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=== American 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]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]],<ref>Dwight A. Radford and Arden C. White, "The Irish In Barbados," ''The Irish At Home and Abroad,'' Vol. 2, No. 3 (1994/1995):95.</ref> and [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]. Genealogists often encounter references to Barbados in colonial American sources. Published [[Barbados Genealogy#Bibliography|Barbados genealogies]] identify many such emigrants. Several histories chronicle these Atlantic World links: | 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]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]],<ref>Dwight A. Radford and Arden C. White, "The Irish In Barbados," ''The Irish At Home and Abroad,'' Vol. 2, No. 3 (1994/1995):95.</ref> and [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]. Genealogists often encounter references to Barbados in colonial American sources. Published [[Barbados Genealogy#Bibliography|Barbados genealogies]] identify many such emigrants. | ||
Unfortunately, lists of individuals leaving Barbados for the American continent are almost non-existent for the early period, with one noted exception: | |||
*"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 | |||
Several histories chronicle these Atlantic World links: | |||
*Alleyne, Warren and Henry Fraser. ''The Barbados-Carolina Connection''. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1988. {{FHL|428472|item}} 972.981 H2a | *Alleyne, Warren and Henry Fraser. ''The Barbados-Carolina Connection''. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1988. {{FHL|428472|item}} 972.981 H2a | ||
*Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b | *Kent, David L. ''Barbados and America''. Arlington, Va.: C.M. Kent, 1980. {{FHL|316574|item}} 972.981 X2b | ||
In the seventeenth century, residents of [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County, New Jersey]] named a town "New Barbados." | In the seventeenth century, residents of [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County, New Jersey]] named a town "New Barbados." | ||
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*Marler, Don C. ''Redbones of Louisiana: For 200 Years Redbones Have Been Louisiana's Mystery People''. Hemphill, Texas: Dogwood Press, 2003. {{FHL|1115655|item}} 976.3 F2md | *Marler, Don C. ''Redbones of Louisiana: For 200 Years Redbones Have Been Louisiana's Mystery People''. Hemphill, Texas: Dogwood Press, 2003. {{FHL|1115655|item}} 976.3 F2md | ||
Genealogists attempting to track migrations from the British Isles to Barbados to Colonial North America, will be best served by attempting to find mention to an ancestor in other types of Barbados records, such as a [[Barbados_Census|census]] or census substitute, [[Barbados_Church_Records|parish register]], or [[Barbados_Probate_Records|will]]. | |||
=== Caribbean Emigrants === | === Caribbean Emigrants === | ||