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INTRODUCTION
The Caribbean/West Indies includes:
- Spanish West Indies – Cuba, Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic, and until 1609, Haiti), Puerto Rico, Jamaica (until 1655), the Cayman Islands, Trinidad (until 1797) and Bay Islands (until 1643)
- French West Indies – Anguilla (briefly), Antigua and Barbuda (briefly), Dominica, Dominican Republic (briefly), Grenada, Haiti, Montserrat (briefly), Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius (briefly), St Kitts (briefly), Tobago (briefly), Saint Croix, the current French overseas départements of Martinique and Guadeloupe (including Marie-Galante, La Désirade and Les Saintes), and the current French overseas collectivities of Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin.
- British West Indies/Anglophone Caribbean – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bay Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica (from 1655), Montserrat, Saint Croix (briefly), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago (from 1797) and the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Danish West Indies – present-day United States Virgin Islands
- Dutch West Indies – present-day Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, Virgin Islands, Saint Croix (briefly), Tobago and Bay Islands (briefly)
- Swedish West Indies – present-day French Saint-Barthélemy.
(Source: Wikipedia, 28 August 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean)
Most Caribbean islands have changed ownership several times, therefore records may be held by the archives of several countries. An extreme example of this is the island of Tobago, which has 'changed hands some 22 times in 400 years' (http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/117-Lugo-en.pdf)
ONLINE RESOURCES
Researching African-Caribbean Family History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/genealogy_article_01.shtml
Carribean Histories Revealed
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/caribbeanhistory
Excellent links, including many to Caribbean archives
The Carribean GenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/
An "on-line data repository for queries, family histories, and source records as well as being a resource center to identify other on-line databases and resources to assist researchers"
Cyndi's List: Hispanic, Central & South America, & the West Indies
http://www.cyndislist.com/hispanic.htm
A categorised list of useful web links
Caribbean Genealogy Research: Details of Country Resources
http://www.candoo.com/genresources/
Lists contact details of Caribbean archives and libraries, and references microfilm copies of original records that can be accessed for a small fee at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latterday Saints’ Family History Centres in Australia and
overseas.
CARSURDEX: Caribbean Surname Index
http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.html
Searchable message board of surnames being researched.
What a Pistarckle! Access to Caribbean Records for Family History Research
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/117-Lugo-en.pdf
Paper by Susan Laura Lugo, Caribbean Genealogy Library, presented at World Library And Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference And Council, 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada
BOOKS
Tracing your West Indian ancestors – sources in the Public Record Office [UK]
G 972.9 G766T
MICROFICHE
Caribbeana: being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies
GMF 180
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