General Resource Sites

• Bermudian Genealogy & History 
  Bermuda surnames, as well as lists of ships passengers to Bermuda and various other things of interest to a person researching ancestors from Bermuda.
• Bibliography for Researchers of Jamaican Genealogy and History 
• Caribbean Genealogy Research 
  Country by country links and addresses for genealogy.
• CASBAH 
  Research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian peoples in the UK.
• DOMTOM-GENEA 
  Genealogical website for French territories overseas as Carribean, St-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Reunion Island and neighbouring countries as Mauritius, Pondichery /Site généalogique pour la France d'Outre-Mer : Dom-Tom.
• Dutch Antilles 
• Family History of Jamaica, West Indies 
  From Madeleine Mitchell. ARSCOTT, COVER, MURRAY, LEVY.
• Genealogia 
  Spanish and Cuban genealogy links.
• Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe 
• Genealogy of the Cayman Islands 
• Index to "Historia de Familias Cubanas, Vols 1-9" - (Histories of Cuban Families) 
• Jamaican Family Search 
  A Jamaican genealogy reference library containing Lists of Proprietors and Properties and Civil and Military Lists from 19th century Jamaican Almanacs, extractions from Wills and Registers, and useful Jamaican research tools.
• Jamaican Jewish Genealogy 
• Moving Here - 200 Years of Migration to England 
  Online searchable database of digitized photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years.
  • Caribbean Migration Histories 
  • Caribbean Roots 
• St. Kitts - Nevis Genealogy Page 
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines Genealogy Research 
  A genealogy guide to researching your roots in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, complete with old newspaper articles containing many individual names. Also includes pages profiling individual families including Alexander, Cox, Dalzell, Guilding, Hackshaw, and others.
• Transportation to America and the West Indies, 1615-1776  ~ United Kingdom
  Public Record Office information leaflet.
• Where to Find Jamaican Genealogical Information 
• Yahoo! Clubs Genealogía Hispana 
• Yahoo! Clubs - Hispanic Genealogy 
• Yahoo!...Hispanic...Genealogy 

History & Culture

• Spain In America 
  An Ibero-American history site, which focuses on the post-Colombian period (ca. 1500 - 1750).

How To

• The Channel 4 Guide to Genealogy or How to Find Your Roots 
  • A Caribbean Case Study 
  • Tracing an Ancestor Who Was an Immigrant 
    • African-Americans 
    • Africans 
    • West Indians 
• Cuban Genealogy How To Guide 

Language, Handwriting & Script

• French Genealogical Word List 
• French Letter Writing Guide 
  For genealogical inquiries from FamilySearch.org.
• Online English to French to English Dictionary 
• Online English to Portuguese to English Dictionary 
• Online English to Spanish to English Dictionary 
• Portuguese Genealogical Word List 
• Portuguese Letter Writing Guide 
  For genealogical inquiries from FamilySearch.org.
• Spanish Genealogical Word List 
• Spanish Letter Writing Guide 
  For genealogical inquiries from FamilySearch.org.
• Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation 
  Input a URL for a web site or a block of plain text and this site will translate it for you: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Bermudian Heritage Museum  ~ Bermuda
  Home of the Bermudian Heritage Association.
• Bermuda Historical Museum 
• Bermuda Maritime Museum  ~ Mangrove Bay, Bermuda
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

  Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  Cuba  Dominica  Dominican Republic  Grenada  Guadeloupe

  Haiti  Jamaica  Martinique  Montserrat  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  Virgin Islands (British)  Virgin Islands (U.S.)

