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''[[Barbados|Barbados]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Barbados_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ''[[Barbados|Barbados]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Barbados_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
[[Image:BarbadosStJamesChurch.jpg|thumb|right]] The oldest standing church on the Island of Barbados is St. James Church (picture on right). Joanne McRee Sanders published indexes and abstracts of many Barbados church records (see below). Recently, FamilySearch has started an initiative to make free online indexes to many of the same records, and has broadened the scope to include nineteenth century records derived from both church and civil collections. <br> | [[Image:BarbadosStJamesChurch.jpg|thumb|right|BarbadosStJamesChurch.jpg]] The oldest standing church on the Island of Barbados is St. James Church (picture on right). Joanne McRee Sanders published indexes and abstracts of many Barbados church records (see below). Recently, FamilySearch has started an initiative to make free online indexes to many of the same records, and has broadened the scope to include nineteenth century records derived from both church and civil collections. <br> | ||
== Church of England == | == Church of England == | ||
Original Barbados christenings and burials (1679-1680) are kept at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed: {{FHL|35200|item}} 1162149 Item 1 | Original Barbados christenings and burials (1679-1680) are kept at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed: {{FHL|35200|item}} 1162149 Item 1 | ||
Bishop's transcripts covering the 1640s and 1650s were found in the Public Record Office in England (now [[The_National_Archives_of_the_United_Kingdom|The National Archives]]).<ref>The editor of these records stated additional bishop's transcripts for the Leeward Islands were at Fulham Palace, in the custody of the Bishop of London in 1910, but he did not have permission to publish them.</ref> They were published and are now available online (see [[Barbados Church Records#Marriages|Marriages]]). | |||
=== Baptisms === | === Baptisms === | ||