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==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812] A list of persons seeking United States passports to travel from New York to Antigua and other West Indian destinations for the year 1812. | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812] A list of persons seeking United States passports to travel from New York to Antigua and other West Indian destinations for the year 1812. | ||
*[https:// | *[https://immigrant.pricegen.com/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database] at PriceGen - 20,000+ colonial immigrants, primary focus: Chesapeake Bay colonies (Virginia and Maryland) | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48522/?keyword=antigua The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707 results for Antigua] | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48522/?keyword=antigua The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707 results for Antigua] | ||
*'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry | *'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry - index & images ($). | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?departure=_antigua UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] | *'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?departure=_antigua UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=antigua&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 for Antigua] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=antigua&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 for Antigua] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=barbuda&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 for Barbuda] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=barbuda&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 for Barbuda] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=antigua&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Antigua | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=antigua&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Antigua | ||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=barbuda&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Barbuda | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=barbuda&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Barbuda | ||
== | *[https://www.shipindex.org/ ShipIndex Vessel Research Database] at shipindex.org - index | ||
===British Subjects Overseas=== | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=antigua%20and%20barbuda British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Antigua and Barbuda], index & images ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index & images ($) | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/caribbean-1st-bn-royal-regiment-of-foot-deaths-1801-1811 Caribbean, 1st Bn Royal Regiment Of Foot Deaths 1801-1811], index ($) | |||
===Genealogies of Early Settlers=== | |||
*[https://www.archive.org/details/historyofislando01oliv Volume One, The History of the Island of Antigua: One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time.], e-book | |||
**[https://www.archive.org/details/historyofislando02oliv Volume Two] | |||
**[https://www.archive.org/details/historyofislando03oliv Volume Three] | |||
**For index of genealogies by volume, see [[Antigua and Barbuda Compiled Genealogies]] | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Antigua and Barbuda== | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Antigua and Barbuda== | ||
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*The English maintained control of the islands, repulsing an attempted French attack in 1666. | *The English maintained control of the islands, repulsing an attempted French attack in 1666. | ||
*The brutal conditions endured by the slaves led to revolts in 1701 and 1729 and a planned revolt in 1736, discovered before it began. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, affecting the economy. This was exacerbated by natural disasters such as the 1843 earthquake and the 1847 hurricane. | *The brutal conditions endured by the slaves led to revolts in 1701 and 1729 and a planned revolt in 1736, discovered before it began. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, affecting the economy. This was exacerbated by natural disasters such as the 1843 earthquake and the 1847 hurricane. | ||
*Antigua has a population of 96,286, mostly made up of people of '''West African, British, and Madeiran descent'''. The ethnic distribution consists of 91% Black & Mulatto, 4.4% mixed race, 1.7% White, and 2.9% other (primarily East Indian and other Asian). Most Whites are of British descent. | |||
*'''Christian Levantine Arabs''', and a small number of '''Asians and Sephardic Jews''' make up the remainder of the population. | |||
*A minority of Antiguan residents are immigrants from other countries, particularly from '''Dominica, Guyana and Jamaica''', and, increasingly, from the '''Dominican Republic, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Nigeria'''. | |||
*An estimated 4,500 '''American citizens''' also make their home in Antigua and Barbuda, making their numbers one of the largest American populations in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean.<ref name="AB">"Antigua and Barbuda", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda#Demographics, accessed 25 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Antigua and Barbuda== | ==Emigration From Antigua and Barbuda== | ||
*An increasingly large percentage of the population lives abroad, most notably in the '''United Kingdom, United States and Canada'''. <ref name="AB"/> | |||
==Records of Antigua and Barbuda Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | |||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for '''major''' destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | |||
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[England Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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