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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].</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 (perhaps all) also come from FamilySearch. Depending where you live, these records will generally require what was previously called a findmypast World subscription, now called a Pro subscription, (however FamilySearch records are free on FamilySearch, see above).
: Findmypast database [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/caribbean-rolls-of-honour-ww1?sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiki.fibis.org&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_uk&awc=2114_1602979566_78142e739842add4e46372c7a81d7764 "Caribbean Rolls Of Honour WW1"] located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War, added c 16 Oct. 2020, with initial data relating to Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, with more data, for Bahamas, Barbados, St Kitts & Nevis and Bermuda added c 27 Nov. 2020. Source of data is not stated, but see External links below for a similarly named website.
:Findmypast, in the category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/British newspapers includes newspapers classified by 'County' for Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts (as at 2021/02/1320). The same titles are also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, classified both by 'Region' and 'County' with the same headings.
:*Antigua
:** ''Antigua Observer'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb15>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/15/new-titles-15-february-2021/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 15 February 2021. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/antigua-observer BNA page]. Added Feb 5, 2021. Available years 1848, 1870-1903. :**''Sun (Antigua)'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb15/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/sun-antigua BNA page]. Added Feb 12, 2021. Available for 1912, with 1911–19 planned.
:*Barbados
:**''Barbados Agricultural Reporter'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/08/new-titles-08-february-2021/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 8 February 2021. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/barbados-agricultural-reporter BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available for 1845, 1870-1886 with planned range 1845 and 1870–1922.
:*Belize
:**''Colonial Guardian'' (Belize) (Details of this publication<ref>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/09/01/new-titles-1-sept-2020/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] 1 September 2020. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>). (Added 28 August 2020) Initial coverage is, earliest issue: 7 January 1882 and latest issue: 25 December 1897, with planned coverage to 1913. The same title is also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, with this [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/colonial-guardian-belize link] providing details. Belize was previously known as British Honduras, a Caribbean country located on the northeastern coast of Central America.
:* Dominica
:**''Dominica Dial'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb15/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/dominica-dial BNA page]. Added Feb 5, 2021, with Earliest issue: January 6, 1883 and Latest issue: July 5, 1890.
:*Jamaica
:** ''Royal Gazette of Jamaica'' or other titles added c 20 March 2020 with coverage 1779-1781, 1793-1794, 1809, 1811-1819, 1824-1828, 1834-1836, 1838-1840, with Earliest issue: May 1, 1779 and Latest issue: March 28, 1840.
:::The same titles are also available on the pay website British Newspaper Archive, with [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/royal-gazette-of-jamaica this link] providing details.
::*''Budget (Jamaica)'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/budget-jamaica BNA page] Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1877-1883, 1886-1888, with planned coverage 1877-1888.::*''Morning Journal (Kingston)'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/morning-journal-kingston BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1838-1840, 1858, 1864-1875 with planned coverage 1838–75.
::*In addition, Findmypast, in the category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/US & World newspapers/Jamaica has the following titles with historical content
:::''De Cordovas Advertising Sheet'' 03 May 1858
:::All, or most of, the above four newspapers are also available on the American pay website NewspaperArchive.com, with [https://newspaperarchive.com/browse/jm/king/kingston/kingston-gleaner details of issues available], (for ''Kingston Gleaner'' with links to other titles) with similar start and end dates as Findmypast, and it is possible that the same newspaper digital files are available on both sites.
:*St. Kitts
:**''Saint Christopher Advertiser and Weekly Intelligencer'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/saint-christopher-advertiser-and-weekly-intelligencer BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1839-1840, 1855, 1869-1888, 1897-1909, with planned coverage 1839–1909.:**''St. Christopher Gazette'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/st-christopher-gazette BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1771, 1837, 1839-1840, 1848, 1871-1888, 1908-1909, with planned coverage 1771, 1837–1909. :** ''St. Kitts Daily Express'' (Details of this publication<ref name= Feb08/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/st-kitts-daily-express BNA page]. Added Feb 2, 2021. Available years 1884, 1886, with 1884–1914 planned.:It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
*[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. Note some of the databases are FamilySearch data, see above (where it is free data). Ancestry also 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, which is located in "Immigration & Emigration") and ''The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707'' by David Dobson 1999 (located in "Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference"). See [[Scotland]] for some background about the Scottish diaspora.
*Sample pages ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857'' by David Dobson [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=W2ilmBSkHY8C&pg=PP3 ''Volume 1'', 1998], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=afQEiAK8XD4C&pg=PP9 ''Volume 2'', 2006] Google Books.
