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Caribbean Genealogy Research Details of Country Resources More information and accuracy is always welcome... Please send corrections, updates and additions HERE. Please note that I do NOT do research. Updated 26 September, 2008

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 PRESERVATION
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Ongoing preservation by re-publishing:

CanDoo Creative Concepts finds rare books in the subject of Caribbean genealogy and re-publishes them to a high quality. See their Projects page for the latest find, what is available now and what may be available in the future. You may also request that specific books be re-published.
 
Here are links to current stock or possible availability: VL Oliver's "History of Antigua", "Old Barbados Newspapers", VL Oliver's "Caribbeana".
The next Project (in progress) is the 1791 Jamaica Almanack.
(updated 30 May, 2000)

 

A Proposal: Caribbean Historical Preservation Institute

http://www.candoo.com/chpi/

  

 ANGUILLA
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See also Nevis and St. Kitts / Nevis

Anguilla Library Service
The Valley
Anguilla, BWI
(264) 497-2441

Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Judicial Department, The Valley
Anguilla, BWI
(264) 497-2377

LDS Microfilm Index (Part of St. Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla)

Researchers:

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 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
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Museum of Antigua & Barbuda
(Antigua Historical & Archaeological Society)
PO Box 103, Long Street
St. Johns, Antigua
(Director: Desmond Nicholson)
(268) 462-1469
(268) 462-4930
(268) 462-4936
email: museum@candw.ag

Antigua National Archives
Rappaport Centre
Factory Road
St. Johns, Antigua
(268) 462-3946
(268) 462-3947
email: archives@candw.ag
    Comes under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Youth Affairs; Available records include: vital records from 1856; slave registers, 1817-1831; and newspapers. Some additional records may be at the Court House a few blocks away.

Registrar General
High Court, High Street
St. John's, Antigua
(268) 462-3929
(268) 462-0609 (??)
    Birth, marriage, and death records are available from August 1856 to the present.

Accommodations Suggestions for the St. John's area
Heather Nielsen, April 1999 : If one wants to be in St. John's to do research in Antigua, the Heritage Quay Hotel (Heritage Quay, 268-462-1247 & 8), right on the wharf at Heritage Quay, is excellent. Also for boat to Montserrat which seems to be the only island to which one can travel by boat. Otherwise, plane. Double room (2 x 4'6" beds) with shower plus kitchenette, table and lounge suite, TV and phone costs U$130.00 per day. Rooms overlooking the harbour are probably the best, 29, 30 and 31. Those rooms under those numbers are on the first floor. There is a ground floor plus two above. NO ELEVATORS. Very convenient - can walk everywhere in St. Johns. There is a small "cafe" attached for breakfast and light meals but, as one is in the heart of things, food is no problem because the supermarket is 50 yards away and one could cook for oneself if need be. Having always stayed at Runaway Bay before and having to get into (and out of) town, this was perfect.
 
Jim Lynch, April, 1999 : I also recommend the Cortsland Hotel (Upper Gambles, 268-462-1395 & 0705); it's not in town, but walking distance to the Archive and St. John's. Joe Mike's Hotel (Nevis Street 268-462-1142) is an upstairs accommodation in the centre of town might be cheaper (no elevators there either). While in St. John's, see if the Museum (north of Scotia Bank) has any reference books that might be of interest - I do know they have a set of Oliver's "History of Antigua".

Nelson's Dockyard Museum
http://www.paterson.com/nelsonsdockyard/
(Director Desmond Nicholson)
email: nicholsond@candw.ag

Researchers:

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Resources:

Antigua GenWeb Page

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/LeewardIslands/Antigua

 

Barbuda GenWeb Page

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/LeewardIslands/Barbuda

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

Historic Antigua and Barbuda

http://idt.net/~coopcod/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/

 

V. L. Oliver's "History of Antigua" - possible second run of re-publication.

http://www.candoo.com/olivers/index.html

 

Microfilm Index

 

 ANTILLES FRANCAISES
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(See also Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Microfilm Index

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

FranceGenWeb

http://www.francegenweb.org/

Contact points

FranceGenWeb Team : contact@francegenweb.org

 

Joining FranceGenWeb

http://www.francegenweb.org/participer.php
Detail your skills in French genealogy, and the region or departement you could host.

