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Birth registers began in 1890, marriage registers in 1930, and death registers in 1925.<ref>Thomas Jay Kemp, International Vital Records Handbook, 7th ed., (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, c2017), p. 457. | Birth registers began in 1890, marriage registers in 1930, and death registers in 1925.<ref>Thomas Jay Kemp, International Vital Records Handbook, 7th ed., (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, c2017), p. 457.</ref> | ||
==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Online Collections[edit | edit source]
- 1854-1879 : Barbados, Select Marriages, 1854-1879, Ancestry.com ($) - index
- 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriages, 1854-1879, MyHeritage ($) - index
- 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriage Index 1854-1879, FindMyPast ($) - index
- 1854-1885 : Barbados Burial Index 1854-1885, FindMyPast ($) - index
- 1854-1885 : Barbados Burials, 1854-1885, MyHeritage ($) - index
- 1854-1885 : Barbados, Select Burials, 1854-1885, Ancestry.com ($) - index
- 1900-1931 : Barbados. Supreme Court Registry, Parish register transcripts, 1900-1931, FamilySearch (free)
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
The Registrar of the Supreme Court
Registration Department
New Supreme Court Complex
Whitepark Road
St. Michael
Barbados, W.I.
Telephone: 1 (246) 426-2405
Fax: 1 (246) 434-9970
Email: registrar@lawcourts.gov.bb
birth
(Tel.) 434-9970
(Fax) 426-2405
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Birth registers began in 1890, marriage registers in 1930, and death registers in 1925.[1]
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Marriages
- Place of marriage
- Date of marriage
- Name and Surname of the husband
- Name and Surname of the wife
- Age of the husband
- Age of the wife
- Marital status of husband and wife
- Addresses of husband and wife
- Occupation of husband
- Occupation of wife
- Name and occupation of husband's father
- Name and occupation of wife's father
- Signatures of husband and wife
- Signatures of witnesses
- Signature of Marriage Officer or Magistrate[2]
Deaths
- Name of deceased
- Date of death
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Thomas Jay Kemp, International Vital Records Handbook, 7th ed., (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, c2017), p. 457.
- ↑ Barbados Integrated Government, Register a Marriage, (accessed 17 August 2020).