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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 [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
**[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/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).
**Coming, not yet available online (at 2019/0410) ***[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.
*[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.
