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=== English Immigrants === | === English Immigrants === | ||
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A standard work on early Barbados immigrants, which is now widely available on the Internet, is: | A standard work on early Barbados immigrants, which is now widely available on the Internet, is: | ||
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An original "list of tickets granted to people leaving the island in 1679" is kept at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed: {{FHL|35200|item}} 1162149 Item 1 | An original "list of tickets granted to people leaving the island in 1679" is kept at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed: {{FHL|35200|item}} 1162149 Item 1 | ||
Cooper published a study of [[Cornwall, England|Cornish]] emigrants to Barbados 1634-1659: | Cooper published a study of [[Cornwall, England|Cornish]] emigrants to Barbados 1634-1659: | ||
*Cooper, Cliff. "Barbados Connection," ''Journal of the Cornwall Family History Society'', Vol. 79 (Mar. 1996). {{FHL|887014|item}} 942.37 B2cf | *Cooper, Cliff. "Barbados Connection," ''Journal of the Cornwall Family History Society'', Vol. 79 (Mar. 1996). {{FHL|887014|item}} 942.37 B2cf | ||
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=== African Immigrants === | === African Immigrants === | ||
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In their genealogical article on Irish settlers of Barbados, Radford and [who] conclude that [[Barbados Probate Records|Barbados probate records]] offer the most likely prospects of connecting a Barbadian back to the Emerald Isle.<ref>Irish in Barbados, The Irish at Home and Abroad, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1994/1995):95-.</ref> | In their genealogical article on Irish settlers of Barbados, Radford and [who] conclude that [[Barbados Probate Records|Barbados probate records]] offer the most likely prospects of connecting a Barbadian back to the Emerald Isle.<ref>Irish in Barbados, The Irish at Home and Abroad, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1994/1995):95-.</ref> | ||
Sheppard wrote a history of the Irish in Barbados. Many of the Irish were indentured servants brought to labor in sugar plantations. Because their pale skin burned red in the tropic climate, they were dubbed "redlegs" by the English. | Sheppard wrote a history of the Irish in Barbados. Many of the Irish were indentured servants brought to labor in sugar plantations. Because their pale skin burned red in the tropic climate, they were dubbed "redlegs" by the English. | ||
*Sheppard, Jill. ''The "Redlegs" of Barbados, Their Origins and History''. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977. {{FHL|124667|item}} 972.981 H6s | *Sheppard, Jill. ''The "Redlegs" of Barbados, Their Origins and History''. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977. {{FHL|124667|item}} 972.981 H6s | ||
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*Dobson, David. ''Barbados and Scotland Links, 1627-1877''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2005. {{FHL|1210311|item}} 972.981 W2d | *Dobson, David. ''Barbados and Scotland Links, 1627-1877''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2005. {{FHL|1210311|item}} 972.981 W2d | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Barbados]] | [[Category:Barbados]] | ||