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*''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.
: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
:[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.
: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
:[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.
*''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/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.
