  • TriniGenWeb for Trinidad. Is/was part of CaribbeanGenWeb, although a different website. The website appears not to have been updated for some years, but some information is still useful. sites.rootsweb.com.
Trinidad Collection freepages.rootsweb.com
  • British Guiana Colonists an index to an on-going database of 18th and 19th century residents of the colonies of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequebo, of over 15900 individuals. Generally considered part of the British West Indies, although geographically located on the northern coast of South America. British Guiana Wikipedia
    • Guyana Colonial Newspapers Transcripts of early 19th century newspapers from the colonies that made up present day Guyana from microfilm from National Archive of the Netherlands.
The Guyana/ British Guiana Genealogical Society includes Transcriptions.
(An older version of the website, but with a different but current URL is The Guyana/ British Guiana Genealogical Society: Transcriptions Then click on "Vital Records (Births, Engagements, Marriages, Deaths)". sites.rootsweb.com.)
The transcriptions by Inge R Veecock and Thomas Kidman are also listed in the FamilySearch catalogue as available as two books and one CD-ROM respectively.
  • Bermuda is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean, but as a British Overseas Territory is generally grouped as part of the British West Indies. There were both British Army and Royal Navy bases, see Bermuda Garrison Wikipedia. Bermuda was one of four British colonies in the world located in strategic positions designated an Imperial fortress Wikipedia, so was an important base for the Royal Navy.
British Military Graves in Bermuda bermuda-online.org, archived. There is mention of the book Bermuda memorial inscriptions by H.R. & R.C. Tulloch 2011 which is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015905917 .
British Army units posted to Bermuda from 1701 to 1977 bermuda-online.org, archived
The Army Children Archive (TACA): History Matters. Scroll down to two items "TACA Correspondence: British Army Birth, Marriage And Burial Records In Bermuda" and "The Historical Relationship Between The British Army, Bermuda And Bermudians". A book mentioned as a good source of records 19th century church registers of Bermuda by A. C. Hollis Hallett is available, 1st edition 1997, at the British Library BLL01008587870. There was a later updated edition 2005, available online, see below.
Boer Prisoners of War. Prisoners of War: POW Camps Overseas from Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Bermuda geni.com. Bermuda, Long Island, Boer Cemetery, Monument Photographs. graves-at-eggsa.org.
Explore Genealogy Research with a Genealogy database. National Museum of Bermuda. "Become a member to get full access to all downloadable documents".
Bermuda Genealogy Resources Bermuda National Library.
  • openarchives "search the genealogical data of Dutch and Belgian archives". Includes Slave registers from Curaçao and Suriname together with other records. openarch.nl . Website in English.
  • Rootsweb Message Boards: Carribean. Part of Ancestry. Search the Archives. It is still possible to post a Message Board query, but prior registration is required.
Search the Rootsweb Mailing Lists Archives for a specific List and then search, or Search All Rootsweb Mailing Lists including Barbados, Jamaica etc. The Mailing Lists closed March 2020, but the Archives remain searchable.
These pages c 2008 are from the archived website “Empire’s Children”, a website connected with the 2007 Channel 4 television series of the same name. Note, some of the information may now be outdated. Many of the internal links have not been archived.
There is a "Resources" chapter in the book Empire’s Children: Trace Your Family History Across the World by Anton Gill 2007, (Archive.org Books to Borrow), which consists mainly of a bibliography and does not include records. This book accompanied the television series Empire's Children.
from University of Florida Digital Collections
The Jamaica Gleaner, from 1834, a pay website, provided by NewspaperArchive. One day pass available.
Caribbean Genealogy Part 3 - Jamaican Slave Register and Slave Owner "Reparations" by TerrenceDixon. YouTube video.

