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*Also see External links and Historical books online, below.
*Also see [[General Register Office]] [United Kingdom] for general information about birth, marriage and death records for British nationals abroad.
*Also see [[Chaplains Returns]] for general information about birth, marriage and death records for British Army soldiers and their families abroad, as there were British Army regiments stationed in the West Indies.*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 right hand side of the webpage to select "Caribbean and Central America". Note there are some overall Caribbean databases, and also specific country databases. There may be additional databases found by [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ Searching the Catalog]. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Records/ Search page], first click on Browse Places, then click on the map for the Caribbean/West Indies area, and select a country. However, check that the overall Caribbean databases are also included through the specific country pages.
:Historical Images, reached from FamilySearch/Search/Images is an alternative way of accessing records available as images on your home computer, but will not access databases only available as transcribed indexes, or records which are only available at Family History Centres, or FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries.
:Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1013 Digitisation of Wills, Deed Books and Powers of Attorney for St Vincent, 1785-1865 (EAP1013)]. Related 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/EAP1086 Preserving and digitising the historic newspaper, ''The Barbados Mercury Gazette'' (EAP1086)]. Editions from 1783 to 1848 (broken range). These same digital files appear to be also available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean, see External links, below. '''Update''' 9 August 2021. Also available as “Free to View Pages” on the otherwise pay websites Findmypast and British Newspaper Archive. Pages are searchable. Details<ref name=BNA>[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/free-newspapers "Explore over one million historical newspaper pages for Free"] 9 August 2021 Findmypast Blog. [https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/08/09/introducing-free-to-view-pages-on-the-british-newspaper-archive/ "Introducing Free to View Pages on the British Newspaper Archive"] British Newspaper Archive Blog 9 August 2021. It is necessary however to register. Searching is generally better on BNA.</ref>.
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1251 Digitisation of the Historic Newspaper, The Barbadian (EAP1251)] (1822-1863) from Barbados. These same digital At least some of these files will probably are also become available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (but they do not appear to be there at 5 Sept 2020). '''Update''' 9 August 2021. Also available as “Free to View Pages” on the otherwise pay websites Findmypast and British Newspaper Archive. Pages are searchable. Details<ref name=BNA/>.
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP914 The Turks and Caicos Islands (EAP914)] and [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP408 The Turks and Caicos Islands (EAP408)]. The former collection includes birth, marriage and death records, at least some of which have been indexed and are available as three free databases on the otherwise pay website Findmypast, see next item.
*[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 West Indies, 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 most) also come from FamilySearch. The database "St Kitts & Nevis Baptisms 1716-1881" was added 9 July 2021, from Anglican parishes, source not otherwise stated, but probably not FamilySearch. 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).
:** ''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 1884–1915 planned. Added Jul 27, 2022 newspapers for 1906, 1909-1915.
:*St. Lucia
:**''Voice of St. Lucia'' (Details of this publication<ref name=June21/>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/voice-of-st-lucia BNA page]. Added Jun 14, 2022 and Jun 22, 2022 with earliest issue: January 31, 1885 and latest issue: December 25, 1915 with planned coverage to 1927. Added Jul 20, 2022 newspapers for 1889. 1916 added Feb 22, 2024.
:*Trinidad and Tobago
:**''The Trinidad Chronicle'' (Brief details of this publication <ref>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/08/15/hot-off-the-press-new-titles-this-week-3/ "Hot Off the Press – New Titles This Week"] 15 August 2022. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</ref>.) [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/trinidad-chronicle BNA page]. Added Aug 10-12, 2022 with earliest issue: November 11, 1864 and latest issue: September 30, 1885.
: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 six books (one of baptisms, two of marriages and three of wills) published 1979-1984 by Joanne McRee Sanders using data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives. The book books ''Barbados Records Baptisms 1637-1800'' and ''Barbados Records Marriages, 1643-1800, Volume 1'' which is are part of this Ancestry database is are available online (free), see below.:Ancestry also includes the database [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1897/ "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"]. This is part of the Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish, section of pay website Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to countries "abroad" [from England], compiled from from newspapers and various official sources. Search by name or individual country such as Jamaica. Includes filings under the Colonial Probates Act of 1892 (which recognized probates from courts in British possessions).
: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.
*For further books by David Dobson available online, see Historical books online below.
