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*[https://www.vc.id.au/tb/ British Guiana Colonists] an index to an on-going database of 18th and 19th century residents of the colonies of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequebo, of over 15900 individuals. Generally considered part of the British West Indies, although geographically located on the northern coast of South America. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Guiana British Guiana] Wikipedia
**[https://vc.id.au/edg/ Guyana Colonial Newspapers] Transcripts of early 19th century newspapers from the colonies that made up present day Guyana from microfilm from National Archive of the Netherlands.
:[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyggbs/MainTranscriptionpage.htm The Guyana/ British Guiana Genealogical Society: Transcriptions] Then click on "Vital Records (Births, Engagements, Marriages, Deaths)". sites.rootsweb.com. The transcriptions by Inge R Veecock and Thomas Kidman are also listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3A%22British+Guiana%22&page=1&topic0=Birth%2C+Marriage+and+Death FamilySearch catalogue] as available as two books and one CD-ROM respectively. *Bermuda is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean, but as a British Overseas Territory is generally grouped as part of the British West Indies. There were both British Army and Royal Navy bases, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Garrison Bermuda Garrison] Wikipedia. Bermuda was one of four British colonies in the world located in strategic positions designated an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_fortress Imperial fortress] Wikipedia, so was an important base for the Royal Navy.:[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
*[https://www.openarch.nl/indexen/ openarchives] "search the genealogical data of Dutch and Belgian archives". Includes Slave registers from Curaçao and Suriname together with other records. openarch.nl . Website in English.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.caribbean/mb.ashx Rootsweb Message Boards: Carribean]. Part of Ancestry. Search the Archives. It is still possible to post a Message Board query, but prior registration is required.:[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/ Search the Rootsweb Mailing Lists Archives] for a specific List and then search, or Search All Rootsweb Mailing Lists including Barbados, Jamaica etc. The Mailing Lists closed March 2020, but the Archives remain searchable.
*[https://memorials.rmg.co.uk Maritime Memorials] in respect of ships’ crews’ deaths, both Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, from all around the world. Includes transcriptions of UK memorials for deaths "overseas". Search for entries using terms such as Barbados, Jamaica, etc, a small number are classified West Indies, or Caribbean, or search by name. An associated National Maritime Museum, UK website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915122721/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/index.php?cat=1 Trace and tell your family’s Empire stories] with links to pages "Government Records of Britons in …" including
