Hi Jim, Thanks for replying. It seems that you are just are a stone's throw away. Thanks for the information on the micro-film. I have been looking primarily in St. Kitts and Antigua. I have found relevant information in Langford's Caribbeanna and in the Barbados records. However, I can find no info. in Barbados after 1756, or in St. Kitts after 1778, and Antigua after 1784. I am trying to link these Allicocks to those in Demerara, Guyana. The latter obtained land in 1752 in Demerara, but appeared not to have lived there until after 1797. So I have begun broadening my search across all the Caribbean Islands. The St. Kitts Allicocks are linked to North American Allicocks as early as 1607, 1647, and 1750's-1784. (These are just the ones I can find records of). The latter are linked to the Northamptonshire Allicocks as are the St. Kitts and Antigua ones. But I do not know where the Demerara Allicocks were before they went to Guyana. So I have been looking across North America, the UK and now right across the Caribbean. You will get more information from a reply to Nevilla Ottley. I will also forward a letter of a few months ago that I made to very many Caribbean researchers. Can you tell me if the LDS in Brampton has Film for all of the Caribbean? It might be better for me to go there both for the St. Vicent film and others. I usually have to wait 8-weeks for LDS films to arive from Utah. Looking forward to hearing from you. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: James W Cropper To: Richard Allicock Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:03 AM Subject: Re: Any Allicock, or Allercott or variations? Hi Rich, I see you are from Toronto. Many of us like to think of Toronto as a suburb of Mississauga! I have the film on "permanent loan" at the LDS library in Brampton. The following lists are only for the years where the indexes show there are entries. Baptisms 1765-1870 Index Baptisms of Slaves 1826-1834 No Index Marriages 1765-1870 Index Marriages of Slaves 1825-1834 No Index Burials 1765-1855 Index The records are for the Church of England (Anglican). There are no records here for other Denominations. Many of my family tree branch were Methodists and I have yet to find any of their records after about 1820. This also applies to Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), French and English Roman Catholics and Jews. In the early years there are many French names who may have switched churches when the island came under the British. I certainly can't go through the whole film as it would take weeks as there must be 20,000 entries just in Baptisms (~500 pages with ~40 per page). The Indexes are helpful but there are errors and omissions. As you mention there are many variations in the spelling of some of the names. I am having problems with your request. Which of the Islands is your family from? What is the name of person(s) you are seeking? Are there any siblings? Do you know if they were in the Military or had a profession? What decades were they there? I collected a few entries on PATTON/PATTEN over time as a few years ago there was a discussion on the list about General George PATTON and some connection to the West Indies which I have since forgotten. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Allicock To: jameswcropper@sympatico.ca Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:40 AM Subject: Any Allicock, or Allercott or variations? Hi Jim, I just joined the list. I am looking for any Allicock, or Allercott and variations of this name throughout the West Indies. The variations are too many but generally there may be one "l"; there may be an "e" at the end, the "i" may be replaced by an "e", an "ey", or an "er"; the "k" may be replaced by a "tt" and the "i" may be dropped altogether and become Alcock or Allcock, or the "A" may be replaced by an "E" with any combination of the foregoing other letter changes mentioned. I just happened to see your correspondence with Di, and you appear to have the St. Vincent micro-film at hand. If you still have the film can you see if any of the names or variations mentioned above appear in the St. Vincent records? Hopefully there is an index and you will not have to go through the whole film. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks. Rich