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''[[Barbados|Barbados]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Barbados_Census|Census]]'' [[Image:IMG 1939.JPG|thumb|right|IMG 1939.JPG]] <br><br>Several early censuses and census substitutes are available for Barbados. They have been published and are widely available online.<ref>Terri England has published abstracts of many of the records identified in this article. Her list aided in this compilation, see [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brbwgw/PubForums.htm Barbados Public Records/Forums,] at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brbwgw/index.htm Chronicle Barbados: Centre for Barbados Studies in History and Genealogy].</ref> <br><br>Many early maps identify plantation owners by name, and act as census substitutes for the years they were printed (1650, 1680, 1728, 1747, 1756, 1825).<ref>Geraldine Lane, ''Tracing Ancestors in Barbados: A Practical Guide'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006), 91-92.</ref> [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; See also [[Barbados Maps|Maps]].  

*Briggs, Sam. "A List of the Names of the Inhabitants of Barbadoes in the Year 1638, Who Then Possessed More than Ten Acres of Land," ''The Narragansett Historical Register'', Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1885):230-236; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1885):282-288; digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE47070 Family Search Books].

=== 1679 Inhabitants and 1680&nbsp;Census  ===

The original population listing of Barbados (1679-1680) is held by the [[England The National Archives|UK National Archives]] (reference CO 1/44, no 47 i-xxii); a copy is available at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed:&nbsp;{{FHL|35200|item}} 1162149 Item 1 and published:  

*Hotten, John Camden. ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, with Their Ages, the Localities Where They Formerly Lived in the Mother Country, the Names of the Ships in which They Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars; from MSS. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England''. London: the author,&nbsp;1874. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2065 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=B414AAAAMAAJ Google Books]&nbsp;and [http://www.archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft Internet Archive]; 1983 reprint: {{FHL|1055287|item}} 973 W2hot 1983 [Barbados census appears on pages 438-464.]  

*Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b

Not technically a census, the 1696 Association Oath Rolls serve as a census substitute. The original records&nbsp;are found in class C 213 at the [[England The National Archives|National Archives]], Kew, England.<ref>Cliff Webb, [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-aor-background.aspx "Association Oath Rolls - Background to the Documents,"] Origins Network.</ref> Gandy published abstracts of oath takers living in British plantations, including Barbados:  

*Gandy, Wallace. ''The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations [New York, Virginia, Etc.] A.D. 1696''. London: the author, 1922. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/associationoathr00gand Internet Archive]; reprint: {{FHL|958503|item}} 970 F2L 1995. [Barbados entries begin on page 27]

The original 1715 Census of Barbados is held at the [[England The National Archives|UK National Archives]] (reference CO 28/16, no 2); a copy is available at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed {{FHL|35324|item}} 1162149 Item 2 and 1162150, and published twice:  

*Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b  

*St. Hill, A. "A Census of the Island of Barbados, West Indies: With the Names and Ages of All the White Inhabitants of the Islands Arranged Under Their Several Parishes: Taken in the Months of October and November, Anno Domini 1715," ''Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society'',&nbsp;Vol. 4, No. 2; Vol. 4, No. 3. {{FHL|268826|item}} 972.981 X2ba