Région/Region-Domaines et Territoires d'Outre Mer

http://www.francegenweb.org/dept/dom-tom.htm

Départements - [971] Guadeloupe, [972] Martinique, [973] Guyane Française

Guadeloupe: http://www.francegenweb.org/dept/971.htm
Martinique: http://www.francegenweb.org/dept/972.htm
Guyana Française: http://www.francegenweb.org/dept/973.htm

 

Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe

http://users.aol.com/GHCaraibe/index.html

 

Trajectoire et intensite des cyclones tropicaux dans le bassin de l'Atlantique nord de 1886 a 1997

http://www.ouragan-guadeloupe.org/repertoire_cyclone/index.html
Merci a Bruno Benjamin de l'Ouragans, et la belle Jocelyne BEROARD de Martinique et Paris (KASSAV).

 

 BAHAMAS
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Bahamas Historical Society
PO Box SS-6833
Nassau, Bahamas
(242) 322-4231

Bahamas Public Library
Rawson Square
Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau Public Library
P.O. Box N3210, Nassau
(242) 393-5379
(242) 322-8471 Fax

Bahamas Department of Archives
PO Box SS-6341
Nassau, Bahamas
http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs
email: archives@batelnet.bs
(242) 393-2175
(242)393-2855 Fax

Wyannie Malone Historical Museum
Library, Hope Town
Abaco, Bahamas

Registrar General
PO Box N532
Nassau, Bahamas
(242) 322-3316
    Birth and death records are available from January 1850 to the present.
    Marriage records are available from January 1799 to the present.

College of the Bahamas Library
Oakes Field, P.O. Box N1645
Nassau, Bahamas
Librarian: Ms. Williamae Johnson
e-mail: williamar@cob.edu.bs
(242) 323-7930-2 Ext. 227
(242) 323-7834 Fax

Researchers:

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Resources:

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

Bahamas GenWeb Page

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3226/Bahamas/index.html

 

Kirklands

http://www.Kirklands.org/

 

Publication : "KINFOLKS"

http://www.clefanpubl.com/

 

 BARBADOS
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Barbados Museum & Historical Society
The Garrison, St. Michael
Barbados
Librarian: Greta Payne
http://barbados.org/museum2.htm
(246) 427-0201
(246) 436-1956
(246) 429-5946 Fax

Ample parking facilities.

The BMHS charges about BD$20 (US$10) a day for access to the Library for research purposes.. If you will be researching there more than two days it is cheaper to buy a Membership in the Society - and receive the free books and mailed newsletter thrown in as well.

There are usually people in the Library (retired folks) who are very knowledgeable about what is available. Researchers are not allowed to roam the (small) Library - volunteers must retrieve the desired books/documents for them, and the Librarian makes the photocopies as required, for which there is a charge of BD$0.86 (US$0.43) per page.

Research in the Museum's Library can be done at a distance. Write to (or fax) the attention of the Museum Librarian at the above address giving details of what you are looking for and what relevant details you have, and the Librarian will respond with a quotation for the cost of the research.

You may then make a decision as to whether to go forward with the research or not. If you do, you would send a bank draft payable to the "Barbados Museum and Historical Society" for the designated sum and the research would be performed on your behalf.

(For informational purposes, such research at the Museum Library is not expensive - it costs about BD$10 (US$5) an hour.)

Barbados Department of Archives
Lazaretto Building
Black Rock
St. James, Barbados
(246) 425-1380 / 1
(246) 425-5911 Fax
(246) 424-1270 Chief Archivist
email: bda@caribsurf.com
    Available records include: baptism, marriage and burial records; wills; land records; newspapers; and other resources.

Registration Department
Supreme Court of Barbados
Law Courts, Coleridge St.
Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies
(246) 426-3461 / 9
(246) 426-2131 / 2 / 3 / 4
(246) 228-9850 / 1
(246) 426-2405 Fax
(246) 427-5537 Registrar

National Library Service
(Main Branch) Coleridge Street
Bridgetown, St. Michael
(246) 426-3981
(246) 437-6009 Director
(246) 437-6009 Deputy Director
(246) 436-1501 Fax

Links:

Geraldine Lane's "Barbados Tombstones, Manumissions, Slave Compensations"
Geraldine Lane's "Tracing Ancestors in Barbados"
  

Researchers:

- Mrs. Carol King
69 Wanstead Gardens
St. James, BARBADOS.
Tel. (246) 424-2344

- Dr. Pat Stafford
eMail: patwinstaf@sunbeach.net

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Resources:

