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Guide to Caribbean ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Welcome to the Caribbean Page

The countries located in the Caribbean are:[edit | edit source]

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+''[[North America]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Caribbean]]''
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+Guide to '''Caribbean ancestry, family history, and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
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+<center>'''Welcome to the Caribbean Page'''</center>
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+=== The countries located in the Caribbean are:  ===
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+[[Image:Caribbean Map.png|right|500px|Caribbean Map.png]]
-== Caribbean Greater Antilles ==
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+*[[Anguilla Genealogy|Anguilla]]
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+*[[Antigua and Barbuda Genealogy|Antigua and Barbuda]]
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 *[[Bahamas Genealogy|Bahamas]]
-*[[Cayman Islands Genealogy|Cayman Islands]] (British Overseas Territory)
+*[[Barbados Genealogy|Barbados]]
+*[[British Virgin Islands Genealogy|British Virgin Islands]]
+*[[Cayman Islands Genealogy|Cayman Islands]]
 *[[Cuba Genealogy|Cuba]]
+*[[Curaçao Genealogy|Curaçao]]
+*[[Dominica Genealogy|Dominica]]
 *[[Dominican Republic Genealogy|Dominican Republic]]
+*[[Grenada Genealogy|Grenada]]
+*[[Guadeloupe Genealogy|Guadeloupe]]
 *[[Haiti Genealogy|Haiti]]
 *[[Jamaica Genealogy|Jamaica]]
-*[[Puerto Rico Genealogy|Puerto Rico]] (United States)
+*[[Martinique Genealogy|Martinique]]
-*[[Turks and Caicos Islands Genealogy|Turks and Caicos Islands]] (British Overseas Territory)
+*[[Montserrat Genealogy|Montserrat]]
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+*[[Puerto Rico]]
-[[File:Caribbean Greater Antilles.png|750px|right]]
+*[[Saint Barthelemy Genealogy|Saint Barthelemy]]
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+*[[Saint Kitts and Nevis Genealogy|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
-=== Caribbean Lesser Antilles ===
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-'''Windward Islands'''<br>
-*[[Aruba Genealogy|Aruba]] (formerly [[The Netherlands Antilles|Netherlands Antilles]])
-*[[Barbados Genealogy|Barbados]]
-*[[Bonaire Genealogy|Bonaire]] (British Overseas Territory, formerly [[The Netherlands Antilles|Netherlands Antilles]])
-*[[Curaçao Genealogy|Curaçao]] (formerly [[The Netherlands Antilles|Netherlands Antilles]])
-*[[Dominica Genealogy|Dominica]]
-*[[Grenada Genealogy|Grenada]]
-*[[Trinidad and Tobago Genealogy|Trinidad and Tobago]]
-*[[Martinique, France Genealogy|Martinique]] (French Antilles, France)
 *[[Saint Lucia Genealogy|Saint Lucia]]
+*[[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]]
 *[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Genealogy|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
-*Isle de Margarite
+*[[The Netherlands Antilles Genealogy|The Netherlands Antilles]]
-*Isle de Tortuga
+*[[Trinidad and Tobago Genealogy|Trinidad and Tobago]]
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+*[[Turks and Caicos Islands Genealogy|Turks and Caicos Islands]]
-|[[File:Caribbean Lesser Antilles Windward Islands.png|750px|right]]
+*[[Virgin Islands]]
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-'''Leeward Islands'''<br>
-*[[Anguilla Genealogy|Anguilla]] (British Overseas Territory)
-*[[Antigua and Barbuda Genealogy|Antigua and Barbuda]]
-*[[British Virgin Islands Genealogy|British Virgin Islands]] (British Overseas Territory)
-*[[Guadeloupe, France Genealogy|Guadeloupe]] (French Antilles, France)
-*[[Montserrat Genealogy|Montserrat]] (British Overseas Territory)
-*[[Saba Genealogy|Saba]] (Caribbean Netherlands, formerly [[The Netherlands Antilles|Netherlands Antilles]])
-*[[Saint Barthelemy Genealogy|Saint Barthélemy]] (French Antilles, France)
-*St. Croix
-*[[Saint Kitts and Nevis Genealogy|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
-*[[Sint Eustatius|Sint Eustatius]] (Caribbean Netherlands, formerly Netherlands Antilles)
-*[[Sint Maarten Genealogy|Sint Maarten]], [[Saint Martin Island]] (Caribbean Netherlands, formerly [[The Netherlands Antilles|Netherlands Antilles]], southern 40% of the island)
-*[[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]], [[Saint Martin Island]] (French Antilles, France, northern 60% of the island)
-*[[United States Virgin Islands Genealogy|United States Virgin Islands]] (United States)
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-[[File:Caribbean Lesser Antilles Leeward Islands.png|500px|right]]
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-===For Further Reading===
-*Auger, F.R.; Gordon, S.C.; Hall, D.G.; and Reckord, M. ''The Making of the West Indies.''  London: Low & Brydone Ltd., 1960.
-*Baker, E.C.  ''A Guide to Records in the Leeward Islands.''  Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1965.
-*Baker, E.C.  ''A Guide to Records in the Windward Islands.''  Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1968.
-*Burns, Sir Alan.  ''History of the British West Indies.''  London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954.
-*''Caribbean Archives Conference.''  Report of the Caribbean Archives Conference Held at The University of the West Indies Mona, Jamaica.  September 20-27, 1965.  Kingston, Government Printer, 1965.
-*Platt, Lyman D. ''Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America.''   Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978.
-[[Category:Countries in the Caribbean]]
+[[Category:North_America]]