• Family Search - Family History Centers 

  The Bahamas  The Dominican Republic

  Haiti  Jamaica

• FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE - Directorio Web de Archivos Iberoamericanos 
  • Archivos de Cuba 
  • Archivos de la República Dominicana 
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
  • A Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collections of the Research Library of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 
    • Cuban 
    • Hispanic 
    • Latino 
• H-Latam Archives 
  A list of information about Latin American archives, submitted by visitors to the H-Net web site.
• The Latin American Library at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 
• LibDex - The Library Index 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
  • Dominican Republic 
  • Jamaica 
  • Mexico 
• National Library of Jamaica 
  • Online Catalogue of Jamaican Records 
• The Nevis Historical & Conservation Society - Library and Archives 
  The Society maintains the Archives of Nevis, situated at the Nelson Museum next to Government House in Bellvue.
• Repositories of Primary Sources: Latin America and the Caribbean 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
  • Bahamas Mailing Lists 
  • Cayman Islands Mailing Lists 
  • Cuba Mailing Lists 
  • Dominican Republic Mailing Lists 
  • West Indies Mailing Lists 
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Ethnic-Hispanic 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• ANTIGUA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Antigua and Barbuda. Archives: browse or search.
• BAHAMAS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the country of the Bahamas. Archives: browse or search.
• Bahamians Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Bahamas including the sharing of surname interests and the exchange of genealogical and historical information.
• BARBADOS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the independent state of Barbados, the easternmost island in the West Indies. Archives: browse or search.
• BARBUDA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Barbuda, one of three islands that make up the independent state of Antigua and Barbuda in the West Indies. Many early settlers on Barbuda stayed a generation or two and moved on to Charles Town, South Carolina. Archives: browse or search.
• bay-island-genealogy Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Bay Islands (e.g., Roatan, Utila, Guanaja, Cayos Cochinos) off the northern coast of Spanish Honduras.
• BRITISH-VIRGIN-ISLANDS Mailing List 
  Sponsored by the British Virgin Islands GenWeb Project, for anyone with a genealogical interest in the British Virgin Islands. Archives: browse or search.
• Caribbean-AfriGeneas 
  To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of those researching African ancestry in the Caribbean region.
• CARIBBEAN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the West Indies and the Caribbean. Archives: browse or search.
• CARIBBEAN-FREEDMEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in the Caribbean from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Caucasian, indigenous natives). Archives: browse or search.
• cayman-connections Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Cayman Islands.
• CUBA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the country of Cuba. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-HISPANIC Mailing List 
  Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.hispanic newsgroup for the discussion of Hispanic genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
• HUGUENOT-WALLOON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the French Huguenots and Belgium Walloons who fled to the West Indies, the Netherlands, and the United States in the 17th century. Archives: browse or search.
• JAMAICA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the island of Jam. Archives: browse or search.
• MadeiraExiles Mailing List 
  Devoted to the research of Dr. Robert Reid Kalley's Portuguese Presbyterian exiles from Madeira, Portugal who emigrated to Trinidad and then to Illinois (ca 1846-1854). Postings regarding research of related exiles who settled in Trinidad, Antigua, St Kitts, Jamaica, Demerara, etc. are also welcome. Archives: browse or search.
• PORTUGUESE-WESTINDIES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Portuguese immigrants to the West Indies. Archives: browse or search.
• REPUBLICA-DOMINICANA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Dominican Republic. Archives: browse or search.
• SAINT-DOMINGUE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the former french colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti). Archives: browse or search.
• SPAN-AM-WAR Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Spanish American War. Archives: browse or search.

• Search soc.genealogy.west-indies Posts 
• Usenet Newsgroup soc.genealogy.hispanic 
• Usenet Newsgroup soc.genealogy.west-indies 

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• Map of the United States: West Indian Ancestry 
  From the University of Minnesota.
• The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Maps of the Americas 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Cuba Maps 
  • Dominican Republic Maps 
  • Haiti Maps 
  • Jamaica Maps 

Military

• Ten Years War Officers Database 
  Searchable data base of officers and other significant participants in Cuba's Ten Years War against Spain 1868-1878.

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - Bermuda - Newspapers and News Sources 
• ABYZ News Links - Caribbean - Newspapers and News Sources 

