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==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". Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
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*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]. Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
 
* Digitised records from the Endangered Archives Programme at the [[British Library]], London. 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.
 
* Digitised records from the Endangered Archives Programme at the [[British Library]], London. 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.
 
**[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  
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**Coming, not yet available online (at 2019/01)  [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.
 
**Coming, not yet available online (at 2019/01)  [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.
 
**Coming, not yet available online (at 2019/01) [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1086 Preserving and digitising the historic newspaper, ''The Barbados Mercury Gazette'' (EAP1086)]
 
**Coming, not yet available online (at 2019/01) [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1086 Preserving and digitising the historic newspaper, ''The Barbados Mercury Gazette'' (EAP1086)]
*[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.   Depending where you live, these records will generally require what was previously called a World subscription, now called a Pro subscription.
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*[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 also come from FamilySearch. Depending where you live, these records will generally require what was previously called a World subscription, now called a Pro subscription.
 
*[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.
 
*[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.
 
*[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.
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===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
 
*[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
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*[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
 
*''Caribbeana : being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies'' edited by Vere Langford Oliver. There appear to have been six volumes published, together with one supplementary volume, total seven. Generally there is an Index at the back of the book.
 
*''Caribbeana : being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies'' edited by Vere Langford Oliver. There appear to have been six volumes published, together with one supplementary volume, total seven. Generally there is an Index at the back of the book.
 
:[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.
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*[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
 
*[https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagenea5192hugh/page/n501 “Some Extracts relating to West Indian Families...”] page 245, ''Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica and the British archivist, Volume V, Fifth Series'' 1923-1925. Archive.org. Only one page.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagenea5192hugh/page/n501 “Some Extracts relating to West Indian Families...”] page 245, ''Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica and the British archivist, Volume V, Fifth Series'' 1923-1925. Archive.org. Only one page.
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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://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
 
*[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.

Revision as of 12:10, 20 April 2019

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

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 - most 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]

Also see

Information about the database Caribbean Newspapers 1718 - 1876, part of Readex World Newspapers Archive.

External links

FamilySearch microfilms include Wills, 1756-1930 Jamaica. Supreme Court and records using keywords Jamaica. Registrar General. There may be additional microfilms. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for information about microfilms and digitised microfilms.
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.
Really Useful Weblinks from London FamilySearch Centre website includes a category Caribbean.
All Rootsweb Mailing Lists includes Barbados, Jamaica etc. Search the Archives.
from University of Florida Digital Collections

Maps

Historical books online

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.
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.
  • "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
  • “Some Extracts relating to West Indian Families...” page 245, Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica and the British archivist, Volume V, Fifth Series 1923-1925. Archive.org. Only one page.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • The Jews of Jamaica: Tombstone Inscriptions, 1663-1880 Richard D. Barnett and Philip Wright c 1997. Digital Library of the Caribbean.
  • Comments about "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 Other records above.
  • 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 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
Additional editions Archive.org

References

  1. Harding, Simon. Private Merchants & Photo's from India Rootsweb India Mailing List 19 December 2009. Scroll down. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. Balmer, Nick. Private Merchants & Photo's from India Rootsweb India Mailing List 19 December 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. Findmypast Friday February 22nd [2019]