 

Barbados GenWeb Page

http://www.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/
Microfilm Index

1638 List of Inhabitants of Barbados (alphabetical plain text file, 13K)

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 BELIZE
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National Library Service
Bliss Institute
PO Box 287
Belize City, Belize

Archives Department
26/28 Unity Boulevard
Belmopan, Belize
http://www.belize.gov.bz/archives_dept/belize
(501) 8-22247
e-mail: archives@btl.net

Registrar General
Supreme Court
Belize City, Belize
(501) 2-77377

Researchers:

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 MARTINIQUE
See also Antilles Francaises
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Archives Departinentales de la Martinique
B.P. 720 Boulevard du Chevalier de Sainte-Marie
97262 Fort de France
Martinique
+(596)

Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane
Bibliotheque Universitaire
Campus Universitaire
BP7210 Schoelcher
Martinique
+(596)

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(See also Antilles Francaises, Guadeloupe)

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 MONTSERRAT
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(Bearing in mind that there was recent - and continuing - volcanic activity which erased the capital of Plymouth from human habitation through enormous rolling boulders and falling ash several meters thick:)

Information received 13 June, 1999:
"The birth and death records are still with the Court House. The Public Library holds some archival material which previously had been housed at Government House (in the cellar). This amounts to some 2270+ pieces including some bound volumes, some files and some very fragile documents. There is a card index of sorts to this collection. However, please remember there is no programme for the systematic transfer of official records of archival value to the Public Library and the collection would therefore not be comprehensive."

Information received 08 May, 2000:
"I just returned from Montserrat where I was able to research my family. There are records of births and deaths and the marriage registry from 1863. Land records do not exist before 1980, which I think may be an error, but this is what the registry people tell me. Beatrice Allen, the librarian at the Montserrat Public Library might be able to put you in contact with someone who will page through the tomes for you."

Ms. Beatrice Allen, Librarian
Public Library
Woodlands, Montserrat
(664) 491-4706 Tel
(664) 491-6727 Fax
publiclibrary@candw.ag

Registrar General
PO Box 22
Plymouth, Montserrat
(664) 491-2129
    Birth, marriage and death records are available from February 1862 to the present; identify in which of the three districts the event occurred.

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Resources:

Montserrat GenWeb Page

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/BVI/Montserrat

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
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Nationaal Archief
Scharlooweg 77, Willemstad
Curaçao, Nederlandse Antillen
 
Centrale E-mail adres: na@nationalarchives.an
Dienstverlening E-mail adres: dienstverlening@nationalarchives.an
http://nationalarchives.an/htmls/
  
Tel.: (599-9) 461-4866
Fax: (599-9) 461-6794

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Netherlands Antilles GenWeb Page

http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/dutch.htm

Aruba | St. Eustatius | Curacao | Bonaire | Saba | St. Maarten
  

R. Grant Gilmore, Director
St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research
Simon Doncker House
Oranjestad, St. Eustatius
Netherlands Antilles
http://www.geocities.com/st_eustatius_archaeology/

** The link for "faster access in the Americas" has been reported to be to Porn pop-up pages. You have been warned.

 

http://home.wxs.nl/%7Everstg/eastern/eustatius/eustatius.htm
** This link does not work. I am asking the provider for clarification.

 

Microfilm Index

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 NEVIS
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See also Anguilla and St. Kitts / Nevis

LDS Microfilm Index (Part of St. Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla)

Mrs. Lornette M. Hanley, Chief Archivist
Nevis Archives and Library
Nevis Historical and Conservation Society
Nelson Museum, Bellevue
Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies
(869) 469-0408
email: archives-library@nevis-nhcs.org

Researchers:

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Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 PUERTO RICO
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Archivo General de Puerto Rico
Instituto de Cultura
PO Box 9024184
San Juan, PR 00902-4184
(787) 722-2113

Archivo Historico de Caguas
Departamento de Desarrollo Cultural
Municipio de Caguas
PO Box 907
Caguas, PR 00726
(787) 258-0070

Archivo Historico de Mayaguez
Municipio de Mayaguez
PO Box 447
Mayaguez, PR 00681
(787) 833-5195

Archivo Historico Municipal
Municipio de San German
PO Box 85
San German, PR 00683
(787) 892-7979

(Caribbean Regional Library)
Biblioteca Regional del Caribe y de Estudios Latinoamericanos
PO Box 21927
San Juan, PR 00931-1927
(787) 764-0000 Ask for the above
vtorres@upracd.upr.clu.edu
cromero@upracd.upr.clu.edua

Division of Health
Demographic Registry
PO Box 11854
Femandex Juncos Station
San Juan, PR 00910
(787) 728-7980
    Birth, death and marriage records since 1931. For earlier records, contact the Registrador Demografico.