**Dutch language [https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/nieuws/op-zoek-naar-je-antilliaanse-roots/ article] from the website WieWasWie, a Dutch pay genealogical website. Using [https://translate.google.com Google Translate] gives "WieWasWie contains the civil status records of the six islands that were part of the former Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten. To search in all records of the Antillean civil status, under 'Advanced search', under 'Country', first select World, and then under 'Region' Netherlands Antilles."
**Search online newspapers and books on the free Dutch language website [https://www.delpher.nl Delpher], developed by the KB (National Library), "Ruim 130 miljoen pagina's uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften" ["More than 130 million pages from Dutch newspapers, books and magazines"]. [https://www.delpher.nl/over-delpher/wat-zit-er-in-delpher/wat-zit-er-in-delpher/kranten#cc362 Wat zit er in Delpher?] (Dutch language) advises there are newspapers “de Antillen, Amerika en Suriname”, with a link to [https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten#krantenoverzicht Krantenoverzicht] which then links to a pdf, [https://www.kb.nl/kbhtml/delpher/documentatie/beschikbare_kranten_alfabetisch.pdf List of newspapers] (Dutch language).
**[https://archive.org/details/aruba?and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22 English language items from the Aruba Collection (Coleccion Aruba)], the documentary heritage portal for the island nation of Aruba, in the Internet Archive, Archive.org. Some of the items relate to the West Indies more generally.
==Other records==
*The [[Society of Genealogists]] holds some records relating to the West Indies. Search the catalogue to see what is currently available. The holding at November 2012 is set out in the archived webpage [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103071637/http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/westindies.shtml Overseas: West Indies]. Some of the sources are from ''Caribbeana'' - all of these volumes are available online, refer [[West Indies#Historical books online|below]]. Also includes the book ''Tracing your West Indian ancestors: sources in the Public Record Office: PRO readers’ guide, no. 11'' [by Guy Grannum, 1995, subsequently republished as ''Tracing your Caribbean ancestors : a National Archives guide'' 2012], now available online, see [[West Indies#Historical books online|below]].
*The [[British Library]] holds the book ''Lists from the San Fernando Gazette, Trinidad, West Indies, 1865-1896'' by Tian Uddenberg & Karen Vaucrosson 2002 UIN: BLL01012465957 . This book is also held by the FamilySearch Family History Library, where the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1045768 catalogue entry] says "This book is a compilation of births, deaths, and marriage announcements, as well as news items, Burgess lists, land rate delinquencies, entrepreneurial activities, and other lists", and perhaps may become digitally available in the future.
:Note, at least some issues of this newspaper are now available online, see below.
*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.
**''Douglass & Aikman's Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica'' for 1791 and 1793 UIN: BLL01001149175 and UIN: BLL01001149176 . [http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph013355757 Oxford University catalogue entry for this title] for 1785, 1789, 1792, 1794, 1796 and 1820, 1832, 1839, 1840, 1842 (Books not available online).
**''Jamaica, ... De Souza's shipping, railway and general commercial handbook and business directory''. 1912-1916. Series ''De Souza's Commercial Handbook''. BL UIN: BLL01000945952. Cambridge University holds the 1916 edition.
**''The St. Lucia Handbook, Directory and Almanac for ... 1900'' BL UIN: BLL01001152255 . [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_St_Lucia_Handbook_Directory_and_Alma.html?id=4AwWAAAAYAAJ The 1901 edition] Google Books. Searchableis available online, see below. Available in North America etc
**''The “Mirror” Almanack and general commercial Directory'' [of Trinidad] for 1894, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1904-07, 1910, 1911. BL UIN: BLL01001151064 .
*Books by David Dobson, who is also the author of books available online, see above and below. [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/David_Dobson David Dobson] FamilySearch Wiki.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20200511164813/http://www.bermuda-online.org/britishmilitarygravesbda.htm British Military Graves in Bermuda] bermuda-online.org, archived. There is mention of the book ''Bermuda memorial inscriptions'' by H.R. & R.C. Tulloch 2011 which is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015905917 .
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20200516044837/http://www.bermuda-online.org/britarmy.htm British Army units posted to Bermuda from 1701 to 1977] bermuda-online.org, archived
:[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/history.html The Army Children Archive (TACA): History Matters]. Scroll down to two items "TACA Correspondence: British Army Birth, Marriage And Burial Records In Bermuda" and "The Historical Relationship Between The British Army, Bermuda And Bermudians". A book mentioned as a good source of records ''19th century church registers of Bermuda'' by A. C. Hollis Hallett is available, 1st edition 1997, at the British Library BLL01008587870. There was a later updated edition 2005, available online, see below.
