Researching W. Indies & Caribbean Family History

 

Caribbean Family History allows you to search through burials, ministers, tombstones and slave compensations across the Caribbean.

Family Search has indexed many Caribbean births and baptism registers, marriage registers, and death and burial registers.

 

The various archives of Anguilla have been catalogued (at least at a basic level) by the Endangered Archives Programme.

The Anguilla Heritage Collection Museum  contains a large number of photographs, newscuttings, etc. of interest to family historians.

Bahamas Genealogy Records features multiple links to additional resources and historical information.

Bahamas Civil Registration from 1850-1959 can be searched via Family Search’s records.

Forebears also have a Bahamas Genealogical Records section.

Barbados Ancestors contains comprehensive guides to research genealogy within Barbados. The records listed are from 1627 to 1966.

Who Do you Think You Are? Magazine has a guide containing several links to useful records, archives and museums.

 

The National Archives has many of the documents relating to the history of people in the Caymans.

 

18th – 19th century almanacs from Jamaica contains records of properties, proprietors and civil listings.  Jamaican Family Search also has directory listings and other records that are accessible.

Some Genealogy information is available on Candoo Leeward Islands website. This information relates to where physical records are held.

The various archives of Montserrat have been catalogued (at least at a basic level) by the Endangered Archives Programme.

Family Search has links to the church registers.

Many of the records are held by the National Trust for Montserrat.

Genealogy Research

 

Researching UK Family History

 

Researching Worldwide Family History

Useful links