Public Library
Department of Education
Hato Rey
PR 00911
(787) 764-6471

Researchers:

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Resources:

Puerto Rico GenWeb Page

http://www.rootsweb.com/~prwgw/index.html

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 ST KITTS & NEVIS
          (See also NEVIS, above)
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Mrs. Victoria B. O'Flaherty
Archivist for National Archives
National Archives
Government Headquarters
Church Street, Box 186
Basseterre, St. Kitts
(869) 465-2521
    Researchers should contact the Archivist before visiting since research space is limited. Available records include: death registers from 1880; marriage bonds and registers from 1771; Triennial Return of Slaves, 1817-1834; deed books; and other important resources.

Registrar General
PO Box 236
Basseterre, St. Kitts
(869) 465-5251
    Birth, marriage and death records are available from January 1859 to the present.

Researchers:

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Resources:

LDS Microfilm Index (Part of St. Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla)

 
Michelle Terrell's St. Kitts-Nevis Page

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~terre011/genhome.html

 

St. Kitts - Nevis GenWeb Page

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/LeewardIslands/StChristopher
 

St. Kitts - Nevis History Page

http://website.lineone.net/~stkittsnevis/
 

The Jewish Community of Nevis Archaeology Project

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~terre011/Nevis.html

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 ST. LUCIA
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National Archives
PO Box 3060, Clarke Street, Vigie
Castries, St. Lucia
(758) 452-1654
email: stlunatarch_mt@candw.lc

Attn: Ms. Andra Foster
Registrar (of Civil Status) to the Supreme Court
Panier St., Castries,
St.Lucia, West Indies
(758) 452-1257
(758) 453-2071 Fax

Hotels nearby (Rates at May, 1999):

Caribees Hotel
(758) 452-4767 / 453-2732
(758) 452-1999 Fax
Standard room:
single US$50
double US$60
Ocean view room:
single US$60
double US$70
*** All rates in US$, plus 18% tax ***

Auberge Serafin
(758) 453-2073 / 2074 / 2075 / 2077
(758) 451-7007 Fax
Standard room:
double US$85
single US$75
*** All rates in US$, plus 18% tax ***

Researchers:

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Resources:

St. Lucia GenWeb Page

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/StLucia/General

 

Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 ST. VINCENT
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St Vincent and the Grenadines Archives Department
Cotton Ginnery Compound, Frenches
Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines
(784) 456-1689
email: document@caribsurf.com

Director of Libraries
Kingstown, St. Vincent
(784) 457-2292

Kingstown Public Library
Lower Middle Street
Kingstown, St. Vincent
(784) 457-2022

Registrar General
Government Buildings
Kingstown, St. Vincent
(784) 457-1424
    Birth, marriage and death records are available from July 1874 to the present.

Ms Yulu Griffith
Chief Archivist
Archives Dept., Cotton Ginnery Compound
Frenches, Kingstown, St Vincent & the Grenadines
West Indies

Researchers:

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St. Vincent GenWeb Page

http://www.rootsweb.com/~vctwgw/

 

 SURINAME
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Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname
Centrale Bibliotheek, Leysweg
Postbus 9212
Paramaribo, Suriname

Researchers:

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Caribbean Surname Index

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html

 

 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
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National Archives
105 St. Vincent Street, PO Box 763
Port of Spain, Trinidad
(868) 625-2689
http://natt.gov.tt/

The Registrar General of Trinidad
Registrar General's Office
Registration House
South Quay, Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
(868) 623-2450
(868) 623-5793 (??)
    Birth, marriage and death Records.
    Records from Tobago are available from January 1868, Trinidad from January 1848 (Trinidad and Tobago were united in 1889).
The cost for a certified Birth, Marriage and Death certificate is TT$25.00 each (Trinidad dollars) plus miscellaneous charges. This is broken down as:
  $12.50 for search
  $12.50 for certificate
  plus TT$4.00 for stamps, postage and Registration.
Payment is required in advance (international money order acceptable). Request forms (available from the Registrar General's Office) are required to accompany payment.
***Click HERE for records payment notice circulated mid-February, 2001.

