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    1. [Carib] [Carib-L] Slave Registers of British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [long]
    2. Dorothy Kew

    3. Good news! Ancestry has just put on its subscription website the Slave Registers of British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834. Here is a brief description of the areas covered: Source Information: Ancestry.com. Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication T71); Records created and inherited by HM Treasury; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. About Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 This database contains slave registers from former British colonial dependencies, many of them in the Caribbean, for various years in between 1812 and 1834. Information available on these records includes: name of owner, parish of residence, name, gender, age, and nationality of slave. 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. This database contains the slave registers for the following colonies and years: a.. Antigua (1817-1818, 1821, 1824, 1828, 1832) b.. Bahamas (1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) c.. Barbados (1817, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1829, 1832, 1834) d.. Berbice (1818-1819, 1822) e.. Dominica (1817, 1820, 1823) f.. Grenada (1817-1834) g.. Honduras (1834) h.. Jamaica (1817, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1829, 1832, 1834) i.. Mauritius (1817, 1819, 1822, 1826, 1830, 1832, 1835) j.. Nevis (1817, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831) k.. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (1818-1832) l.. St Christopher (1817, 1822, 1825, 1827-1828, 1831, 1834) m.. St Lucia (1815, 1819) n.. St Vincent (1817, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) o.. Tobago (1819-1834) p.. Trinidad (1813, 1815-1816, 1819, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) q.. Virgin Islands (1818, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) The following colonies are not included in this collection but can be viewed in paper form at The National Archives: a.. Jamaica (pieces 193, 206-208) b.. St Christopher (pieces 261-263) c.. Grenada (piece 264, 266) d.. Dominica (pieces 359-363) e.. Nevis (piece 369) f.. St Lucia (pieces 382-390) g.. Demerara (pieces 391-436) h.. Berbice (pieces 441-446) i.. Montserrat (pieces 447-451) j.. Bermuda (pieces 452-455) k.. St Vincent (pieces 494, 496) l.. Mauritius (piece 566, 571) m.. Cape of Good Hope (pieces 652-662) n.. Information available on these records includes: o.. Name of owner p.. Place of residence (usually name of parish) q.. Name of slave (usually only a given name. If the slave had been baptized this may include the slave name and the Christian name) r.. Gender of slave s.. Age of slave t.. Nationality of slave Happy searching, everyone! Dorothy

    04/05/2008 03:17:32
    1. Re: [Carib] [Carib-L] Slave Registers of British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [long]
    2. Phillip Abbott - Abbott Farms

    3. How is it possible to get to this site . I have been to Ancestry.com but cannot then find the Slave registers . Would love some help . Regards , Phillip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Kew" <[email protected]> To: "Caribbean List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:17 AM Subject: [Carib] [Carib-L] Slave Registers of British Colonial Dependencies,1812-1834 [long] > Good news! Ancestry has just put on its subscription website the Slave > Registers of British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834. Here is a brief > description of the areas covered: > > Source Information: > Ancestry.com. Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, > 1812-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, > Inc., > 2007. Original data: Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave > Compensation Commission: Records; (The National Archives Microfilm > Publication T71); Records created and inherited by HM Treasury; The > National > Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. > About Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 > This database contains slave registers from former British colonial > dependencies, many of them in the Caribbean, for various years in between > 1812 and 1834. Information available on these records includes: name of > owner, parish of residence, name, gender, age, and nationality of slave. > > > 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. > This database contains the slave registers for the following colonies and > years: > > a.. Antigua (1817-1818, 1821, 1824, 1828, 1832) > > b.. Bahamas (1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) > > c.. Barbados (1817, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1829, 1832, 1834) > > d.. Berbice (1818-1819, 1822) > > e.. Dominica (1817, 1820, 1823) > > f.. Grenada (1817-1834) > > g.. Honduras (1834) > > h.. Jamaica (1817, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1829, 1832, 1834) > > i.. Mauritius (1817, 1819, 1822, 1826, 1830, 1832, 1835) > j.. Nevis (1817, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831) > > k.. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (1818-1832) > > l.. St Christopher (1817, 1822, 1825, 1827-1828, 1831, 1834) > > m.. St Lucia (1815, 1819) > > n.. St Vincent (1817, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) > > o.. Tobago (1819-1834) > > p.. Trinidad (1813, 1815-1816, 1819, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) > > q.. Virgin Islands (1818, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834) > > The following colonies are not included in this collection but can be > viewed > in paper form at The National Archives: > > a.. Jamaica (pieces 193, 206-208) > > b.. St Christopher (pieces 261-263) > > c.. Grenada (piece 264, 266) > > d.. Dominica (pieces 359-363) > > e.. Nevis (piece 369) > > f.. St Lucia (pieces 382-390) > > g.. Demerara (pieces 391-436) > > h.. Berbice (pieces 441-446) > > i.. Montserrat (pieces 447-451) > > j.. Bermuda (pieces 452-455) > > k.. St Vincent (pieces 494, 496) > > l.. Mauritius (piece 566, 571) > > m.. Cape of Good Hope (pieces 652-662) > > n.. Information available on these records includes: > o.. Name of owner > > p.. Place of residence (usually name of parish) > > q.. Name of slave (usually only a given name. If the slave had been > baptized this may include the slave name and the Christian name) > > r.. Gender of slave > > s.. Age of slave > > t.. Nationality of slave > > Happy searching, everyone! > > Dorothy > > *************************** > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    04/05/2008 03:27:11
    1. Re: [Carib] [Carib-L] Slave Registers of British ColonialDependencies, 1812-1834 [long]
    2. Dorothy Kew

    3. Hi, Philip: It isn't easy, I know. Interestingly enough a couple days ago only Barbados was on and I even sent a message to Ancestry asking when the other islands would be included. I got no reply and certainly no notice about it. When you bring up Ancestry, click on "See all databases" and on the next page you'll get a search screen at the bottom headed "Refine Your Search of the Ancestry Database Catalog. In the "keywords" box just put in "slave registers" and it will come up. Hope that helps! Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Phillip Abbott - Abbott Farms To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] [Carib-L] Slave Registers of British ColonialDependencies, 1812-1834 [long] How is it possible to get to this site . I have been to Ancestry.com but cannot then find the Slave registers . Would love some help . Regards , Phillip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Kew" <[email protected]> To: "Caribbean List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:17 AM Subject: [Carib] [Carib-L] Slave Registers of British Colonial Dependencies,1812-1834 [long] > Good news! Ancestry has just put on its subscription website the Slave > Registers of British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834. Here is a brief > description of the areas covered: [snip]

    04/05/2008 03:40:18