Might I also suggest Richard Cheddie's excellent web page, East Indians in the Caribbean Basin, 1838 to 1960 at http://www.geocities.com/yuddh1/gateportal.htm Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: John Weiss To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:02 PM Subject: Re: Indentured servants from India in Trinidad or Tobago The East India Office archives are in the British Library. An online search in the Asia, Pacific and Africa collections using the keyword 'Trinidad' shows a great deal of correspondence but you would have to go through all the online references to see whether any of them might have lists of names - try http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/doclist.asp?nb=0&nbKey=2&com=1&keyword=Trinidad&properties=0601 which gives 28 references, each of which contains up to 25 hits - you would need to click on each one in turn. But much work has been done in Trinidad and Tobago on the subject, and most of the specialists who have researched the subject are there, either in the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies or working independently. Shamsu Dean in Trinidad specialises in East Indian genealogy - see his entry on http://www.candoo.com/genresources/ http://www.nalis.gov.tt/exhibits/arrival.htm has a list of books about East Indians in Trinidad, many of which would show starting points for individual family history. The following sites may also provide useful links or pointers: http://www.nriinternet.com/Trinidad/History/1_Hostory_East_Indians_in_Trinidad.htm http://www.everyculture.com/Middle-America-Caribbean/East-Indians-in-Trinidad.html http://www.hindunet.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=15,44&Number=1810&page=&view=&sb=5&o= John Weiss, London Ann Q wrote: > Dear Joy, > > The information for the HEIC is proberbly located at the national archives > in London (PRO?). ------------------------------- 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: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1188 - Release Date: 12/17/2007 2:13 PM