I have done research at the Barbados Archives, in Black Rock, St. James and copies of the records, even if you are there, are obtained by filling out a request form. The request is then sent down to the Registrar's Office in town. (St. Michael parish) You can either go and pick it up there or have it sent back to the Archives, usually, in a few days. Most of the Sanders records are on microfilm available through LDS Libraries and can be reproduced, if the branch has a reader that makes copies. This is a more *accurate record, since at the Registrar they hand copy the information onto either a birth, marriage of death certificate form. (*Each time a record is copied it increases the chance of an error being made.) If you are fortunate enough to get go to the Barbados Archives they do allow you to photograph records. Andrea In a message dated 5/3/2003 11:58:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, CARIBBEAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I am so glad that this is coming up for discussion on the list. > > I am forwarding (see below) the response I got from the archives about > obtaining copies of Marriage and Birth Records from the 1750's indexed by > Sanders. > > I would be grateful to hear of other people's experiences in similar > endeavours. Thank you. > > Richard Allicock