People & Families

• Cuban Jewish Search Lists-Family Ties 
  Lists, book indexes, and other information to help people locate Jewish families that settled in Cuba over the past 100 years.
• David SILVERA's Home Page 
  Primarily focused on the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in Jamaica, West Indies.
• De Windt's Family Home Page (1810-1996) 
  Curaçao and Dominican Republic.
• Genealogy Portal - Jamaica Genealogy 
  Includes information on CAMPBELL, REYNOLDS, RAMSEY, BOGLE, BRANDON, NASH & STEPHENSON.
• The Hispanic Adoption Registry 
• The Portuguese of the West Indies 
  Devoted to researching the origins and development of Portuguese communities throughout the Caribbean.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Caribbean 
• Genaholic 
  The FREE Genealogical Record Search Service for the UK (including Ireland), West Indies and Gibraltar.
• Professional Genealogist in Salt Lake City - Chad R. Milliner, MLIS, AG 
  Research for Britain, United States, Canada, Australia and the British West Indies.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Hispanic 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Barbados And Scotland, Links 1627-1877 
    A book by David Dobson.
  • A Beginners Guide to Hispanic Genealogy 
    A book by Norma P. Flores & Patsy Ludwig.
  • Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States 
    A book by Lyman D. Platt.
  • Cuban American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Finding Your Hispanic Roots 
    A book by George R. Ryskamp.
  • Guide to Cuban Genealogical Research 
    A book by Peter E. Carr.
  • Hispanic American Genealogical Sourcebook 
    A book by Paula K. Byers.
  • Hispanic First Names 
    A book by Richard D. Woods.
  • Hispanic Surnames and Family History 
    A book by Lyman D. Platt.
  • Introduction to Hispanic Genealogy 
    A book by George Suacedo.
  • Jamaican Ancestry: How to Find Out More 
    A book by Madeleine E. Mitchell.
  • Roots Recovered! the How to Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa 
    A book by James E. White.
  • Tracing Ancestors in Barbados 
    A book by Geraldine Lane.
  • Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors 
    A book by Guy Grannum.
• Books We Own - Caribbean 
  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
• Genealogical.com - Bahamas/Bahamian , Barbados , Bermuda , Jamaica/Jamaican , Spain/Spanish 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States 
    A book by Lyman D. Platt.
  • Guide to Cuban Genealogical Research 
    A book by Peter E. Carr.
  • Hispanic Surnames and Family History 
    A book by Lyman D. Platt.
• Heritage Books: Jamaican 

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Caribbean 
• Caribbean Surnames Index - CARSURDEX 
  Index of surnames in the Caribbean listed by surname and researcher.
• Surnames By Town 
  Surnames, classified by town, appear as e-mail links to the submitter researching them under that town.
  • Cuba 
  • Dominican Republic/República Dominicana 
• West Indies Surname Interests List 

Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
(Born, Married, Died & Buried)

• Cuban Army of Liberation 1895-1898 
  Searchable database of veterans of the "Mambi Army" who fought in the Cuban War of Independence 1895-1898.
• Family Search Record Search 
  Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
  • Jamaica, Trelawny Parish Civil Registration Births, 1878-1930 
• Genealogy Quest - Surinam to Jamaica, 1675 
  In July 1667, Surinam was ceded to the Dutch. In 1675 commissioners were sent from England to bring away "his Majesty's subjects, their slaves, goods, and estates." Here are three ships carrying English passengers to Jamaica.
• Lincolnshire Convicts transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda 
  Online searchable database from the Lincolnshire Archives.
• Lista de Passageiros do veleiro Elizabeth Marie 
  Ship's passenger list and letter to King Joao VI,1819.
• Tombstones and Burials 
  Monumental Inscriptions databases for Antigua and Barbados.

Religion & Churches

Societies & Groups

• Association de généalogie d'Haïti 
• Cuban Genealogical Society  ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
• Instituto Dominicano De Genealogia, Inc. 
• Nevis Historical and Conservation Society  ~ Nevis
  • Library and Archives 
• St. Christopher Heritage Society  ~ St. Kitts

WorldGenWeb Project

• WorldGenWeb Project 
  • CaribbeanGenWeb 
    • Bahama Islands GenWeb Project 
    • BajanGenWeb 
      The CaribbeanGenWeb site for Barbados.
    • Bermuda Genealogy 
    • Cuban Genealogy Resources 
    • Dominican Republic Caribbean GenWeb 
    • La Genealogía de Puerto Rico (The Genealogy of Puerto Rico) 
    • Genealogie d'Haiti 
    • Genealogy of Jamaica 
    • Netherland Antilles GenWeb 
    • TriniGenWeb 
      Trinidad and Tobago.
    • U.S. (Danish) Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John 
    • WorldGenWeb page for Grenada 
    • WorldGenWeb page for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

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