:Boer Prisoners of War. [https://www.wmbr.org.za/view.asp?pg=research&pgsub=prison&pgsub1=2&head1=Prisoners%20of%20War Prisoners of War: POW Camps Overseas] from Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa. [https://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-POW-Bermuda/14299 Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Bermuda] geni.com. [https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=704925 Bermuda, Long Island, Boer Cemetery, Monument] Photographs. graves-at-eggsa.org.
:[https://nmb.bm/discover-learn/genealogy/ Explore Genealogy Research] with a Genealogy database. National Museum of Bermuda. "Become a member to get full access to all downloadable documents".
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001804/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=77 Government Records of Britons in Trinidad]
:These pages c 2008 are from the archived website “Empire’s Children”, a website connected with the 2007 Channel 4 television series of the same name. Note, some of the information may now be outdated. Many of the internal links have not been archived.
:There is a [https://archive.org/details/empireschildrent0000gill/page/270/mode/2up "Resources" ] chapter in the book ''Empire’s Children: Trace Your Family History Across the World'' by Anton Gill 2007, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01013623894 (Archive.org Books to Borrow), which consists mainly of a bibliography and does not include records. This book accompanied the television series ''Empire's Children''.
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/dloc1?n=dloc dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean] includes
**[https://dloc.com/cndl Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library] with a sub collection of . [https://dloc.com/gazettes Caribbean Gazettestitle-sets Explore Title Sets]Search for newspaper titles. Click on View items to see the range of publications
**[http://dloc.com/mapcar Caribbean Map Collection]
:from [http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu University of Florida Digital Collections]
*[http://maps.nls.uk/jamaica/index.html Maps of Jamaica by James Robertson, 1804] National Library of Scotland.
*[https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/search/?type=edismax&cp=collection%3Acaribbean_maps Caribbean Maps] Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. Map titles mainly in Dutch, although there are some English, French and German titles. Website in English.
*[https://bibliotecavirtual.defensa.gob.es/BVMDefensa/en/inicio/inicio.do Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa] Digital Library of the Ministry of Defence, Spain (English version is available for some webpages) includes some early maps of the West Indies, including some English Maps including**[https://bibliotecavirtual.defensa.gob.es/BVMDefensa/en/consulta/registro.do?id=83914 ''The West Indian Atlas or a general description of the West Indies : Taken from actual surveys and observations. 1775'']. From the catalogue description, appears to be a selection of the maps from the Atlas. Mirror version of the digital images is also available [https://archive.org/details/BVMDDEFENSA-DIG-83914/mode/2up Archive.org] from the Biblioteca Nacional Aruba collection, part of*[https://archive.org/details/bnamaps BNA Map Collection] Archive.org
===Historical books online===
*See [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/dloc1?n=dloc dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean] aboveincludes **[https://dloc.com/cndl Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library]. [https://dloc.com/title-sets Explore Title Sets] Search for newspaper titles. [https://dloc.com/title-sets?title=Gazette Titles including Gazette] Includes Government and official Gazettes. Mainly online editions appear to date from the 1950s, although there are some earlier ones, such as***[https://dloc.com/title-sets/AA00047511 ''Barbados Mercury, and Bridge-town Gazette''] 1783 to 1848.***[https://dloc.com/title-sets/AA00071028 ''Barbadian''] 1822-1832, with more detailsand 1855.***[https://dloc.com/title-sets/UF00094730 ''Port of Spain Gazette''] Trinidad. 1825 to 1920s.***[https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00079373 ''San Fernando Gazette''] Trinidad 1850 to 1896.
*[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ West Indian History, Heritage and Culture: Archive] the West India Committee’s online portal includes books in pdf format.
*[https://archive.org/details/aruba?and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22 English language items from the Aruba Collection (Coleccion Aruba)], the documentary heritage portal for the island nation of Aruba, in the Internet Archive, Archive.org. Some of the items relate to the West Indies more generally.
