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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. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261223381 Private Merchants & Photo's from India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 December 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2015.</ref>
==Also see==
*[[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.
==External links==
*[http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/index.htm Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library] jamaicanfamilysearch.com
