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In lieu of official passenger lists regarding early settlers of Barbados, genealogists must rely on evidence gleaned from a variety of sources to successfully trace immigrant origins.  
In lieu of official passenger lists regarding early settlers of Barbados, genealogists must rely on evidence gleaned from a variety of sources to successfully trace immigrant origins.  


It is not uncommon to find monumental inscriptions and plaques in English churches memorializing family members who settled Barbados. The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Barbados. For access, see [[Barbados_Probate_Records|Barbados Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Search engines, such as [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ Access to Archives], can be keyword searched for place names, such as "Barbados" and "Barbadoes," to retrieve manuscripts stored in hundreds of English archives relating to persons and landholdings in this island in the West Indies. These records help establish links between Barbados residents and England, which can lead researchers back to their specific ancestral English towns, villages, and hamlets.
It is not uncommon to find monumental inscriptions and plaques in English churches memorializing family members who settled Barbados. The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Barbados. For access, see [[Barbados Probate Records|Barbados Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Search engines, such as [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ Access to Archives], can be keyword searched for place names, such as "Barbados" and "Barbadoes," to retrieve manuscripts stored in hundreds of English archives relating to persons and landholdings in this island in the West Indies. These records help establish links between Barbados residents and England, which can lead researchers back to their specific ancestral English towns, villages, and hamlets.
 
The multi-volume ''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial, America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see discussion in [[Barbados Public Records|Barbados Public Records]]), highlights many connections between England and Barbados.
 
Remnants of passenger lists and other substitute sources are discussed below.


==== 1600-1700  ====
==== 1600-1700  ====


The multi-volume&nbsp;''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial,&nbsp;America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see dis<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1290036416645_346" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1290036416645_104" />cussion in [[Barbados Public Records|Barbados Public&nbsp;Records]]),&nbsp;highlights many connections between England and Barbados.
A standard work on early Barbados immigrants, which is now also widely available on the Internet, is:  
 
A standard work on early Barbados immigrants, which is now also widely available on&nbsp;the Internet,&nbsp;is:  


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