The Registrar General's Office of Tobago
Jerningham Street
Scarborough, Tobago,
(868) 639-3210.

The Head Librarian
National Heritage Library
8 Knox Street
Port of Spain
Trinidad, West Indies
(868) 623-6124
heritage@trinidad.net
http://www.nalis.gov.tt/about.html
    Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am to 6:00pm and on Sat 8:00am to 12:00 noon.

The University Libraries
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
(868) 662-2002
(868) 662-9238 Fax
http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/
email: mainlib@library.uwi.tt

The cost for certified Birth, Marriage and Death certificates are $25.00 TT (Trinidad Dollars) each plus miscellaneous charges. This is how they break down the cost - $12.50 for search, $12.50 for certificate and $4.00 for stamps, postage and Registration per certificate. Send your money in advance (international money order). You will need to obtain the original request forms which you need to send in with the money order.

Don't discount writing to churches in the area where your ancestor lived. You can sometimes get a good response from some of the Roman Catholic Churches - and in return make a small donation. The local churches have their own records of the 7 sacraments (baptism, marriage etc.). Apparently this is the only Roman Catholic Church that has an E-mail address xtian@cablenett.net. Snail Mail is Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, 31 Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. They may be willing to send a list of RC Churches in Trinidad.

Researchers (listed here without charge):

Shamshu Deen
9 Charlotte Street, Princes Town, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.
Specialty is East Indian genealogy research 1845-1917, but can be of assistance on other ethnic groups coming to Trinidad & Tobago.
email: shamshu@tstt.net.tt
1 (868) 655-2911, Fax: 1 (868) 652-9111

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Resources:

Trinidad & Tobago GenWeb Page

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/

 

National Library and Information System

http://www.nalis.gov.tt

The University of the West Indies : Main Library

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/

The University of the West Indies : West Indiana and Special Collections Division

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/wisc.html
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Caribbean Surname Index

