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*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.
*[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/in.ernet.dli.2015.85514/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. Archive.org
*[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.
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