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{{Bermuda-sidebar}}<br>''[[Bermuda]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Bermuda_History|History]]'' | {{Bermuda-sidebar}}<br>''[[Bermuda]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Bermuda_History|History]]'' | ||
The islands were discovered by Juan Bermúdez, probably in 1503, but were uninhabited until colonists under Sir George Somers were wrecked there in 1609. A company was formed for the ‘Plantation of the Somers’ Islands’, and in 1684 the Crown took over the government. A referendum in August 1995 rejected independence from the United Kingdom. Bermuda consists of a group of 138 islands and islets.<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> | |||
==Local Histories== | |||
*Hayward, Walter Brownell. ''Bermuda Past and Present: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Somer Islands.'' New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1912. Digital version at [http://www.dloc.com/UF00074075/00001 DLOC] - free. | *Hayward, Walter Brownell. ''Bermuda Past and Present: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Somer Islands.'' New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1912. Digital version at [http://www.dloc.com/UF00074075/00001 DLOC] - free. | ||