Dear Affiliates
Ancestry launches Barbados Records
This month we have exciting news of a series of collections spanning nearly 200 years of Barbados history.
Barbados - looking Back on 200 years of History
With all the recent media attention, the fact this year commemorates the 200th anniversary since the passing of The Abolition of Slave Trade Act won’t have escaped too many Ancestry members.
However, the recent launch of two significant Barbados record collection sets will enable you to gain to real insight into the lives and experiences of those living on the island, from the arrival of the first British Settlers to the islands in 1627 to the abolition of the slave trade some 200 years later.
This is a great chance to push the current month’s offer of 50% commission payout and this new records launch.
Explore the source images and records for the English Settlers in Barbados and Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies.
Please click on links below and remember to check the CJ interface for this link to add to your site:
English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1123
Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1129
About the New Records:
English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800
This database contains three volumes of Barbados church records (baptisms and marriages) as well as three volumes of probate records (wills and administrations). Approximately 200,000 individuals are referenced within these preeminent works on Barbados genealogical source records. Information available for each entry will vary according to record type.
For more information about this database, click here.
This database contains three volumes of Barbados church records (baptisms and marriages) as well as three volumes of probate records (wills and administrations). The volumes were compiled by Joanne McRee Sanders and published by the Genealogical Publishing Company. Approximately 200,000 individuals are referenced within these preeminent works on Barbados genealogical source records.
Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834
In 1807 The Abolition of Slave Trade Act came into force. The act made the trade in slaves from Africa to the British colonies illegal. To combat illicit transportation following this act many of the British Colonies began keeping registers of black slaves who had been so-called “lawfully enslaved”. In 1819 the Office for the Registry of Colonial Slaves was established in London and copies of the slave registers kept by the colonies were sent to this office. Registration generally occurred once every three years. The registers continue through to 1834 when slavery was officially abolished.
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Rasila Patel
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