Guy, My limited information of Hindu/Muslim in the caribbean is; The Dutch West India Company, had headquarters in India, most of the Indian's/coolies were in Trinidad and Tobago, however in 1860 many were indentured in to several islands, the Danish Virgin Islands for 7 years, some did renew after the first seven years, but most left for Trinidad or back to India. You might want to check Trinidad for information on the religion, if it was practiced, how and when. Ann >From: "Guy Grannum" <guy@gcgrannum.freeserve.co.uk> >Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com >To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Hindu and Muslim records >Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 22:46:01 +0100 > >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 > "Sharing the information." _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

I hadn't been following this thread very closely so I don't know if anyone has pointed out that there is (was?) quite a sizable East Indian population in Guadeloupe (descended from indentured labourers), and I imagine that the excellent Archives there might have information about that. It is some years since I visited and have not been in touch with the people I knew there. It might also be worthwhile to contact the Archives in Martinique as well: I believe that Liliane Chauleau has retired, so I'm not sure who is in charge there now, but Philippe Rossignol might know the latest contact details for the Departmental Archives in both islands. Ernest Ernest M. Wiltshire Friends of the Barbados Archives 38 Inglewood Place, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Y 4C7____