I have made some very rewarding strides in tracking down my wife's Grenada family, consisting of BLACKBURNS, BELLS, SINCLAIRS and WILSONS from Carriacou. The rewarding part is that I have been able to put so many names on the tree and that most are alive. We now have a network of relatives that have trying to find each other for some time. Yesterday, I spent in the Family History Center going over the Baptismal Records of Wilsons in Carriacou. This is what I reported out to the family regarding my findings: I started searching the Carriacou Baptismal records from 1842, writing down all of the Wilsons and Ovids -- figuring that some may be relatives to connect later on. What surprised me was finding Blackburns and Bells -- though not many. Of interest here is the 1844 marriage certificate for the couple Henry Blackburn and Bess both from Petite Martinique. This marriage seems to make this couple too young to have been the grandparents of Henry and Douglas; the latter was born 16 years later. Possibly this Henry is the father of Henry and Douglas, or just coincidently has the same name. Henry was the witness at the marriage in 1847 of Jame Blackburn and Flora John both of Belair Estate. As I was going through the microfilm I found a huge gap (missing records) from 1850 to 1877. I had hoped in the time period to find the birth of Charles Wilson. I have continued to copy down all of the Wilsons. I can say that most of the Wilsons in Carriacou came from either Brunswick Estate or Beausejour, both locations close to the capital of Hillsborough. I can also tell you that they tended to do skilled work with their hands. Of all of the occupations listed on the Parish records, that of 'laborer' appeared most frequently. The most frequent occupation listed for Wilsons was 'mason'; other listings included tailor, shoemaker and carpenter. A listing appears in 1881 for the baptism of Maryann Ovid, child of Ann Sophia Ovid, laborer of Belmont, born 3/20/1881, baptized 5/25/1881. Another record gap occurred between 1888 and 1900. I think that any baptismal records for Isaac and Newbold are lost with these missing records. I was a bit discouraged, when... I came across HAMILTON, BAPTIZED APRIL 8, 1903, CHRIST CHURCH, CARRIACOU, PARENTS CHARLES DAVID WILSON AND MARY ANNE WILSON OF L'ESTERRE, OCCUPATION SAILMAKER. I did find an Isaac Wilson born the next year to Polina Wilson, laborer of L'Esterre. This Isaac was born June 30, 1904 and baptized August 31, 1904. I also found the marriage of Thomas Ovid age 27 in May of 1903, father's name Robert Ovid -- I was wondering if Mary Anne and Thomas were sister and brother. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We recently discovered that my wife's grandparents are Charles Wilson and his wife MaryAnne Ovid. Tim