*''Calendar of State Papers, Colonial series. America and West Indies. Preserved by the Public Record Office'' [United Kingdom]. Most Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa16offigoog ''1574-1660''] 1860, [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol5 Volume 5, ''1661-1668''] 1880 and [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol7 Volume 7, ''1669-1674''] 1889, both transcribed editions BHO, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa19offigoog ''1675-1676 and Addenda 1574-1674''] 1893 all edited by W Noel Sainsbury; [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa08offigoog ''1677-1680''] edited by W Noel Sainsbury and WJ Fortescue 1896: [https://archive.org/details/calendarofstatep168185grea/page/n3/mode/2up ''1681-1685''] reprint edition, first published 1898,[https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa18offigoog ''1685-1688''] 1899, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa14offigoog ''1689-1692''] 1901, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa00fortgoog ''January 1693-14 May 1696''] 1908, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924087794685 ''15 May 1696- 31 October 1697''] 1904, [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa13offigoog ''27 October 1697-31 December 1698''] 1905, the latter all edited by W J Fortescue;
*[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. Data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives.:[https://archive.org/details/barbadosrecordsm0001sand/page/n1/mode/2up ''Barbados Records Marriages 1643-1800, Volume 1''] compiled and edited by Joanne McRee Sanders 2011 reprint, first published 1982. Consists of four parishes from the island (St. Michael, Christ Church, St. James and St. John), while Volume 2 contains five more parishes. (Two further parishes did not have data for the date range). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Data from copied parochial registers in the Barbados Department of Archives.
*[https://archive.org/details/bermudaindex178402holl/page/n3/mode/2up ''Bermuda Index, 1784-1914. An Index of Births, Marriages, Deaths, as Recorded in Bermuda Newspapers Volume 2, L-Z''] by C F E Hollis Hallett (Clara Frances Edith) 1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
: Volume 1, A-K does not appear to be available online, but is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006015682 and UIN: BLL01007907204 . The British Library has additional titles by both this author and her husband A C Hollis Hallett.
:[https://archive.org/details/earlybermudawill00holl/page/n5/mode/2up ''Early Bermuda wills, 1629-1835 : summarized and indexed, a genealogical reference book''] by C. F. E. Hollis Hallett 1993. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.:[https://archive.org/details/earlybermudareco00holl/page/n3/mode/2up ''Early Bermuda Records, 1619-1826 A Guide to the Parish and Clergy Registers with Some Assessment Lists and Petitions''] by A C Hollis Hallett (Archibald Cameron) 1991. Incorrectly catalogued with his wife as author. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.:[https://web.archive.org/web/20220410002616/https://bermudaconstructionsafetycouncil.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/19th-century-church-registers-of-bermuda.pdf ''19th Century Church Registers of Bermuda''] by A C Hollis Hallett Second Edition 2005, first published 1996. Archive.org
*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/directoryofscots00dobs_0/page/n5/mode/2up ''Directory of Scots banished to the American plantations, 1650-1775''] by David Dobson 1983 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
**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.
*:These seven volumes are available as a database on Ancestry (pay website), searchable with images, as "U.S., Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825", located in "Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal", introduced 2021/08/05.
*[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/the-jews-of-eighteenth-century-jamaica-a-testamentary-history-of-a-diaspora-in-transition/mode/2up ''The Jews Of Eighteenth Century Jamaica. A Testamentary History Of A Diaspora In Transition''] by Stanley Mirvis 2020. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/naturalizationso24grea/page/n27/mode/2up Pages 1-6] ''Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies : (pursuant to statute 13 George II. c. 7)'' being Volume 24, ''The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London'' edited by M S Giuseppi 1921 Archive.org. These records relate to Jamaica 1740-1751 and most relate to Jewish persons.
*[https://archive.org/details/medicalregisterf1783lond/page/168/mode/2up "West Indies"] pages 169-172 ''The Medical Register for the year 1783''. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b24850135/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Barbados Handbook''] by E Goulburn Sinckler 1912 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/hndbk-barbados-1913/page/n9/mode/2up ''1913 2nd edition, New and Revised''] Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043612900.0x000001 ''The New Jamaica Almanack, and Register... for 1791''] British Library Digital. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zfusT42AtLkC&pg=PP13 Google Books mirror edition].
