... it is FINALLY online. According to messages I've received, only certain registers are online. I suppose more will be made available as they are digitized and prepared. Here's the link: http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SAINT-DOMINGUE Click the down arrow in the COMMUNE window and a list of towns will appear. Make your choice. Then click the down arrow in the TYPE d'ACTE window... you will have a choice of acts, or you can choose the TABLES (Indexes), either annual ones or 10-year ones, sorted by type of act. There are some other choices, like AFFRANCHISEMENTS, JUDGEMENTS, DIVORCES, etc. available, but they may not all apply for all communes/towns. You can also enter a year in the ANNEE window, or a time span (in the OU ENTRE ---- ET ---- windows). If you want to browse the registers from the beginning, just leave everything blank after the COMMUNE. I just got the news and have not had a chance to play around with the system very much, but it seems to be user friendly. Merci Mille Fois to the Archives d'Outre-mer ! Ladies & Gentlemen, get out your dictionaries and start your engines ! The long-awaited day has arrived !! Bonnes et fructueuses recherches ! Augusta Sleepless in New Orleans :-)

An accurate history of Saint-Domingue and a frank discussion of the history of the political and economic woes of Haiti. I don't know how long the piece will be online, but it's worth listening to all 30 minutes of it. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/ The item (second tab down) was broadcast on 3 March 2010. Choose the "Download Audio" option. It will start playing immediately (not sure if it actually downloads). One of the authorities being interviewed is "our own" Dr. David Geggus from the U of Florida, Gainesville. I was made aware of this broadcast by a lovely lady who called from Australia to talk about her Saint-Domingue ancestor. We talked for an hour and a half ! I hope she used Skype :-) Bon weekend to you all, warmest regards, Augusta Elmwood Saint-Domingue Special Interest Group New Orleans, LA

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The Spanish archive portal is here: http://pares.mcu.es/ Cuban Genealogy Center: http://www.cubagenweb.org/ H

All, The following series is starting in the US soon on NBC. Its a British export and its a great format. Anyone with an interest in family history should watch it. http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/ Rory

Unless you want to risk an infection, delete any incoming e-mail purporting to be from Ann Q, with a blank subject line, without opening it.. The hyperlink in the body of the message appears to point to a Google site in Russia. Clicking on it could make you the spammer's next victim Peter Moll Tortola, BVI

Thank you everyone for your replies to my posting. Hopefully, it will also help my research knowing these middle names may have some family connections. A bit of Googling found: BERESFORD - a location name of Anglo Saxon origin in England, well before the Norman conquest, which also became established in Ireland EUSTACE - a given and surname, of Greek origins, brought to Britain with the Norman conquest, spreading to Ireland... McDONALD and McLEAN are obviously of Scottish and Scottish / Irish origins ARNESTER took a little more searching. With no hits with sites that provided the above information, so a surname search on the IGI records show it is obviously of German origin . So, shall also keep these names in mind when I start checking LDS films. Many Thanks again Marg Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Smith" <msmith47@tpg.com.au> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:51 PM Subject: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes >I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in > England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of > Thomas > Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as > UNDERHILL > and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family > connection. > > Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley > Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname > rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a > middle > name, another had McDonald as a middle name. > > Any opinions very welcome! > > Marg Smith > Mardi, NSW > Australia > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

In message <mailman.110.1266131249.2664.caribbean@rootsweb.com>, ashmore Stewart <ashes0003@hotmail.com> writes >I need information about Gerald Barnett he died in Barbados West Indies >in 1944. I can't help you myself but I'm sure it would encourage others who might be able to do so if you stated what you already know about him, what sort of information you are looking for and where you have already looked. -- Jenny "I always like to have the morning well-aired before I get up." (Beau Brummel, 1778-1840)

I don't know much about him he is my wife's father she was six months old when he died in a work accident in Barbados.He was married to Elsie Barnett. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jenny M Benson" <nemonews@hotmail.co.uk> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 6:39 AM Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.west-indies To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [Carib] Family History > In message <mailman.110.1266131249.2664.caribbean@rootsweb.com>, ashmore > Stewart <ashes0003@hotmail.com> writes >>I need information about Gerald Barnett he died in Barbados West Indies >>in 1944. > > I can't help you myself but I'm sure it would encourage others who might > be able to do so if you stated what you already know about him, what > sort of information you are looking for and where you have already > looked. > -- > Jenny > "I always like to have the morning well-aired before I get up." > (Beau Brummel, 1778-1840) > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Duncan Stuart was alive in 1879. His wife was Madeline I saw it in some documents I have.He also had a daughter whos name is Francis Stuart..Some where along the line the spelling of the names changed to Stewart maybe someone will remember that..I don't know much about the Wells side My grand father's name is Frank Wells his mother is Cecilia Braveboy I know that her husband had a bakery in Laportree in Grenada.Frank Wells who we called Pa,his father was Bobby Wells. Cecilia,we use to call Sasie she had a sister and she was a herbalist who use to be away from home very often attending the sick Pa lived with her I was told. -------------------------------------------------- From: <lwa101@comcast.net> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:17 PM To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [Carib] Family info. > Ashmore, > It's always easier to help if we have some idea of which century. > > Laura in a snowy NC > > On Feb 13, 2010, at 5:36 PM, ashmore Stewart wrote: > > I am searching for information about the Stewarts, and Wells family > from Grenada. > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I need information about Gerald Barnett he died in Barbados West Indies in 1944.

