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British West Indies records online

May 11, 2010 by Alan Stewart

Births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials in some of the former British islands of the West Indies are now available online.

FamilySearch has put online at its Record Search pilot site the following record collections:

Bahamas births 1850-1891;
Barbados baptisms 1739-1891;
Barbados marriages 1854-1879;
Barbados burials 1854-1885;
Caribbean births and baptisms 1590-1928;
Caribbean marriages 1591-1905;
Caribbean deaths and burials 1790-1906;
Grenada births and baptisms 1866-1891;
Jamaica births and baptisms 1752-1920;
Jamaica Trelawny Parish civil registration births 1878-1930.

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Posted in BMD, Parish registers | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on April 17, 2011 at 8:28 pm | Reply Macky Lebron Montalban

Hi, I am trying to work out my paternal side of the family. These are the surnames:

1892 – my Dad – C.I. Lebron-Christian died 7-08-1985 in Puerto Rico

1865 – Grandmother C. Christian Orellana married to J.M. Lebron-Maldonado…
on June 25, 2011 at 2:49 am | Reply Robert Fricks

I am trying to find the names of my maternal ancestry. My grandfather (Auslin Elsworth Henning) was born on Grand Cayman, his father was Sterling Rivers Henning (also born on Grand Cayman) and his father was John Hooper Henning from Greenock, Greenwich, Scotland. I would like to know the names of those preceding John Hooper Henning (who his parents were etc.).
- on June 28, 2011 at 9:43 pm | Reply Alan Stewart
  
  Hi Robert
  
  Greenock and Greenwich are two different places. Greenock is in Scotland near Glasgow, while Greenwich is in England and is part of Greater London. I’ve taken a look at the Scottish records and found very few people named Henning – certainly none near Greenock. There are some Hennings in Greenwich, but I’m afraid I couldn’t find a John Hooper Henning.
  
  Best regards
  
  Alan
  - on June 28, 2011 at 9:53 pm Robert Fricks
    
    Thanks Alan for the help. Greenwich is indeed a city in England but it is also a county (or whatever they are called in the U.K.) in Scotland and Greenock is there. That’s the way it was explained to me and thus far, I have found nothing to refute it. Thanks again…
- on October 9, 2012 at 7:24 pm | Reply redetin
  
  Greenock is in Renfrewshire (the county name). There is no Greenwich in Scotland that I know of.
  - on October 9, 2012 at 10:45 pm Robert Fricks
    
    Thank you redetin…I stand corrected.
on January 23, 2012 at 10:01 pm | Reply Yvette

I’m trying to find records of a marriage between Heloise Marie Serisier and Count de Moro in Cuba between 1835-1845.
on July 23, 2012 at 11:17 pm | Reply Denise T. Means

Hi, I am trying to find my paternal side. My grandfather, Thomas Daniel Means came to New York City in the early 20′s and bore my father, Thomas Daniel Means, Jr. He returned to the British, West Indies and I am trying to find out which island.
on January 23, 2013 at 11:10 pm | Reply Lorna Allery

I am trying to find out which island in the West Indies my husbands great,great, grandfather was born. his name was William Taylor Montague
- on January 30, 2013 at 1:23 pm | Reply Alan Stewart
  
  Hi Lorna
  
  Why don’t you try the Caribbean GenWeb Project site at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~caribgw/?
  
  Best wishes
  
  Alan