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Browse through rare early records relating to emigration and settlement in Barbados.

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There are various documents included in this collection covering an array of event types, including baptisms, burials, censuses, landowner lists, and other lists. In this search, you can browse through both pieces from The National Archives in their entirety:


  • CO 1/44 – American and West Indies, colonial papers: Barbados Lists of Property Owners, Militia, et al., 1678-1680
  • CO 28/16 – Colonial Office and predecessors: Barbados, original correspondence – Barbados Census of White Population, 1715


Depending on the type of document, you may discover significant details about your ancestor and the early colonial settlements in Barbados and other North American colonies, such as Connecticut and Rhode Island.

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