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''[[Barbados|Barbados]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Barbados_Census|Census]]'' [[Image:IMG 1939.JPG|thumb|right]] <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> | ''[[Barbados|Barbados]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Barbados_Census|Census]]'' [[Image:IMG 1939.JPG|thumb|right]] <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]] See also [[Barbados Maps|Maps]]. | ||
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Many early maps identify plantation owners by name, and act as census substitutes for the years they were printed. [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Barbados Maps|Maps]]. | |||
=== 1638 List of Inhabitants === | === 1638 List of Inhabitants === | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 17 December 2010
Several early censuses and census substitutes are available for Barbados. They have been published and are widely available online.[1]
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).[2] 
See also Maps.
1638 List of Inhabitants[edit | edit source]
- 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 Family History Archives.
1673 Most Eminent Planters List[edit | edit source]
The original list is kept in Colonial Papers, Vol. XXX, Nos. 42, 42 I., II., III. at the National Archives, Kew, England. Abstracts have been published:
- Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed. Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, Volume 7, 1669-1674. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1889. Digital version at British History Online. [Barbados entries appear on pages 496 and 497, entry 1101.]
1679 Inhabitants and 1680 Census[edit | edit source]
The original population listing of Barbados (1679-1680) is kept at the Barbados Department of Archives. The collection has been microfilmed: FHL Collection 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, 1874. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books and Internet Archive; 1983 reprint: FHL Collection 973 W2hot 1983 [Barbados census appears on pages 438-464.]
- Kent, David L. Barbados and America. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. FHL Collection 972.981 X2b
Brandow published an addendum to Hotten's work:
- Brandow, James C. Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
1680 Militia Roll[edit | edit source]
Brandow abstracted the complete list of more than 5,500 men enlisted in "regiments of foot" and "regiments of horse," in pages 99-212 of:[3]
- Brandow, James C. Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
1696 Association Oath Rolls[edit | edit source]
Not technically a census, the 1696 Association Oath Rolls serve as a census substitute. The original records are found in class C 213 at the National Archives, Kew, England.[4] 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 Internet Archive; reprint: FHL Collection 970 F2L 1995. [Barbados entries begin on page 27]
1715 Census[edit | edit source]
The original 1715 Census of Barbados is kept at the Barbados Department of Archives. The collection has been microfilmed FHL Collection 1162149 Item 2 and 1162150, and published twice:
- Kent, David L. Barbados and America. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. FHL Collection 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, Vol. 4, No. 2; Vol. 4, No. 3. FHL Collection 972.981 X2ba
1717[edit | edit source]
The returns of the 1717 Census of the White Population of Barbados are kept at The National Archives, Kew, England, in class CO 28/16.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Terri England has published abstracts of many of the records identified in this article. Her list aided in this compilation, see Barbados Public Records/Forums, at Chronicle Barbados: Centre for Barbados Studies in History and Genealogy.
- ↑ Geraldine Lane, Tracing Ancestors in Barbados: A Practical Guide (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006), 91-92.
- ↑ Geraldine Lane, Tracing Ancestors in Barbados: A Practical Guide (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006), 105-106.
- ↑ Cliff Webb, "Association Oath Rolls - Background to the Documents," Origins Network.
- ↑ "Colonial Censuses," YourArchives (Wiki of the National Archives), accessed 1 December 2010.
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