I know my Hindu Indian friends tell me there is a place on the Ganges where family histories are recorded and when there is a death of a father, the son is supposed to go there to make a pilgrimage and update the record. Many of my friends were shocked as to how detailed and how far back these went (to the 1500's). This may be helpful for Caribbean people who can trace the family back to a particular locality in India. Rory -----Original Message----- From: Guy Grannum [mailto:guy@gcgrannum.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 05 April 2003 22:46 To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Hindu and Muslim records I'm attempting to improve my knowledge of the sorts of records available for Caribbean family historians. I think that I am OK with the records created by Christian religions but have not been able to find anything on the other religious groups represented in the Caribbean especially Muslim and Hindu religions. Can anyone offer any advice on rites of passage such as birth, marriage and burial - were (are) these recorded and available for researchers; what other sort of records were (are) created. Were (are) these types of records routinely used by all mosques/temples or would they vary according to the incumbent? Are they stored in the mosque/temple or centrally in the archive, register office, or religious headquarters? What experience have people had trying to obtain information or gain access to these records? Thanks for any advice - please share it with the group rather than to me directly. Guy Grannum ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES What is a Mailing List? http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html