Bermuda Colonial Records
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British Colonization (1609-currently)
The Islands of Bermuda were discovered in 1609 when a British ship was driven onto the island during a severe storm. The ship's crew stayed for ten months, establishing a settlement. The group of islands were claimed for the English Crown, and the charter of the Virginia Company was later extended to include them. Although Bermuda is self-governed, the country is considered a British Overseas Territory and are under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for defense and foreign relations.[1]
| Record collection | Years covered | Record type | Language | Who is in the records |
| The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), 1384-1858 | 1621-1858 | Wills | English | Until 1858, all wills had to be proved by the church and other courts. Most of the individuals in these records were relatively wealthy. |
| Caribbean Association Oath Rolls, 1696 | 1696 | Oath Rolls | English | The record set gives basic details of signatories (and no additional information appears in the original records of this early date). |
| British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, COUNTRY at Findmypast - index & images ($) | 1898-1915 | Births and baptisms | English | Children born to those working within the armed forces, merchant navy, and consular forces, as well as, civilian ship passengers. |
| British Civil Service Evidence Of Age at Findmypast - index ($) | 1833-1923 | Civil Service applications and paperwork | English | Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service. |
| UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, COUNTRY at Ancestry - index ($) | 1870 | Birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial records | English | Records in this collection come from a variety of sources. Events include both British and non-British nationals |
| Bermuda customs records : 1780-1864 | 1780-1864 | Shipping records | English | This collection lists ships that arrived in Bermuda, including what they transported. |
| Census of Bermuda, 1788-1789 | 1788-1789 | Census | English | Freeholders, or people who owned property |
| Ireland Island, Bermuda, church records, 1826-1946 (ADM 6/434-436) and Boaz Island garrison baptisms, 1903-1911, 1918 (ADM 6/439) | 1826-1946 | Church records | English | Anglican Bermudians |
| Bermuda police records : 1839-1908 | 1839-908 | Police records | English | While this collection will be very useful if your ancestor was a criminal, it will also contain anyone that needed to petition the police |
| Court records, 1694-1897 | 1694-1897 | Court records | English | This collection contains records from the Court of Assizes. The people that had to go to this court were involved in the most serious criminal and civil cases |
| Court records, 1728-1841 | 1728-1841 | Court records | English | This collection contains records from the Chancery Court. The Chancery Court hears cases that cannot be resolved under English common law. These cases usually involved business and property disputes, and therefore, contain more of the general public than those that were involved in criminal cases |
| Court records, 1790-1915 | 1790-1915 | Court records | English | This collection contains records from the Court of quarter sessions. These quarter sessions were typically held four times a year at the local level |
| General register of freeholders, 1868-1941 | 1868-1941 | Land records | English | Property owners in Bermuda |
| Public records, 1612-1937 | 1612-1937 | Many different types | English | This collection has a variety of records from land deeds to manumissions to court records; if you had any ancestors in Bermuda it is worth a look |
| Wills, inventories and administrations, 1640-1954 | 1650-1954 | Probate records | English | People who left a will or had any kind of estate |
| Slave registry, 1821-1834 | 1821-1834 | Slave registry | English | Lists enslaved peoples by slave owner for the years 1821 and 1827-1834 |
| Bermuda, Passenger and Crew Manifests, 1957-1969 at Ancestry - index & images ($) | 1957-1969 | Ship manifests | English | People who arrived in Bermuda on a ship between 1957 and 1969 |
| Bermuda National Library - Digital Collection | 1906-1995 | Newspapers | Englsih | Bermudians |
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Bermuda," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda#Settlement_by_the_English, accessed 13 August 2019.