Ashmore, It's always easier to help if we have some idea of which century. Laura in a snowy NC On Feb 13, 2010, at 5:36 PM, ashmore Stewart wrote: I am searching for information about the Stewarts, and Wells family from Grenada. *************************** The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am searching for information about the Stewarts, and Wells family from Grenada.

Grace wrote: >I tried several times to access the Clarendon Parish records but with >no success. Could you send me the URL link? >Our thanks to you, Dorothy Kew and all who worked on the project, it >is deeply appreciated. > > Researching: McIntosh, Duany / Duhaney, Stiff & Beamond in Jamaica > *************************** > > Alba wrote I cannot speak for Dorothy but I have really enjoyed working on the Jamaican records but for some reason it has been a battle to even get them on line. I think the US and most other countries take priority over the West Indian ones. As for an answer to your question to the URL link I wish I can help you but I have not a clue. I might add also that the US Virgin Islands are now in the process of being transcribed. Alba

Hi Grace: Clarendon isn't up yet. If you go to http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=2 you'll see that the only records for Jamaica at present are for Trelawny. I guess LDS are still checking Clarendon before putting it up. I'm hoping that they will soon set up another parish for Alba and myself to index. Haven't seen anything so far. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grace" <gracegoodman@rogers.com> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.west-indies To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] LDS - Pilot Family Search Records On Feb 10, 12:23 pm, Alba Dunlop <adunl...@cogeco.ca> wrote: > Alba wrote: > > If I might add to this important information, the > parish of Clarendon has also been added. Dorothy Kew and myself did > quite a bit of transcribing and I did some arbitration work on both > Trelawny & Clarendon. Unfortunately I have not seen any records from the > other West Indian islands and the transcribing of Jamaican records are > now at a standstill. Hopefully the drought will soon be over. > Alba > Researching Calnek, Hooper, Benaim, Blakely, Dunlop & Blackford in Jamaica > > > > >This is a great start to a wonderful and well needed service. > >Hopefully we will continue to see more and more records added for all > >our Islands. > > >I have been using the site since I discovered it over a month ago. > >Anyone researching ancestors in the Parish of Trelawny in Jamaica, are > >in luck as it is the first ‘block of records’ to be put on line for > >Jamaica. The following records are up: The Trelawny Parish Civil > >Registration and Births, 1878 – 1930. > >Districts of: Albert Town, Bellevue, Bounty Hill, Bunker Hill, Clark’s > >Town, Deeside, Duncans, Falmouth, Hampden, Lowe River, Rio Bueno, Salt > >Marsh, Sawyer’s Market, Stewart Town, Ulster Spring, Wait-a-bit, > >Waldensia.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Grace wrote: I tried several times to access the Clarendon Parish records but with no success. Could you send me the URL link? Our thanks to you, Dorothy Kew and all who worked on the project, it is deeply appreciated. Researching: McIntosh, Duany / Duhaney, Stiff & Beamond in Jamaica *************************** The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2681 - Release Date: 02/11/10 02:35:00

On Feb 10, 12:23 pm, Alba Dunlop <adunl...@cogeco.ca> wrote: > Alba wrote: > >                     If I might add to this important information, the > parish of Clarendon has also been  added.  Dorothy Kew and myself did > quite a bit of transcribing and I did some arbitration work on both > Trelawny & Clarendon. Unfortunately I have not seen any records from the > other West Indian islands and  the transcribing of Jamaican records are > now at a standstill. Hopefully the drought will soon be over. >                                                                    Alba > Researching Calnek, Hooper, Benaim, Blakely, Dunlop & Blackford in Jamaica > > > > >This is a great start to a wonderful and well needed service. > >Hopefully we will continue to see more and more records added for all > >our Islands. > > >I have been using the site since I discovered it over a month ago. > >Anyone researching ancestors in the Parish of Trelawny in Jamaica, are > >in luck as it is the first ‘block of records’ to be put on line for > >Jamaica.  The following records are up: The Trelawny Parish Civil > >Registration and Births, 1878 – 1930. > >Districts of: Albert Town, Bellevue, Bounty Hill, Bunker Hill, Clark’s > >Town, Deeside, Duncans, Falmouth, Hampden, Lowe River, Rio Bueno, Salt > >Marsh, Sawyer’s Market, Stewart Town, Ulster Spring, Wait-a-bit, > >Waldensia.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Grace wrote: I tried several times to access the Clarendon Parish records but with no success. Could you send me the URL link? Our thanks to you, Dorothy Kew and all who worked on the project, it is deeply appreciated. Researching: McIntosh, Duany / Duhaney, Stiff & Beamond in Jamaica

Hi Diana, Is your husband from Westmoreland? Jennifer in Canada > From: drobins6@rochester.rr.com > To: caribbean@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:02:14 -0500 > Subject: [Carib] Beresford and Eustace > > Beresford and Eustace were both first names in the HEAVEN family - which > owned land in Jamaica at one time. > > Apologies for accidentally hitting reply a few moments previously, when > nothing had been added or cut. > > Happy hunting! > > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:51:44 +1100 > From: "Marg Smith" <msmith47@tpg.com.au> > Subject: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes > To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <37F9A4AA08C7457DB4462BB5183F094D@MargiePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in > England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of Thomas > > Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as UNDERHILL > and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family connection. > > Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley > Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname > rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a middle > name, another had McDonald as a middle name. > > Any opinions very welcome! > > Marg Smith > Mardi, NSW > Australia > > > > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of Thomas Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as UNDERHILL and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family connection. Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a middle name, another had McDonald as a middle name. Any opinions very welcome! Marg Smith Mardi, NSW Australia

Thank you once again for your assistance Ernest, I really appreciate it. Regards Marg Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:48 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] McLEAN family from Barbys Hill?? > Hello Marg. I am pretty sure that the reference is to Barbarees Hill in > St. > Michael. It is my belief that the area is named after a family which is in > Barbados from at least 1690, the first seemingly a John BARBARIE, though > the > spelling evolved over time. > > All BMD records up to 1930 have been microfilmed, and the films can be > viewed at any LDS Family History Centre. Anything after 1930 would be at > the > Registry Department. > > If you can get to a Family History Centre you should be able to search the > microfilm records yourself for the parents as their birth records should > be > on microfilm, now that you know the 2 parishes to concentrate on. > > Their marriage though may be after 1930 and that would most likely be at > the > Registry. Make sure to check the variant spellings of McClean, McCleen > etc. > > Unfortunately I have nothing on either of them. I checked Lynch burials on > the Barbados tombstones website and can find nothing that matches. > Good luck with your search. > Ernest > > -----Original Message----- > From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Marg Smith > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:34 AM > To: caribbean@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Carib] McLEAN family from Barbys Hill?? > > Hello List I have left my earlier postings below, and have made some > advances in my 1research, which (naturally!!) leads to more > questions. > > Question 1: Barbys Hill? Barbies Hill?? I have scoured the Google map for > Barbados, but have had no luck! Maybe its name has changed?? > > Question 2: Where would birth, death and marriage records between 1928 and > 1942 be held please?? I am I correct in saying these dates are on the > "cusp" > > and some would be at the Barbados Registration Department and some would > be > at the Barbados Department of Archives? > > The parents of the gentleman in my earlier enquiry (born in 1937) were > Stanley Beresford LYNCH born in (the parish of ??) Christchurch and Miriam > Arnester LYNCH, formerly McLEAN, born Barbys Hill. I am not sure of the > correct spelling of this location, or the middle name Arnester. > Stanley LYNCH (also known as Leonard LYNCH) was a mason by profession. > Miriam LYNCH died about 1942. > > I have not had any success with telephoning the Barbados Registration > Department, but once I sort out the place names above I'll try again, in > writing, hopefully with more success, and have also sent an email enquiry > to > > the Barbados Department of Archives, meanwhile any ideas and assistance > would be very welcome. > Many thanks > Marg Smith > Mardi, NSW > Australia > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA My Beresford's mother was from Ireland, and I have the impression that it is of Irish origin. However, a Google search now has it popping up all over the place, so I am not sure. Diana Gardner Robinson ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:17:58 -0800 From: "Melanie Pereira" <dartwannabe@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [Carib] Beresford and Eustace To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <0E3024603AE44661BB01443F25AD5323@Phoenix> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" My Uncle's middle name was Beresford- he was born in Antigua, WI- always was curious where that name came from Melanie -----Original Message----- From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diana Robinson Sent: February-10-10 4:02 PM To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Subject: [Carib] Beresford and Eustace Beresford and Eustace were both first names in the HEAVEN family - which owned land in Jamaica at one time. Apologies for accidentally hitting reply a few moments previously, when nothing had been added or cut. Happy hunting! ? Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA Message: 2 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:51:44 +1100 From: "Marg Smith" <msmith47@tpg.com.au> Subject: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <37F9A4AA08C7457DB4462BB5183F094D@MargiePC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of Thomas Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as UNDERHILL and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family connection. Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a middle name, another had McDonald as a middle name. Any opinions very welcome! Marg Smith Mardi, NSW Australia *************************** The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 21 ****************************************