Online Sources for Historical Research

Check out a number of sites that make sources for Caribbean historical research available...

Family Search

Discover your Caribbean family history with a database of billions of records for genealogical history, including baptismal records for Barbados and Jamaica.

Open Library

Open Library is an open project: the software is open, the data are open, the documentation is open, and we welcome your contribution. Whether you fix a typo, add a book, or write a widget--it's all welcome. We have a small team of fantastic programmers who have accomplished a lot, but we can't do it alone!

Sample Document: Cave Shepherd Illustrated Barbados (1911)

Tombstones.bb

This online resource allows you to search databases of burial registers and tombstones in Barbados and Antigua.

West Indian Plantations

This online resource allows you to search databases of slave compensations and manumission records in Barbados.