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    1. Re: [Carib] CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89
    2. Tyrone McDonald

    3. Are there similar resources in Barbados and Trinidad?     Tyrone --- On Fri, 8/20/10, caribbean-request@rootsweb.com <caribbean-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: caribbean-request@rootsweb.com <caribbean-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89 To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 3:00 AM Today's Topics:    1.  UNESCO and St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives Launch New       Website (Spring) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:36:20 -0400 From: Spring <spring@surfbvi.com> Subject: [Carib] UNESCO and St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives Launch     New    Website To: Rootsweb: Caribbean List <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4C6D95C4.5030207@surfbvi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed My wife and I visited the St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives a few years ago and were very impressed with the use the Archivist was making of her resources.  She showed us some original pages (not microfilm) of the St. Kitts Registry of Slaves. I've only just seen a news release about their new web site, launched on 20 April 2010, and haven't stopped to take a look at it yet. Forgive me if you knew all about it already :-) Peter Moll Tortola, BVI > UNESCO and St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives Launch New Website; > Celebrate Inscription of St. Kitts Registry of Slaves* > >     UNESCO and the St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives gathered Tuesday, > April 20 to celebrate the inscription of the St. Kitts Registry of > Slaves into UNESCO's Memory of the World Project, and the launch of > the new website "Basseterre, Past and Present, Tomorrow" > <http://www.historicbasseterre.com>. > >     UNESCO established the Memory of the World Programme in 1992 to > preserve and disseminate archive holdings and library collections > worldwide. The collaborative effort resulted in the inscription and > preservation of St. Kitts Registry of Slaves. The registry was created > in 1817 as a response to the abolition of the slave trade and was used > to insure that slaves were not illegally smuggled into St. Kitts. > >     The website "Basseterre, Past and Present, Tomorrow" > <http://www.historicbasseterre.com>, an out growth of the inscription > project, features news clippings and images which show the changes in > Basseterre over time. National Archivist Victoria Borg-O'Flaherty > hopes that the historical website will encourage students as well as > adults to learn more about St. Kitts' rich history. > >     You can read more about the project and website launch on the St. > Kitts-Nevis Observor web site at > http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2010/04/23/national-archives.html, > or by visiting the website "Basseterre, Past and Present, Tomorrow" > (<www.historicbasseterre.com <http://www.historicbasseterre.com/>). > End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89 ****************************************

    08/21/2010 05:39:45
    1. Re: [Carib] CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89
    2. Rita Henry

    3. Hi Tyrone, There is one for Barbados & St Vincent also, I am sure that there is one for Trinidad... as I were trying to trace some family in Trinidad.. but never managed.. I will go through my computer and see, as I kept all the emails and info that I did get back, there is some one who Might be able to tell you more, he is { jimlynch@caribbeanavenue.com } he is Very good , he will be able to give you the Barbados one also, as my Ancestors went from Scotland & Ireland & The U K , to Barbados then over to St Vincent, as I was born in St Vincent... I have a lot of family in Trinidad...but I can't manage to trace any of them , Rita MURPHY Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyrone McDonald" <eye_mage@yahoo.com> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89 Are there similar resources in Barbados and Trinidad? Tyrone --- On Fri, 8/20/10, caribbean-request@rootsweb.com <caribbean-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: caribbean-request@rootsweb.com <caribbean-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89 To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 3:00 AM Today's Topics: 1. UNESCO and St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives Launch New Website (Spring) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:36:20 -0400 From: Spring <spring@surfbvi.com> Subject: [Carib] UNESCO and St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives Launch New Website To: Rootsweb: Caribbean List <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4C6D95C4.5030207@surfbvi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed My wife and I visited the St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives a few years ago and were very impressed with the use the Archivist was making of her resources. She showed us some original pages (not microfilm) of the St. Kitts Registry of Slaves. I've only just seen a news release about their new web site, launched on 20 April 2010, and haven't stopped to take a look at it yet. Forgive me if you knew all about it already :-) Peter Moll Tortola, BVI > UNESCO and St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives Launch New Website; > Celebrate Inscription of St. Kitts Registry of Slaves* > > UNESCO and the St. Kitts-Nevis National Archives gathered Tuesday, > April 20 to celebrate the inscription of the St. Kitts Registry of > Slaves into UNESCO's Memory of the World Project, and the launch of > the new website "Basseterre, Past and Present, Tomorrow" > <http://www.historicbasseterre.com>. > > UNESCO established the Memory of the World Programme in 1992 to > preserve and disseminate archive holdings and library collections > worldwide. The collaborative effort resulted in the inscription and > preservation of St. Kitts Registry of Slaves. The registry was created > in 1817 as a response to the abolition of the slave trade and was used > to insure that slaves were not illegally smuggled into St. Kitts. > > The website "Basseterre, Past and Present, Tomorrow" > <http://www.historicbasseterre.com>, an out growth of the inscription > project, features news clippings and images which show the changes in > Basseterre over time. National Archivist Victoria Borg-O'Flaherty > hopes that the historical website will encourage students as well as > adults to learn more about St. Kitts' rich history. > > You can read more about the project and website launch on the St. > Kitts-Nevis Observor web site at > http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2010/04/23/national-archives.html, > or by visiting the website "Basseterre, Past and Present, Tomorrow" > (<www.historicbasseterre.com <http://www.historicbasseterre.com/>). > End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 89 **************************************** *************************** 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: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3088 - Release Date: 08/22/10 19:35:00

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