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Emigration to Barbados

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Alison

Alison Report 19 Feb 2007 21:14

Where is the best site to search to find records of people leaving the UK to emigrate to Barbados please ? I am looking at around the 1850 'ish mark. thank you

Alison

Alison Report 20 Feb 2007 23:04

Anyone got any advice ?

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 20 Feb 2007 23:30

There's a Caribbean Roots link on the home page of this site which might help.

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 20 Feb 2007 23:32

Not sure that people officially emigrated - they just went, in my experience. Barbados was british territory at the time, wasn't it? OC

Alison

Alison Report 21 Feb 2007 02:44

Of course, yes perhaps what I'm more looking for is passenger lists of people leaving the UK for Barbados. Is that something I'm likely to find anywhere online? There must be some kind of shipping documents regarding passengers.

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 21 Feb 2007 17:49

Unfortunately there isn't a single site for passenger lists. Ancestry and Findmypast both have some. There's a Passenger Lists thread on the Records Office board which has links to dozens of lists - mostly Australia and America, though. Your best bet is probably to try googling for: 'passenger lists' Barbados The National Archives only seems to have lists from 1890 onwards: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/migration/step1.htm