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A number of families who were active in India, had in previous generations also taken part in the development of the West Indies. Some of the most effective officers in India during the 1780's and 1790's had previously served in the West Indies. The reverse also applied. Planters from India moved to the West Indies to run plantations there.<ref>Balmer, Nick. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261223381 Private Merchants & Photo's from India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 December 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2015.</ref>
==Online records==*FamilySearch, a free website, contains transcribed records relating to the Caribbean in the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list/?page=1®ion=CARIBBEAN_CENTRAL_AMERICA Caribbean and Central America collection]. Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
==Also see==
*[[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#Caribbean publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories : Caribbean publications]].
*[http://www.caribbeanfamilyhistory.org Caribbean Family History]. Barbados. Includes transcribed burial records for Barbados.
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Caribbean Caribbean] FamilySearch (LDS) Wiki. Includes links to the pages for Barbados and Jamaica.
:FamilySearch microfilms include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/785731?availability=Family%20History%20Library Wills, 1756-1930 Jamaica. Supreme Court] and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AJamaica%20%2Bkeywords%3ARegistrar%20%2Bkeywords%3AGeneral records using keywords Jamaica. Registrar General]. There may be additional microfilms. '''Note: Microfilm service ceases 31 August 2017'''.
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/dloc1?n=dloc dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean] includes
**[http://dloc.com/mapcar Caribbean Map Collection]