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sud-hLkK2eQC&pg=PP7 ''1801''] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/newjamaicaalmana00king/page/n7/mode/2up ''The New Jamaica Almanack, and Register…for the year of our Lord 1801, 2nd edition''] including [https://archive.org/details/newjamaicaalmana00king/page/96/mode/2up "Jamaica"] page 96 and [https://archive.org/details/newjamaicaalmana00king/page/106/mode/2up "Jamaica Lists"] page 106 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/b28751590 ''The New Jamaica Almanac, and Register for 1802''] Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591 ''The Royal Register and Jamaica Almanac, for the year 1810''] including [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n149/mode/2up "Jamaica"] page 134 and [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n153/mode/2up "Jamaica Lists"] page 136. Archive.org
:[https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcscd.00411437553/?sp=9 ''Jamaica Almanac for the year 1846''] Ninth year of publication. Compiled by William Cathcart. Library of Congress loc.gov. [https://archive.org/details/jamaica-almanack-1846/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].:[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%22Handbook+of+Jamaica%22&sort=date ''The Handbook of Jamaica'' at Archive.org] broken range of editions from 1881 to 1949, (not published 1940-45). Archive.org. One of the editions catalogued 1908 is in fact 1903.
: Other sources: 1791, 1795 and 1798 editions are available on the library subscription website "Eighteenth century collections online". 1825 edition is believed to be on the Gale library subscription database "The Making of the Modern World". See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]].
*''The Grenada Handbook, Directory and Almanac''. [https://archive.org/details/grenadahandbook00unkngoog/page/n5/mode/2up 1897] compiled by Edward Drayton, Colonial Secretary. 1897. Second Year of Issue. [https://archive.org/details/grenadahandbook01unkngoog 1902] compiled by The Colonial Secretary. Seventh year of issue. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/st-lucia-handbook/page/n21/mode/2up ''The St. Lucia Handbook, Directory, and Almanac for the year…1901''] compiled by Everard G Garraway 1901 Archive.org.*[https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000050/00001 ''The Trinidad almanac and public register, for the year of our Lord, 1827''], [https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000050/00001/9j Index]. Digital Library of the Caribbean.[https://archive.org/details/trinidad-almanac-images/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]
:''The Trinidad Official and Commercial Register and Almanack. Compiled from Official Records, Etc. By Authority''
:*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=o7E0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP3 1882] 17th Year of publication; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hQJQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 1888] 23rd year of publication. Both by R J Lechmere Guppy. Google Books. Archive.org mirror versions [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-register-1882/page/n1/mode/2up 1882], [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-register-1888/page/3/mode/2up 1888].:* Title change to ''The Trinidad and Tobago ...'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WMUj72AR5VMC&pg=PP1 1894] published 1893. 29th Year of Issue; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=E29EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1896] published 1895. 31st Issue. Both by James Henry Collens. Google Books. Archive.org mirror versions [https://archive.org/details/trinidad-register-1894/page/n1/mode/2up 1894], [https://archive.org/details/trinidadt-register-1896/page/n3/mode/2up 1896]. [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~guppyross/genealogy/trinidad/TrinidadAlmanac1899.pdf Limited transcriptions, 1899 edition] from an edition held at the National Archives of Trinidad & Tobago. freepages.rootsweb.com/~guppyross.:*The title subsequently changed to''Trinidad and Tobago Year Book''. Initially compiled by J H Collens, then by C B Franklin and alternatively titled ''Franklin's Year Book''. ::[https://books.googlearchive.com.auorg/bookssearch?qquery=editions:LCCNcau24000051title%3A%28%22Trinidad+and+Tobago+Year+Book%22%29&idsort=SsNAAQAAMAAJ&lr=&sa=N&start=20 Searchable editions date ''Trinidad and Tobago Year Book'' at Archive.org] broken range from 1920] but some will be viewable if you live in North America1911-1948, plus 1966. Google BooksArchive. org ::Cambridge University holds (according to Library Hub Discover) 1898,1905-1906,1913-1916,1919-1920,1923-1930,1933-1936,1938,1940,1945-1947,1949-1950 and later editions. Yearbooks of 1926 to 1941 include a section on Barbados. Publication ended in 1969 with the 102nd issue.
:''The Creole Almanack for Trinidad and Tobago'' for the four years 1891-1894 is available on the library subscription website "Nineteenth century collections online"/Maps and Travel Literature. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]], section Caribbean publications. Also available at the British Library.
