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This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261218753 post] from the India List says ".. another side of my family tree goes back a long way in the West Indies. A lot of the names I see posted here [on the India List] also crop up in 18th century records from Jamaica and I wondered if anybody thought to look westwards when they hit a brick wall in India. Just off the top of my head, less common names I have seen in both contexts include Ricketts, Skinner, Scarlett and Hylton.  
Information on migration between East and West Indies.
 
This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261218753 post] from the [[India List]] says ".. another side of my family tree goes back a long way in the West Indies. A lot of the names I see posted here [on the India List] also crop up in 18th century records from Jamaica and I wondered if anybody thought to look westwards when they hit a brick wall in India. Just off the top of my head, less common names I have seen in both contexts include Ricketts, Skinner, Scarlett and Hylton."


This following India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261223381 post] adds further details.
This following India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261223381 post] adds further details.

Revision as of 21:09, 22 December 2009

Information on migration between East and West Indies.

This post from the India List says ".. another side of my family tree goes back a long way in the West Indies. A lot of the names I see posted here [on the India List] also crop up in 18th century records from Jamaica and I wondered if anybody thought to look westwards when they hit a brick wall in India. Just off the top of my head, less common names I have seen in both contexts include Ricketts, Skinner, Scarlett and Hylton."

This following India List post adds further details.