Cindy, Here are some rough dates, and a little background. The VOC which was the Dutch Trading company had a stronghold in India, the British was also the ruling power in the country. In the late 1700's many of the European countries were abolishing slavery, that is, not transporting slaves themselves, which left the two big companies, the VOC and HEIC-the British Trading Company. The British was in control of Trinidad by 1844, and they started to import East Indian Laborers. On May 30, 1845 the first indentured East Indian laborers arrived in Trinidad, and by 1917, 141,615 had been brought in for a period of 5 year indenture. In 1840 the first Chinese indentured laborers were brought in to Trinidad. I would suggest checking the records of the HEIC for that island and that period, possibly there might be some record of his town/village/tribe. Ann"Sharing the information."Researching the USVI, St.Eustatius, St. Barths, Barbados> From: [email protected]> Subject: Indentured servants from India in Trinidad or Tobago> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:27:01 -0800> To: [email protected]> > Does anyone know how I can find out more about this? My grandfather's> family came to Tobago from India in the early 1900s. I would like to> see if it is possible to trace his family back to India. Can anyone> help me?> > Thanks,> > Cindy> > -------------------------------> 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

what is the HEIC? I'm looking for inoformation on my grandparents who settled in George Village Tableland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Q" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: RE: Indentured servants from India in Trinidad or Tobago > > Cindy, > Here are some rough dates, and a little background. > > The VOC which was the Dutch Trading company had a stronghold in India, the > British was also the ruling power in the country. > > In the late 1700's many of the European countries were abolishing slavery, > that is, not transporting slaves themselves, which left the two big > companies, the VOC and HEIC-the British Trading Company. > The British was in control of Trinidad by 1844, and they started to import > East Indian Laborers. > On May 30, 1845 the first indentured East Indian laborers arrived in > Trinidad, and by 1917, 141,615 had been brought in for a period of 5 year > indenture. > In 1840 the first Chinese indentured laborers were brought in to Trinidad. > I would suggest checking the records of the HEIC for that island and that > period, possibly there might be some record of his town/village/tribe. > Ann"Sharing the information."Researching the USVI, St.Eustatius, St. > Barths, Barbados> From: [email protected]> Subject: Indentured > servants from India in Trinidad or Tobago> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 > 10:27:01 -0800> To: [email protected]> > Does anyone know how I can > find out more about this? My grandfather's> family came to Tobago from > India in the early 1900s. I would like to> see if it is possible to trace > his family back to India. Can anyone> help me?> > Thanks,> > Cindy> > > -------------------------------> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >