How can I search Caribbean records?

[mr angry]

Hey all,

I am trying to do some research into some family members who come from Barbados but unsure how to get started. I have tried searching on Ancestry with the little information that we have but so far I have been unable to get ant results. I was trying to start with a family member who was born in the 1950s but I cannot find his birth.
Is there a way of starting off the research online?
I appreciate any help that can be give.
Thanks.

[andrewalston]

There's an Ancestry page for Barbados - http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Places/North-America/Barbados/Default.aspx?geo_a=r&o_iid=41013&o_lid=41013&o_sch=Web+Property

It looks like FamilySearch also have some Barbados records and are digitising them.

Of course, the ones you really want won't be among them. 

[andrewalston]

In the area I have looked at (now the US Virgin Islands), it seems that marriage was an unusual event. It was normal for the census to show a woman as unmarried, and her children with the surname of their father, who may or may not be in the same household.

[mr angry]

Thanks, I'm trying to see how much information I can get first and then maybe I can use that to get a better start on the search. 

[eadaoin]

you could try this

http://www.candoo.com/surnames/index.php

you have to join up, I think, but it's free

[mr angry]

Thanks eadaoin, I will have a look at that 

[paradise200]

In the area I have looked at (now the US Virgin Islands), it seems that marriage was an unusual event. It was normal for the census to show a woman as unmarried, and her children with the surname of their father, who may or may not be in the same household.

Although I haven't put anything up in a while, I wrote a series of articles on this aspect of Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies) genealogy on my blog, "200 Years in Paradise"

http://200inparadise.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-have-heard-that-common-law-marriage.html

[zx123]

Hi,
I have found the familysearch website to be very good source for Caribbean records, and they have a section for Barbados. Although most seem to be earlier than the dates you are looking for.

Here's the link for Barbados:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927094?region=Barbados

Do you have any information on your Barbadian ancestors before the 1950's?