Maps

Historical books online

1574-1660 1860, Volume 5, 1661-1668 1880 and Volume 7, 1669-1674 1889, both transcribed editions BHO, 1675-1676 and Addenda 1574-1674 1893 all edited by W Noel Sainsbury; 1677-1680 edited by W Noel Sainsbury and WJ Fortescue 1896: 1681-1685 reprint edition, first published 1898,1685-1688 1899, 1689-1692 1901, January 1693-14 May 1696 1908, 15 May 1696- 31 October 1697 1904, 27 October 1697-31 December 1698 1905, the latter all edited by W J Fortescue;
1699 and Addenda 1621-1698 1908, 1700 1910, 1701 1910, Jan.-Dec.1. 1702 1912, Dec. 1. 1702-1703 1913, 1704-1705 1916, 1706-1708, June 1916,June, 1708-1709 1922, 1710-June 1711 1924, July 1711-June 1712 1925, July 1712-July 1714 1926, August 1714-December 1715 1928. Jan. 1716-July 1717 1930, August 1717-Dec.1718 1930, January 1719 to February 1720 1933, March 1720-December 1721 1933, 1722-1723 1934, 1724-1725 1936, 1726-1727 1936, 1728-1729 1937, 1730 1937, 1731 1938, 1732 1939, 1733 1939, the latter all edited by Cecil Headlam;
1734-1735, Vol. XLI 1953, 1735-1736, Vol. XLII 1953; 1737, Vol. XLIII 1963, 1738, Vol. XLIV 1969, 1739, Vol.XLV 1994, the last three edited by K G Davies.
All editions, transcribed BHO, British History online. Searchable.
Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from April 1704 to February 1708-9 [Volume 1] 1920 Archive.org. 14 transcribed editions 1704-1782 BHO, British History online. Searchable
Vol. I 1910, Contents; Vol. II 1912, Contents; Vol. III 1914, Contents; Supplement to Vol.IV The Registers of St Thomas, Middle Island, St. Kitts 1915; Vol. V 1919, Contents; Vol. VI Commences page 41, no Contents or Index. All Archive.org.
All seven volumes of Caribbeana are available online at The University of Florida Digital Collections including Volume IV, Contents; and Volume VI, no Contents or Index. All volumes may be accessed from the two given volume links by clicking on "All Volumes". Print may be darker in these volumes compared with the editions on Archive.org, and therefore easier to read.
  • The History of the Island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time by Vere Langford Oliver, published 1894-1899. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Archive.org. Includes family pedigrees.
The Monumental Inscriptions in the churches and churchyards of the island of Barbados, British West Indies edited by Vere Langford Oliver 1915 Archive.org
More monumental inscriptions : tombstones of the British West Indies by Vere Langford Oliver. Reprint of The Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies, collected and edited by V. L. Oliver, 1927. Catalogue entry with link to a FamilySearch Digital Book to read online or download. You need to be registered and sign in first, see Family Search. Direct link. Catalogue entry says "Inscriptions copied from cemeteries on the West Indian islands of Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Trinidad; on the Bahamas; and in the former Dutch colony of Demerara, now a county of Guyana". With an Index of Names at the back of the book.
Barbados Records Marriages 1643-1800, Volume 1 compiled and edited by Joanne McRee Sanders 2011 reprint, first published 1982. Consists of four parishes from the island (St. Michael, Christ Church, St. James and St. John), while Volume 2 contains five more parishes. (Two further parishes did not have data for the date range). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives.
Volume 1, A-K does not appear to be available online, but is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006015682 and UIN: BLL01007907204 . The British Library has additional titles by both this author and her husband A C Hollis Hallett.
Early Bermuda wills, 1629-1835 : summarized and indexed, a genealogical reference book by C. F. E. Hollis Hallett 1993. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Early Bermuda Records, 1619-1826 A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with Some Assessment Lists and Petitions by A C Hollis Hallett (Archibald Cameron) 1991. Incorrectly catalogued with his wife as author. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
19th Century Church Registers of Bermuda by A C Hollis Hallett Second Edition 2005, first published 1996. Archive.org
The Jews Of Eighteenth Century Jamaica. A Testamentary History Of A Diaspora In Transition by Stanley Mirvis 2020. Archive.org
1801 Google Books. The New Jamaica Almanack, and Register…for the year of our Lord 1801, 2nd edition including "Jamaica" page 96 and "Jamaica Lists" page 106 Archive.org.
The New Jamaica Almanac, and Register for 1802 Archive.org.
The Royal Register and Jamaica Almanac, for the year 1810 including "Jamaica" page 134 and "Jamaica Lists" page 136. Archive.org
Jamaica Almanac for the year 1846 Ninth year of publication. Compiled by William Cathcart. Library of Congress loc.gov. Archive.org mirror version.
The Handbook of Jamaica at Archive.org broken range of editions from 1881 to 1949, (not published 1940-45). Archive.org. One of the editions catalogued 1908 is in fact 1903.
Other sources: 1791, 1795 and 1798 editions are available on the library subscription website "Eighteenth century collections online". 1825 edition is believed to be on the Gale library subscription database "The Making of the Modern World". See Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories.
