Barbados Civil Registration

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Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1900-1931 Parish register transcripts, 1900-1931, Barbados. Supreme Court Registry, includes births, baptisms, marriages, burials. , FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1590-1928 : Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928, FamilySearch (free) - index; Also at MyHeritage ($)
  
• 1591-1905 Caribbean Marriage Index 1591-1905 at FindMyPast ($) - index
• 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriages, 1854-1879, FamilySearch (free) - index
• 1854-1879 : Barbados, Select Marriages, 1854-1879, Ancestry.com ($) - index
• 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriages, 1854-1879, MyHeritage ($) - index
• 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriage Index 1854-1879, FindMyPast ($) - index
  

• 1854-1885 : Barbados Burials, 1854-1885, FamilySearch (free) - index
• 1854-1885 : Barbados Burial Index 1854-1885, FindMyPast ($) - index
• 1854-1885 : Barbados Burials, 1854-1885, MyHeritage ($) - index
• 1854-1885 : Barbados, Select Burials, 1854-1885, Ancestry.com ($) - index
  

Offices to Contact

The Registrar of the Supreme Court
Registration Department
New Supreme Court Complex
Whitepark Road
St. Michael
Barbados, W.I.

Telephone: 1 (246) 426-2405
Fax: 1 (246) 434-9970
Email: registrar@lawcourts.gov.bb

Barbados Department of Archives
Black Rock
St. James BB24001
Barbados, W.I.

PBX: 1(246) 535-0090
Phone: 1 (246) 424-1270
Phone: 1 (246) 425-5150
Fax: 1 (246) 425-5911
Email: bda@caribsurf.com
Email: archives@sunbeach.net

Historical Background

Birth registers began in 1890, marriage registers in 1930, and death registers in 1925.

Information Recorded in the Records

Births

• Date
• Name of child
• Names of father
• Maiden name of mother
• Residence
• Profession of father

Marriages

• Place of marriage
• Date of marriage
• Name and Surname of the husband
• Name and Surname of the wife
• Age of the husband
• Age of the wife
• Marital status of husband and wife
• Addresses of husband and wife
• Occupation of husband
• Occupation of wife
• Name and occupation of husband's father
• Name and occupation of wife's father
• Signatures of husband and wife
• Signatures of witnesses
• Signature of Marriage Officer or Magistrate

Deaths

• Name of deceased
• Date of death

Burials

• When buried
• Name
• Age
• Profession
• Abode
• Place of birth