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''[[Barbados]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Barbados_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' | ''[[Barbados]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Barbados_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' | ||
== Immigrants == | |||
=== English Immigrants === | === English Immigrants === | ||
==== 1600-1700 ==== | ==== 1600-1700 ==== | ||
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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*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 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49280 Ancestry] ($). | *Brandow, James C. ''Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49280 Ancestry] ($). | ||
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: | ||
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*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 | ||
==== 1700-1800 ==== | ==== 1700-1800 ==== | ||
=== African Immigrants === | === African Immigrants === | ||
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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 | ||
== Emigrants == | |||
=== American Emigrants === | |||
The constant arrival of shiploads of African, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants during the colonial period quickly led to overcrowding on this tiny island. Many people left to seek brighter futures on the North American mainland in colonies such as [[South Carolina|South Carolina]] and [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]. Published [[Barbados_Genealogy#Bibliography|Barbados genealogies]] identify many such emigrants. Kent wrote a history of these Atlantic World links: | |||
*Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b | |||
There are very few records of people leaving Barbados during the colonial period. One exception is 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 | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||