Hello everyone. Am back from walkabout, (a bit footsore). Several years ago, my friend Prof. Richard Lobdell (Economic historian & Vice Provost of the University of Manitoba) transcribed the lists of compensation payments made to slave owners in all British colonies at the time of abolition. I worked with him to organise the Barbados entries and identify the persons named in the Barbados lists, establishing their family relationships. Each claimant is named individually, and it is not always obvious that the claimants are in fact closely related, so that payments seemingly made to individuals are in fact going to several members of the same family. [That info is not included on the website below] Geraldine Lane, genealogist & author of "Tracing Ancestors in Barbados" has now taken our transcripts, checked them against the original lists, corrected any transcription errors etc., and has posted them on a website (see below). This is only for Barbados. It is possible that at a later date we might tackle at least some of the lists for other colonies,but that would require a mammoth effort so it remains to be seen if it will be possible. Any volunteers? In the meantime you can find the Barbados lists, covering 5,349 individual claims by slave owners, with an excellent introduction by Guy Grannum of the PRO (now the British National Archives) at: http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Ernest M. Wiltshire, M.A. (Queen's) Ottawa Ontario Canada No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1146 - Release Date: 11/22/2007 6:55 PM

Hi Ernest, I'd be very pleased to try to help with transcriptions, specially if they include Montserrat. cheers David On Nov 24, 2007, at 6:14 AM, Ernest M. Wiltshire wrote: > > Geraldine Lane, genealogist & author of "Tracing Ancestors in > Barbados" has > now taken our transcripts, checked them against the original lists, > corrected any transcription errors etc., and has posted them on a > website > (see below). This is only for Barbados. It is possible that at a > later date > we might tackle at least some of the lists for other colonies,but > that would > require a mammoth effort so it remains to be seen if it will be > possible. > Any volunteers?