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:::''De Cordovas Advertising Sheet'' 03 May 1858
:::''Jamaica Guardian'' 24 August 1868
:::''Kingston Gleaner'' 13 September 1834, with editions to 1950 and beyond, (see [https://newspaperarchive.com/browse/jm/king/kingston/kingston-gleaner details of issues available], (for ''Kingston Gleaner'' with links to other titles)).
:::''Kingston Sunday'' Gleaner 13 September 1834, with editions to 1950 and beyond.
::: Previously these titles were also available on Findmypast, but were withdrawn c 2 August 2021, as the licence was not renewed.
:** ''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 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). :Also included is the Ancestry database "Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800" (located in BMD) from a series of books published 1979-1984 by Joanne McRee Sanders using data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives. The book ''Barbados Records Baptisms 1637-1800'' which is part of this Ancestry database is available online (free), see below.: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.*Also by David Dobson**Sample pages For further books ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857'' by David Dobson [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=W2ilmBSkHY8C&pg=PP3 ''Volume 1''available online, 1998], [https://see Historical books.google.com.au/books?id=afQEiAK8XD4C&pg=PP9 ''Volume 2'', 2006] Google Booksonline below.**[https://archive.org/details/barbadosscotland00dobs/mode/2up ''Barbados and Scotland links, 1627 – 1877''] by David Dobson 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. Includes records for baptism, marriage and death in Barbados for those from Scotland.**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/originalscotscol00dobs/mode/2up ''The original Scots colonists of early America, 1612-1783''] by David Dobson 1989 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott04dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Directory of Scottish settlers in North America, 1625-1825, Volume IV''] by David Dobson 1985. Possibly the other volumes in this title may similarly also contain references. [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott01dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume I''] 1985; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott02dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. II''] 1984;[https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott03dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. III''] 1984; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott05dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. V''] 1985; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott06dobs/page/n3/mode/2up ''Vol. VI''] 1986; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott07dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. VII''] 1993. All Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.**Also see other book titles by David Dobson, not available online, under "Other records", below.
*[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.
*Online newspapers are available from free websites, pay websites and through library subscription websites and are mentioned below on this page. There are also many transcriptions from newspapers available.
*The [[British Library]] holds the book ''Monuments of the Cathedral-Church and Parish of St. Catharine: being part I. of Church Notes and Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica, in the year 1824'' by John Roby, published Montego-Bay, Jamaica : A. Holmes, 1831. UIN: BLL01003126950 . Also available at [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8791625 Yale University Library] where the book contains "Ms. notes and additions in text".
:By the same author: ''The history of the parish of St. James, in Jamaica : with notes on the general history, genealogy, and monumental inscriptions of the island'' by John Roby. Published Kingston, Jamaica : Printed by R.J. De Cordova, 1849. Contains information to 1740.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/caribbeanabeingmv1oliv/page/700/mode/1up Page 336] ''Caribbeana : being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies'' by Vere Langford Oliver Volume I, 1910 Archive.org</ref> Held by [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8786537 Yale University Library], bound in three parts, with "Ms. corrections of author in text". There are also references to microfiche of this book published "Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2008. 2 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH19183)". UMI [University Microfilms International] became part of [https://web.archive.org/web/20081001164511/http://www.proquest.com/brand/umi.shtml Proquest], but current situation is unclear.
*Books by David Dobson, who is also the author of books available online, see aboveand below. [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/David_Dobson David Dobson] FamilySearch Wiki.
**''Scots in Jamaica 1655-1855'' published 2011. Available at the National Library of Scotland, [https://search.nls.uk/permalink/f/sbbkgr/44NLS_ALMA21481914980004341 catalogue entry]; also available FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1948025 catalogue entry]. (Description<ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/scots-in-jamaica-1655-1855/ ''Scots in Jamaica 1655-1855''] by David Dobson. genealogical.com</ref>).
*:''The People of Jamaica, 1655-1855'' published 2019. (Description<ref>[https://genealogical.com/store/the-people-of-jamaica-1655-1855/ ''The People of Jamaica, 1655-1855''] by David Dobson. genealogical.com</ref>). Generally does not include Scots, who are covered in the earlier book.
*[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/barbadosrecords00sand/page/n5/mode/2up ''Barbados Records Baptisms 1637-1800''] compiled and edited by Joanne McRee Sanders 1984. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives.
*Books by David Dobson
**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.
**[https://archive.org/details/barbadosscotland00dobs/mode/2up ''Barbados and Scotland links, 1627 – 1877''] by David Dobson 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. Includes records for baptism, marriage and death in Barbados for those from Scotland.
**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/originalscotscol00dobs/mode/2up ''The original Scots colonists of early America, 1612-1783''] by David Dobson 1989 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
**There are references to places in the West Indies in [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott04dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Directory of Scottish settlers in North America, 1625-1825, Volume IV''] by David Dobson 1985. Possibly the other volumes in this title may similarly also contain references. [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott01dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume I''] 1985; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott02dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. II''] 1984;[https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott03dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. III''] 1984; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott05dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. V''] 1985; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott06dobs/page/n3/mode/2up ''Vol. VI''] 1986; [https://archive.org/details/directoryofscott07dobs/page/n5/mode/2up ''Vol. VII''] 1993. All Archive.org Books to Borrow/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.
*[https://archive.org/details/medicalregisterf1783lond/page/168/mode/2up "West Indies"] pages 169-172 ''The Medical Register for the year 1783''. Archive.org.
*''History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles'' by Isaac S and Suzanne A Emmanuel 1970. [https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HISTORY-JEWS-NA-I/page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 History''], [https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HISTORY-JEWS-NA-II/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 2 Appendices''] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HARTOG-CURACAO-SHORT/mode/2up ''Curaçao: Short History''] by Dr J Hartog [Johan] 3rd edition 1973. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/islandsofcommonw00medi/mode/2up ''Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study''] by Sandra W. Meditz and Dennis M. Hanratty, Library of Congress, Federal Research Division 1989. Includes an a
**[https://archive.org/details/islandsofcommonw00medi/page/12/mode/2up historical overview of the region] from page 12.
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