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''[[North America]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Caribbean]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Trinidad_and_Tobago_Genealogy|Trinidad and Tobago]]'' {{Trinidad and Tobago-sidebar}} | ''[[North America]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Caribbean]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Trinidad_and_Tobago_Genealogy|Trinidad and Tobago]]'' {{Trinidad and Tobago-sidebar}} | ||
Columbus discovered Trinidad and Tobago on his third voyage in 1498. Trinidad was inhabited by the Arawak Indians, who were killed by early European settlers. It was colonized by the Spanish in 1592. It continued under Spanish rule until 1797, when it was captured by the British. Trinidad was formally ceded to the United Kingdom in 1802. | |||
Tobago was ruled intermittently by the Dutch, French and English in its early colonial history before it was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1814. | |||
Trinidad and Tobago were merged in 1888 to form a single colony. Full independence was gained in 1962.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: West Indies,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1999.</ref> | |||
=== Sovereignty === | === Sovereignty === | ||
**'''''Trinidad ''''' Spain 1509, French settlers 1777, Great Britain 1797, Trinidad and Tobago joint colony 1889, independent 1962.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad Trinidad] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 8 October 2015).</ref> <ref name="Sch">Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogcial Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: a Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1998), 128. {{WorldCat|39622039}}; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 929.11812 D26s}}.</ref><br> | **'''''Trinidad ''''' Spain 1509, French settlers 1777, Great Britain 1797, Trinidad and Tobago joint colony 1889, independent 1962.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad Trinidad] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 8 October 2015).</ref> <ref name="Sch">Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogcial Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: a Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1998), 128. {{WorldCat|39622039}}; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 929.11812 D26s}}.</ref><br> | ||