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:''Blue Book. Island of Jamaica'' for [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 1873 as an example: Each section is allocated a letter, and is '''separately numbered'''. For many sections, the two pages side by side viewing option needs to be selected. '''Note''' the following links do not appear to be permanent, and may be incorrect. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Contents]; Section L commences with [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA5#v=twopage "Index to the Civil Establishment"] followed by [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA6-PA1#v=twopage "Civil Establishment"]. Followed by [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA7-PA1#v=twopage "Section M Return of Officers who have given security for the due discharge of their duties"]. Followed by [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA1#v=twopage "Section N Pensions"]
*''Bermuda Blue Book'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gF1nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=A2I9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1920], [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://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] Google Books
*''Leeward Islands Blue Book'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=R2I9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=a3EwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 1922] Google Books
*''Saint Lucia Blue Book'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EO9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-17], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bfBRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919 1st April to 31st December], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ve9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mOtRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1937], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wetRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1938] Google Books
*''Saint Vincent Blue Book'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KmI9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1919, April to December]. Note, catalogued St Lucia. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BGZXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Government Gazette British Honduras'' 1943]
*''The Colonial Office List for ...''. Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. First published 1862. See [[Directories online#Colonial Office List|Directories online - Colonial Office List]] for a broken range 1862-1930s.
*Comments about [https://archive.org/details/registrumecclesi00burnrich/page/236 "The registers of Persons Baptised etc Abroad: The West Indies"] page 237 ''Registrum ecclesiae parochialis : the history of parish registers in England : also of the registers of Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies...'' by John Southerden Burn 2nd edition 1862 Archive.org. Refers to some early Baptisms and Burials from Barbados in the "State Paper Office", now The National Archives at Kew, but it is unknown whether these records are still available. See [[West Indies#Other records|Other records]] above.
*[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/slavesinredcoats0000buck ''Slaves in Red Coats : the British West India Regiments, 1795-1815''] by Roger Norman Buckley 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/A-few-notes-of-the-History-of-the-British-West-Indies-Regiment.pdf ''A Few Notes on the History of the British West Indies Regiment''] by Lt.-Col. C Wood-Hill. Undated, but written post Armistice about the problems of service during the First World War. westindiacommittee.org
*[https://archive.org/details/starkshistoryan02stargoog ''Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands''…] by James H Stark 1891 Archive.org. [http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ca01200011 Version from University of Florida Digital Collections/ Digital Library of the Caribbean] which may contain better photographs.
*[https://archive.org/details/starksguidebook00henrgoog ''Stark's Guide-book and History of Trinidad: Including Tobago, Granada, and St. Vincent…''] James H Stark 1897 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/starksguidebookh00staruoft 2nd copy] missing title page, but the photographs may be better.
:[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
*[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 Archive.org