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• Joanne Macree Sanders "Barbados Records", originally published by Sanders Historical Publications in 1982, re-published by Genealogical Publishing Co. in 1984. Full set comprises 6 volumes - (1) Baptisms, (2) Marriages, (3) Wills & Administrations.
• William P. Filby's "Passenger and Immigration Lists: a guide to published records of immigrants who came to the new world between the sixteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries", published by Gale of Detroit, and which can be found in many large public libraries.
• Peter Coldham's 4 volume work "The Complete Book of Emigrants". He has also published "The Complete book of emigrants in bondage" (both of these are now on one CD-ROM)
    Also by Coldham:
• Peter Coldham "American wills and administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857". (1989)
• Peter Coldham "American wills proved in London 1611-1775". (1992)
• Peter Coldham "Child apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778". (1990)
• Peter Coldham "English adventurers and emigrants 1609-1660 : abstracts of examinations in the high court of Admiralty with references to Colonial America". (1984)
• J.C. Hotten "Original Lists of persons of quality,Emigrants, Exiles, Political Rebels, etc. etc." published in various editions from 1874, and updated by Brandow in "Omitted chapters from Hotten's Original lists, etc."
• W. Gandy's "The Association Oath rolls of the British Plantations, 1696" (1922) included lists for Barbados, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Kitts and Bermuda.
• H.F. Waters "Genealogical Gleanings in England: abstracts of wills relating to early American families, with genealogical notes and pedigrees constructed from the wills and from other records" (in 2 vols. reprinted 1981) and which contains many West Indian references and is indexed by place.
• Vere Langford Oliver "Monumental Inscriptions in the Churches and Churchyards of the Island of Barbados, British West Indies." - London, Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke, 1915. 223 pages, 2 maps, Indexes.
• Vere Langford Oliver "History of Antigua." - 1. London, Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke, 1894-1914. 2. CanDoo Creative Publishing, 1999; 3 volumes, photographs, illustrations, maps, Indexes. Full set republished by CanDoo, new volumes available HERE
• Vere Langford Oliver "Caribbeana." - London, Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke, 1915. 6 volumes, illustrations, maps, Indexes. Original contains "West Indian Bookplates" and "Registers of St. Thomas, Middle Island", No Index to volume 6. Fully indexed set republished by CanDoo, new volumes available HERE
• William R. O'Byrne, "A Naval Biographical Dictionary Comprising The Life and Services of Every Living Officer In Her Majesty's Navy From the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant inclusive." Compiled from authentic and family documents. London: John Murray, 1849. Note: John Murray was publisher to the admiralty.
• Dr. K. S. Wise "Historical Sketches" (Trinidad & Tobago history, 16-18th centuries) 4 Vols. Contains some names of 18th century settlers.
• Sir Claud Holis (Late Gov. and C-in-C of Trinidad & Tobago 1930-36) "A Brief History of Trinidad under the Spanish Crown"
• Eric E. Williams "From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969" ISBN 0-394 71502-0, Vantage Books
• Dookhan, Isaac "A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States" ISBN 976-8125-05-5, Canoe Press
• Peter Carr, Editor/publisher: "Caribbean Historical & Genealogical Journal, including the surrounding continental areas", usually runs to about 42-46 pages each edition. Address: TCI Genealogical Resources, P.O. Box 15839, San Luis Obispo California 93406 USA. The Journal comes out each quarter: January, April, July & October. Cost is $24.00 (US) in the US and $30 (US) outside the US.
  Areas tend to include: Chronological History of the Caribbean (on-going series of articles), Research Tidbits, Historical & Genealogical Bibliography (island by island), Genealogical Tidbits, Articles on specific islands/people/index/records etc., Shipping lists, Indexes of data, Queries section, Journals/book reviews.
• Richard B. Cheddie "Researching In St.Lucia"
• Mrs. Lanaghan "Antigua & the Antiguans: A Full Account Of The Colony and Its Inhabitants From The Time Of The Caribs to the Present Day." 2 volumes. London: Saunders & Otley, 1844. Republished: Macmillan Caribbean, 1991
• Walter Augustus Feurtado "Official and Other Personages of Jamaica 1655 - c1870". LDS microfilm # 0826558, Ellis Family Notes, Letters and Pedigrees, items 3-4.
• T. Fitz-Evan Eversley, compiler "The Trinidad Reviewer for the year 1899" The Robinson Printing Co Ltd., London. This book gives a review on the way people lived their lives in Trinidad in 1899. There is also a  chapter concerning notable folk in Trinidad with a paragraph History on each.
• Anthony de Verteuil "The Germans in Trinidad" (1994). History of the German peoples in Trinidad. Notable names Stollmeyer, Boos, Siegert and Urich. Many others are mentioned breifly. The Litho Press
• Anthony de Verteuil "Sylvester Devenish and the Irish in Nineteenth Century Trinidad"
• Anthony de Verteuil "A History of Diego Martin 1784-1884", Paria Publishing, P.O.S.: 1987
• Michael Pocock "Shadow of the Past". For those of French Descent who migrated to Trinidad. (French Creoles)
• Michael Anthony "The Making of Port of Spain"
• Anthony de Verteuil, Begorrat - Brunton "The Book of Trinidad" 1992. Paria Publishing Co Ltd., Trinidad. About Trinidad from Pre-Columbus to Independence and onward.
• Jill Sheppard "The Redlegs of Barbados". 1977. Irish indentured labourers in Barbados.
• Aubrey Gwyan "Irish Migration to the West Indies : Analecta Hibernia" 1932. Dublin. Documents And Articles on Irish in the West Indies.
• Olga J Mavrogordato "Memorandum Describing the History of Our Ancestors".  (not known to be for sale). West Indian Library Ref. 920 MAV
• Guy Grannum "Tracing your West Indian Ancestors : sources in the Public Record Office"
• Pierre G.L. Borde "The History of the Island of Trinidad under the Spanish Government", Vol 1 and 2, Maisoneuve et Cie., Paris: 1876 and 1883 respectively by Maisonneuve & Cie.. Republished by Paria Publishing, P.O.S. 1982. Translated by James Alva Bain and A.S. Mavrogordato, respectively for the 1982 Paria republication.
• Jo-Anne Ferreira "The Portuguese of Trinidad and Tobago: Portrait of an Ethnic Minority", ISER, UWI, St. Augustine: 1994
• Bridget Brereton "History of Modern Trinidad 1783-1962". London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1981
• Anthony de Verteuil "Eight East Indian Immigrants". Port-of-Spain: Paria Publishing Co. Ltd., 1989. (Names: Beccani, Bunsee, Capildeo, Gokool, Ruknadeen, Soodeen, Sookoo, and Valiama)
• On-line: Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography

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