*[https://cdm16964.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dc Collection: Government Publications from National Library of Jamaica] on oclc.org . Consists of 4 editions of ''Blue Book'', ''Jamaica'' for 1852, 1853, 1866, 1867. (Mirror versions are available Archive.org, see next item).:''Blue Book. Island of Jamaica''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Jamaica%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book+Island+of+Jamaica%22%29&sort=date ''Blue Book Island of Jamaica'' at Archive.org]Multiple volumes 1852-1945; : Google Books editions:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KRNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1870], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cAFOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1871], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1873], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1896-97], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XxNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1907-1908], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6_dRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1914-1915], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-1917], [https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=CWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-1917 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LfhRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1917-1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=T_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919-1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0hw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7vJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1920 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6Rw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FvZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1921 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DR0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1922], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kvNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1922 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nfZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1923], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=m_VRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1924], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wvVRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA27 1925], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KvdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1926], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6fVRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1927], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BO9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1928], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1929], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ePdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1930], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_fFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1932], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pPFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1933], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1934], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YvFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1935], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=evJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1936], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MvNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1937], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=z_FRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1938], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2fJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1945]. All Google Books.
:Based on [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n5/mode/2up 1873 Archive.org] as an example: Each section is allocated a letter, and is '''separately numbered'''. For many sections, the details continue across two pages, '''however the two pages may not display side by side''', and it may be easier to use the single page viewing option. [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n7/mode/2up Contents]; Section L [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n119/mode/2up "Index to the Civil Establishment"] followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n143/mode/2up "Civil Establishment"]. Followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n235/mode/2up "Section M Return of Officers who have given security for the due discharge of their duties"]. Followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n245/mode/2up "Section N Pensions"].
*''Bahamas Blue Book''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Bahamas%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Bahamas Blue Book'' at Archive.org] Volumes 1913-1937; Google Books editions:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 1913-1914], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=62E9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1915-1916], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6mE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1918-1919], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dyL64R6YAOgC&pg=PP7 1937] Google Books.
*''Bermuda Blue Book''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Bermuda%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=date ''Bermuda Blue Book'' at Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1918]- this file also contains [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 1920] and [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA1 1921],[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=A2I9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1920, 2nd file], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ePFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1944], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CPJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1946], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HvJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1947], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NvJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 1948] Google Books
*''British Guiana Blue Book''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22British+Guiana%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=-date ''British Guiana Blue Book'' at Archive.org] 1913-1936 broken range. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dGpFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1913-1914], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2GJEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1917], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kmJEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=l1tEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LFxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1926], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7VDdNUYeFTUC&pg=PP5 1929], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fUNmrdcwBHYC&pg=PP7 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PAkTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1936] Google Books. Archive.org has a greater number.
*''Memorials of the discovery and early settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 1515-1685'' by J H Lefroy, sometime Governor of the Bermudas. For Volume II, the title date range changed to ''1511-1687''. [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofdisco01lefr/page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume I 1515-1652''] 1877, [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofdisco02lefr_0/page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume II 1650-1687''] 1879. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishnavaloper00nees/page/n1 ''The British Naval Operations in the West Indies, 1650-1700; a study in naval administration''] by Robert W Neeser. "Reprinted from the ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'', vol. 40, no. 6, whole no. 154, Nov.-Dec., 1914." Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofcaledon00unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''The history of Caledonia: or, The Scots Colony in Darien in the West Indies. With an account of the manners of the inhabitants, and riches of the countrey''] by a Gentleman lately Arriv'd 1699. Archive.org
*[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Caribbean-Travel-Guide.pdf ''The English Empire in America: or, a view of the Dominions of the Crown of England in the West Indies''] by Robert Burton (Nathaniel Crouch). 7th edition, c 1729, first published 1685. Pdf from [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ westindiacommittee.org]. (Note, the underlying URL suggests another title)
*''The British Empire in America : containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America. The Second Volume. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilla, Jamaica, the Bahama and Bermudas Islands. With curious maps of the several places done from the newest surveys'' [by John Oldmixon] [https://archive.org/details/britishempireina04oldm/page/n3 1708 edition], [https://archive.org/details/britishempireina02oldm/page/n10 Second edition, Corrected and Amended 1741] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof02wynn/page/n7/mode/2up ''A General History of the British Empire in America : containing an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements ; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the peace of Paris, Volume II''] by Mr Wynne 1770 Archive.org. (Vol II contains the West Indies sections).
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HARTOG-COCKBURNE/mode/2up ''The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Cockburne, late Governor of the Island of St. Eustatius, for the Loss of the said Island, before a Court Martial held at the Horse Guards, on Monday, May 12th, 1783, and nine subsequent Days''] taken in Short Hand by E Hodgson. 1783 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/west-india-seamans-med-directory/page/n1/mode/2up ''The West-India Seaman's Medical Directory for the use of such Merchant-Ships trading to the West-Indies as carry no Surgeon''] by William Chamberlaine, Surgeon 1785. Archive.org.