The Trinidad Official and Commercial Register and Almanack. Compiled from Official Records, Etc. By Authority
  • 1882 17th Year of publication; 1888 23rd year of publication. Both by R J Lechmere Guppy. Google Books. Archive.org mirror versions 1882, 1888.
  • Title change to The Trinidad and Tobago ... 1894 published 1893. 29th Year of Issue; 1896 published 1895. 31st Issue. Both by James Henry Collens. Google Books. Archive.org mirror versions 1894, 1896. Limited transcriptions, 1899 edition from an edition held at the National Archives of Trinidad & Tobago. freepages.rootsweb.com/~guppyross.
  • The title subsequently changed toTrinidad and Tobago Year Book. Initially compiled by J H Collens, then by C B Franklin and alternatively titled Franklin's Year Book.
Trinidad and Tobago Year Book at Archive.org broken range from 1911-1948, plus 1966. Archive.org
Cambridge University holds (according to Library Hub Discover) 1898,1905-1906,1913-1916,1919-1920,1923-1930,1933-1936,1938,1940,1945-1947,1949-1950 and later editions. Yearbooks of 1926 to 1941 include a section on Barbados. Publication ended in 1969 with the 102nd issue.
The Creole Almanack for Trinidad and Tobago for the four years 1891-1894 is available on the library subscription website "Nineteenth century collections online"/Maps and Travel Literature. See Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories, section Caribbean publications. Also available at the British Library.
Blue Book. Island of Jamaica. Blue Book Island of Jamaica at Archive.org Multiple volumes 1852-1945;
Google Books editions:1870, 1871, 1873, 1896-97, 1907-1908, 1914-1915, 1916-1917, 1916-1917 File 2, 1917-1918, 1919-1920, 1920, 1920 File 2, 1921, 1921 File 2, 1922, 1922 File 2, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945. All Google Books.
Based on 1873 Archive.org as an example: Each section is allocated a letter, and is separately numbered. For many sections, the details continue across two pages, however the two pages may not display side by side, and it may be easier to use the single page viewing option. Contents; Section L "Index to the Civil Establishment" followed by "Civil Establishment". Followed by "Section M Return of Officers who have given security for the due discharge of their duties". Followed by "Section N Pensions".
The Official Gazette of British Guiana (New Series) at Archive.org from 1902.
Government Gazette British Honduras 1943 Google Books
Archive.org editions of Colonial Reports - Annual from 1908 onwards
Papers presented to British Parliament 1902 consisting of Colonial Reports- Annual No. 331 Fiji 1900 to No. 375 Gold Coast 1901, for the colonies Bahamas to Grenada [B-G]. Archive.org
1806 edition in four volumes Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV
1807 Fourth edition "with considerable additions", in three volumes Vol I, Vol II, Vol III. All Archive.org
1819 Fifth edition, "enlarged and corrected", in five volumes Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV, Vol V Google Books
Additional editions Archive.org
West Indies Directory [Sailing Directions], in Six Parts by James Imray and Son, London (Publisher). All Archive.org
The 1st Battalion West India Regiment: a brief historical sketch by A.R. Loscombe estimated c 1905. westindiacommittee.org
Slaves in Red Coats : the British West India Regiments, 1795-1815 by Roger Norman Buckley 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
A Few Notes on the History of the British West Indies Regiment by Lt.-Col. C Wood-Hill. Undated, but written post Armistice about the problems of service during the First World War. westindiacommittee.org
Studies in Jamaica History by Frank Cundall 1900 Archive.org.
Bibliographia jamaicensis; a list of Jamaica books and pamphlets, magazine articles, newspapers, and maps, most of which are in the library of the Institute of Jamaica by Frank Cundall 1902 Archive.org
Supplement to Bibliographia Jamaicensis by Frank Cundall 1908 Archive.org
Bibliography of the West Indies (excluding Jamaica) by Frank Cundall 1909 Archive.org
Jamaica Place-Names by Frank Cundall 1909 Archive.org
Historic Jamaica : With fifty-two illustrations by Frank Cundall 1915 Archive.org
Jamaica in 1922 : a handbook of information for intending settlers and visitors with some account of the colony's history by Frank Cundall 1922 Archive.org
"West Indies" page 122, 1924 First Year, 2nd Edition HathiTrust; "West Indies…" page 173 1937 edition Google Books.
Also see Indian Army - Historical books online for the 15 volumes to 1940 in this series.

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