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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 01:14:37 PM » |
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The barbados Archives at Black Rock. The building where the records are kept and where one may search the indices are large and airy and the staff helpful.
Every island seems to have a different system of paperwork for ordering index books to search - they never seem to be simple.
If a record is found and a certificate needed, then the reference needs to be noted and the certificate ordered in Bridgetown at the registry. This is a real nuisance as Bridgetown is busy and parking difficult to find. Taxis are expensive. There is always the bus and a good hike, if you know where to go.
At the archives there are index books for most of the churches, there are some records on microfisch, Wills can be searched as well.
For example, I was shown the folder containing (supposedly) the last will of a great uncle. All that was left was a fragment with the signatures. The upper part was missing, possibly misfiled. But I had a reference number. A trip to the registry in Bridgetown and for BDS$10, I was able to view the transcript and copy the text into my notebook. They were polite and helpful.
I was also able to view the death entry for him at the archives. Noted the details. This information, given to one of his daughters who lives in the US, was of great comfort. She thought that he had died of alcohol, but he really died of TB. Much more palatable than a drunk! Either way, he was only 41. This was in the 1920s when the awful disease was untreatable.
I have been able to trace family back to births in the 1860s.
I hope this gives encouragement. BTW, the Barbados Archives holds a list of researchers you can contact.
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