*[http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000001518 ''A brief account of the island of Antigua''] by John Luffman 1789. Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, Biblioteca Nacional de España. Title as catalogued by the British Library ''A brief account of the island of Antigua, together with the customs and manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black: ... In letters to a friend. Written in the years 1786, 1787, 1788''.
*''A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica: with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves'' by William Beckford 1790. [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc02beckgoog/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc03beckgoog/page/n6 Volume II] 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/b21459484/page/n7/mode/2up ''Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans in that climate : also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies''] by John Hunter 3rd edition 1808, first published 1788, (2nd edition 1796) Archive.org. He was in charge of the military hospitals in Jamaica from the beginning of 1781 until May 1783.
*[https://archive.org/details/west-india-directory-norie-1827/page/n7/mode/2up ''West India Directory; containing instructions for navigating the Caribbee or Windward and Leeward Islands, Porto Rico, Hayti ... Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas; together with the harbours ... of America, etc.''] by J. W Norie 1827 Archive.org. There were also later editions. [https://navalmarinearchive.com/bibliography/norie.html John William Norie, 1772-1843] navalmarinearchive.com
:''West Indies Directory'' [Sailing Directions], in Six Parts by James Imray and Son, London (Publisher). All Archive.org
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part1-1869/page/n1/mode/2up ''Part 1 Cuba, with the Bahama Islands and Banks, the Florida Reef, and the Windward Passages''] 1869
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part2/page/n3/mode/2up ''Part 2 Haiti or San Domingo, and Jamaica''] 1870
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part4/page/n1/mode/2up ''Part 4 The Gulf of Mexico''] 1870
:*[https://archive.org/details/widirectorypart1to4-1902/page/n7/mode/2up ''Parts 1-4, including Part 3 The Bay of Honduras from Cape Gracias to Cape Catoche''] 1898-1902
:*[https://archive.org/details/west-indies-directory-part5/page/n5/mode/2up ''Part 5 Puerto Rico and the Caribbee Islands; Part 6 The Coasts of Colombia and Mosquito''] 1897
*''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/west-indies-capadose/page/n7/mode/2up ''Sixteen Years in the West Indies, Volumes 1 and 2''] by Lieutenant Colonel Capadose [Henry] 1845 Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hA9cAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Sessional Papers, House of Lords Session 1847-8. Volume 40 Reports from Commissioners: Colonial Possessions''] Includes Bermuda from page 33 and West Indies from page 44. Google Books.
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-ARUBIANA-1872-GOLD/mode/2up ''Reports on the island of Aruba (Dutch) West Indies and its gold ores; with a general description of the island''] by Frank Taylor 1872. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28The+Handbook+of+Jamaica+%29&sort=-date ''The Handbook of Jamaica''] broken range of editions from 1886 to 1906. Archive.org. The edition catalogued 1908 is in fact 1903.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030726859 ''History of the First West India Regiment''] by A B Ellis, Major, First West India Regiment. 1885 Archive.org
:[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-1st-Battalion-West-India-Regiment-A-Brief-Historical-Sketch.pdf ''The 1st Battalion West India Regiment: a brief historical sketch''] by A.R. Loscombe estimated c 1905. westindiacommittee.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020417527/page/n5 ''Historic Jamaica : With fifty-two illustrations''] by Frank Cundall 1915 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jamaicain1922han00cund/page/n26 ''Jamaica in 1922 : a handbook of information for intending settlers and visitors with some account of the colony's history''] by Frank Cundall 1922 Archive.org
*''Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, No.18 1909''. Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/b24850135publicationsofam18amer/page/n11128/mode/2up ''The "Notes on the history of the Jews in Barbados Handbook''"] by E Goulburn Sinckler 1912 N Darnell Davis, page 129. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/notesonhistoryof00davi/mode/2up separate reprint] Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/publicationsofam18amer/page/148/mode/2up "The Jews’ Tribute in Jamaica. Extracted from the Journals of the House of Assembly of Jamaica"] by George Fortunatus Judah page 149**[https://archive.org/details/publicationsofam18amer/page/178/mode/2up "Notes on the History of the Jews in Surinam"] by Rev. P A Hilfman page 179.Includes some marriage records from 1642-1750, and some further marriage records using the Jewish Calendar from 5403 (1643?) to 5504 (1744?)
