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: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, (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]
===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, with more detailsalthough 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''] 1822-1825.***[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.
*''Calendar of State Papers, Colonial series. America and West Indies. Preserved by the Public Record Office'' [United Kingdom]. Most Archive.org.
:''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.
:''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 1870-1945; : 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.
