i have a few st hillaires in my name database. the family name was prevalent on mayreau. i have a touch of info on that. just contact me. and also i do have pollards so i may be able to help you out on that. cheryl hazell > From: [email protected] > Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 185 > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:05:30 -0600 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Immigration (Lisa Hall ) > 2. Re: Trying to find information on Gilbert and St. Hillaire > (Rita Henry) > 3. New Jewish and other United States ethnic - family history > resources online (V. Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr.) > 4. RE: Immigration (Ernest M. Wiltshire) > 5. RE: Immigration (Emanuel, Yvonne E CIV USA AMC) > 6. Archer's Monumental Inscriptions of Brit West Indies > (C.M. Codrington) > 7. Re: Archer's Monumental Inscriptions of Brit West Indies > (Seth L. McPhie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:28:20 -0400 > From: "Lisa Hall " <[email protected]> > Subject: Immigration > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > My great grandmother came to Trinidad, from Barbados around 1883-1885. > > Would there have been immigration listing of Barbadians entering > Trinidad at that time? > > I also read that Barbadians started coming to Trinidad in the late > 1880's to work in the Usine St Madeline sugar factory. > > Do you think there would have been an estate listing of who worked there > at that time? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:59:29 +0100 > From: "Rita Henry" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Trying to find information on Gilbert and St. Hillaire > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi, > My name is Rita, > I will see what I can do as I have an Aunt > in St Vincent who > Were married to one St Hillaire, I am from St Vincent, myself, > I will check out the name Gilbert also, > GOD BLESS ALWAYS > Rita Henry MURPHY > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: Trying to find information on Gilbert and St. Hillaire > > > >I am trying to find information on my grandparents... both are from St. > > Vincent surname Gilbert and St. Hillaire, does anyone have any > > information? > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > > at > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:07:12 GMT > From: "V. Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr." <[email protected]> > Subject: New Jewish and other United States ethnic - family history > resources online > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > New Jewish and other United States > ethnic - family history resources online, > are genealogy oriented and cross-referenced > to country regions of origin, at: UNITED STATES. > http://www.academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm#usa > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:58:43 -0400 > From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Immigration > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" > > I would be very surprised if any records survive for the Usine Ste. > Madeleine sugar works: It is possible that there might be something > preserved in the Trinidad Government Archives, but Trinidad has done a very > poor job of preserving its records, and access to those that exist is well > nigh impossible, at least that has been my experience. Others may have been > luckier. > My (Barbadian) father was the Methodist minister at Princes Town & then at > La Brea in the late 40s and early 50s, and Usine Ste. Madeleine was one of > his responsibilities so I often went there as a child. I remember it as a > lovely place, the cane fields so reminiscent of Barbados. I was not aware of > Barbadians going to work there, but you are probably correct. Many Bajans > did go to La Brea (and probably to Pointe a Pierre) to work on the > oilfields, but that may have been after the turn of the century. What was > your great grandmother's maiden name? It might be possible to find her in > (the rather well-preserved) Barbados records. > > Ernest M. Wiltshire > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lisa Hall > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Immigration > My great grandmother came to Trinidad, from Barbados around 1883-1885. Would > there have been immigration listing of Barbadians entering Trinidad at that > time? > I also read that Barbadians started coming to Trinidad in the late 880's to > work in the Usine St Madeline sugar factory. Do you think there would have > been an estate listing of who worked there at that time? > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.10/908 - Release Date: 7/19/2007 > 6:10 PM > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:03:55 -0400 > From: "Emanuel, Yvonne E CIV USA AMC" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Immigration > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]my.mil> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I too am looking for Bajan relatives the Moores and Pollards. > > Yvonne > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ernest M. Wiltshire > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 4:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Immigration > > I would be very surprised if any records survive for the Usine Ste. > Madeleine sugar works: It is possible that there might be something > preserved in the Trinidad Government Archives, but Trinidad has done a > very poor job of preserving its records, and access to those that exist > is well nigh impossible, at least that has been my experience. Others > may have been luckier. > My (Barbadian) father was the Methodist minister at Princes Town & then > at La Brea in the late 40s and early 50s, and Usine Ste. Madeleine was > one of his responsibilities so I often went there as a child. I remember > it as a lovely place, the cane fields so reminiscent of Barbados. I was > not aware of Barbadians going to work there, but you are probably > correct. Many Bajans did go to La Brea (and probably to Pointe a Pierre) > to work on the oilfields, but that may have been after the turn of the > century. What was your great grandmother's maiden name? It might be > possible to find her in (the rather well-preserved) Barbados records. > > Ernest M. Wiltshire > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lisa Hall > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Immigration > My great grandmother came to Trinidad, from Barbados around 1883-1885. > Would there have been immigration listing of Barbadians entering > Trinidad at that time? > I also read that Barbadians started coming to Trinidad in the late 880's > to work in the Usine St Madeline sugar factory. Do you think there would > have been an estate listing of who worked there at that time? > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.10/908 - Release Date: > 7/19/2007 6:10 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:32:03 -0400 > From: "C.M. Codrington" <[email protected]> > Subject: Archer's Monumental Inscriptions of Brit West Indies > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Didn?t know if anyone had found it but Archer?s Mon Inscriptions has been > beautifully scanned and is available on line at > > http://www.archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00lawruoft > > > > > > the view I had on brief inspection was great > > > > Cod > > > _____ > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 113 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> for free now! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:10:09 -0700 > From: "Seth L. McPhie" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Archer's Monumental Inscriptions of Brit West Indies > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > Thanks CM. Your a good source of info. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C.M. Codrington" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:32 PM > Subject: Archer's Monumental Inscriptions of Brit West Indies > > > Didn?t know if anyone had found it but Archer?s Mon Inscriptions has been > beautifully scanned and is available on line at > > http://www.archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00lawruoft > > > > > > the view I had on brief inspection was great > > > > Cod > > > _____ > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 113 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> for free now! > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.11/909 - Release Date: 7/20/2007 > 4:39 PM > > > > > End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 185 > ***************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Send a smile, make someone laugh, have some fun! 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