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetowestindie00ober_0/page/n8/mode/2up ''A Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda, and Panama''] by Frederick A Ober 1914, first published 1908. [https://archive.org/details/guidetowestindie00ober_1/page/n7/mode/2up 1920 edition]. Both Archive.org.
*First World War period: [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/category/the-caribbeans-great-war/ The Caribbean's Great War] includes links to a number of books including ''The Trinidad Merchants and Planters Contingent 1915-1918 Records of service'' by Henry Dow, 1925, [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Record-of-Service-of-Member-of-The-Trinidad-Merchants-and-Planters-Contingent.pdf direct pdf link]. Alternatively [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ Search the Archive] westindiacommittee.org.
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00078553/00001 ''The Red Book of the West Indies historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures, & resources''] by Allister Macmillan 1922. Digital Library of the Caribbean.
*[https://archive.org/details/guideforthestudy010969mbp/page/n3/mode/2up ''A Guide for the Study of British Caribbean History 1763-1834 including the Abolition and Emancipation Movements''] by Lowell Joseph Ragatz 1932 . [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85514/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file]. Both Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80481/page/n7/mode/2up ''In The West Indies. Sketches and Studies in Tropic Seas and Islands''] by John C Van Dyke 1932 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Van_Dyke John Charles Van Dyke] Wikipedia. American art historian, critic, and nature writer.
*[https://archive.org/details/WhenceTheBlackIrishOfJamaica/page/n4/mode/1up ''Whence the "Black Irish" of Jamaica?''] by Joseph J. Williams, SJ 1932. Archive.org
:Also see [[Indian Army#Historical books online|Indian Army - Historical books online]] for the 15 volumes to 1940 in this series.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:398969 ''Netherlands Overseas Territories''] published by The Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Department Papers No. 28. July 1941. Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections (Collection Caribbean Sources). Some, (but limited) information about the Dutch West Indies.
*''The Corona Library'' series, a series of illustrated volumes under the sponsorship of the Colonial Office and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, dealing with the United Kingdom’s dependent territories, the way their people lived, and how they were governed produced 1952-1970. The three West Indian publications 1957-1968, all Archive.org are
**[https://archive.org/details/british-guiana-swan/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Guiana. The Land of Six Peoples''] by Michael Swan 1957
**[https://archive.org/details/british-honduras-gregg/page/n1/mode/2up ''British Honduras''] by A R Gregg 1968
**[https://archive.org/details/jamaica-abrahams/page/n1/mode/2up ''Jamaica. An Island Mosaic''] by Peter Abrahams 1957
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofbahamas0000mich/page/n5/mode/2up ''A History of the Bahamas''] by Michael Craton 1962. Archive.org Books to Borrow
*[https://archive.org/details/travellerstreejo0000ferm_p3m3/mode/2up ''The Traveller's Tree : a journey through the Caribbean Islands''] by Patrick Leigh Fermor 1986, first published 1950. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''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/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 a
**[https://archive.org/details/islandsofcommonw00medi/page/12/mode/2up historical overview of the region] from page 12.
*[https://archive.org/details/germansintrinida00deve/mode/2up ''The Germans in Trinidad''] by Anthony de Verteuil 1994 Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofca0000gosl/page/n5/mode/2up ''A Bibliography of the Caribbean''] by Marian Goslinga 1996 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library
*''The Sugar Barons : Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies'' by Matthew Parker, first published 2011. [https://archive.org/details/sugarbaronsfamil0000park_a8m5/mode/2up File 1, 2011], [https://archive.org/details/sugarbaronsfamil0000park_x6r6/mode/2up File 2, 2012] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands from 1650.
*[https://archive.org/details/bwb_KR-252-420/mode/2up ''A Guide to Records in Barbados''] by M J Chandler 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/tracingancestors0000lane/mode/2up ''Tracing Ancestors in Barbados : a Practical Guide''] by Geraldine Lane 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. '''Note''', due to the date of publication, any references to digital sources are likely to be out of date.
*[https://archive.org/details/tracingyourcarib0000gran/mode/2up ''Tracing your Caribbean Ancestors : a National Archives Guide''] [UK] by Guy Grannum. 3rd edition 2012, (first published 1995, 2nd edition 2002). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. '''Note''', due to the date of publication, any references to digital sources are likely to be out of date. However, also see the website ''Caribbean Roots'' above, by the author.
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