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==How to Find Records== | ==How to Find Records== | ||
===Online Records=== | ===Online Records=== | ||
*'''1737-1845''' [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/grenada-plantation-records#/?tab=navigation&scroll=36 Grenada Plantation Records 1737-1845] includes some inventories of slaves (last dated 1834, when slavery was outlawed) include information about illness, cause of death, first names, ages, and sometimes country of origin, color and conspicuous marks (such as amputations) and scars. [https://grenadanationalarchives.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/grenada-heritage-plantation-records-1737-1845-in-detail/ Details about the collection] | *'''1737-1845''' [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/grenada-plantation-records#/?tab=navigation&scroll=36 Grenada Plantation Records 1737-1845] includes some inventories of slaves (last dated 1834, when slavery was outlawed) include information about illness, cause of death, first names, ages, and sometimes country of origin, color and conspicuous marks (such as amputations) and scars. [https://grenadanationalarchives.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/grenada-heritage-plantation-records-1737-1845-in-detail/ Details about the collection] | ||
*'''1817-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 (1817-1834 for Grenada)] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=israel&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Grenada | |||
*[https://www.shipindex.org/ ShipIndex Vessel Research Database] at shipindex.org - index | |||
[[Category:Grenada]] | [[Category:Grenada]] | ||
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I.<br> | St. George’s, Grenada, W.I.<br> | ||
*[https://grenadanationalarchives.wordpress.com/2006/03/12/grenada-family-records-centre-contact/ '''Contact Information'''] | *[https://grenadanationalarchives.wordpress.com/2006/03/12/grenada-family-records-centre-contact/ '''Contact Information'''] | ||
==Grenada Emigration and Immigration== | ==Grenada Emigration and Immigration== | ||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | ||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*French settlement and colonization began in 1649 and continued for the next century. In 1649, a French expedition of 203 men from Martinique founded a permanent settlement on Grenada. The economy was initially based on sugar cane and indigo, worked by African slaves.[ | *French settlement and colonization began in 1649 and continued for the next century. In 1649, a French expedition of 203 men from Martinique founded a permanent settlement on Grenada. The economy was initially based on sugar cane and indigo, worked by African slaves.[ | ||
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===Scots=== | ===Scots=== | ||
"Grenada, known for intensive sugar and cotton production, was the most attractive of the [Caribbean] islands to investors, and it is estimated that the number of Europeans there rose from 1,225 in 1763 to 1,661 in 1773. The majority were British, but '''Highland and Lowland Scots represented twenty-one per cent of all landowners''' (fifty-seven per cent of British ones) by 1772, and '''possessed roughly forty per cent of all land planted in sugar and coffee'''." <ref>"Grenada Heritage: From the Caribbean back to Scotland", Grenada Family Records Centre, https://grenadanationalarchives.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/grenada-heritage-from-the-caribbean-back-to-scotland/, accessed 6 May 2021.</ref> | "Grenada, known for intensive sugar and cotton production, was the most attractive of the [Caribbean] islands to investors, and it is estimated that the number of Europeans there rose from 1,225 in 1763 to 1,661 in 1773. The majority were British, but '''Highland and Lowland Scots represented twenty-one per cent of all landowners''' (fifty-seven per cent of British ones) by 1772, and '''possessed roughly forty per cent of all land planted in sugar and coffee'''." <ref>"Grenada Heritage: From the Caribbean back to Scotland", Grenada Family Records Centre, https://grenadanationalarchives.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/grenada-heritage-from-the-caribbean-back-to-scotland/, accessed 6 May 2021.</ref> | ||
===Indian Arrival Day=== | |||
*'''Indian Arrival Day''' is a holiday celebrated on various days in the nations of the Caribbean, Fiji, and Mauritius, commemorating the arrival of people from the Indian subcontinent to their respective nation as '''indentured labour brought by European colonial authorities and their agents.''' | |||
*On 29 April 2009, the Government of Grenada declared that the 1st of May would officially be designated as Indian Arrival Day. The Government also announced that Boucherie Road, the road leading to the site of the arrival of the Maidstone, would be officially renamed Maidstone Road to honor the arrival of Indians in Grenada. On 2 May 2009. Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean unveiled a granite plaque commemorating the arrival of the first Indians in Grenada. The plaque bears the inscription, '''"On 1st May 1857, in this bay the sailing vessel "Maidstone" anchored and landed 287 passengers having left India three months earlier, with 304 passengers. Between the years 1857 and 1890 other ships anchored in this and other bays bringing a total of 3,200 persons from India to work as agricultural indentured labourers in Grenada. This monument is dedicated to those who became the genesis of the Indo-Grenadian population of our nation".<ref>"Indian Arrival Day", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Arrival_Day#Grenada, accessed 6 May 2021.</ref> | |||
*Currently there are over 12,000 Grenadians of Indian and mixed-Indian descent (11% of the total population).<ref>"Indo-Grenadians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Grenadians, accessed 6 May 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration from Grenada== | ==Emigration from Grenada== | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country and/or state of destination.'''.</span> | |<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country and/or state of destination.'''.</span> | ||
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<li>[[Barbados Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | <li>[[Barbados Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | ||
<li>[[New York Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | <li>[[New York Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Quebec Emigration and Immigration|Quebec Emigration and Immigration (for Montreal | <li>[[Quebec Emigration and Immigration|Quebec Emigration and Immigration (for Montreal)]]</li> | ||
<li>[[England Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | <li>[[England Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Scotland Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | <li>[[Scotland Emigration and Immigration]]</li> | ||
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==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||
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