Further to my previous email, while you might not be able to search the papers in the BL without employing a researcher, you can find out if there are micro-films of the newspapers. It is also helpful if people on this list make a habit of saying where they are. For example if you are anywhere near Washington D.C you can see if the Library of Congress has micro-film of the newspapers. There is also another possible source, and that is NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration, in their collection of consular records. US Consuls from al over the world frequently sent reports to the State Department and others with actual pages of local newspapers if not entire newspapers themselves. These end up being micro-filmed. There are also parts of the Eastern USA that had long historical links with B'dos, and these collected material relating to B'dos inclusive of Newspapers. You may find such Newspapers in University Libraries and in their State Legislature Libraries. So if you had said where you are I would not have had to write this much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Crawford" <tcrawford@revhist.datanet.co.uk> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Barbados Newspapers 1902-1911 > You can search catalogues on-line - not alas the papers. > Edward Crawford > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Allicock" <richwyn@idirect.com> > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:45 AM > Subject: Re: Barbados Newspapers 1902-1911 > > > > Have you tried the Newspaper collections at the British Library? You can > > also search the BL on-line. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <MReilly169@aol.com> > > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 2:13 PM > > Subject: Barbados Newspapers 1902-1911 > > > > > > > I have pretty good reason to believe that my ggrandfather wrote for a > > Bridgetown newspaper, possibly as a columnist, between 1902 and 1911, more > > likely toward the end of that period, and have been trying to get access > to > > the Bridgetown papers from that era for at least a spot check. I am a > long > > way from Barbados. A researcher in Barbados told me recently that it > would > > not be worthwhile for her to try to scan them at the National Archives > > because of conditions for microfilm viewing there (including the attitude > of > > the staff). Does anyone know whether they might be available somewhere > > else, like a university library? By the way, my understanding is that Jim > > Lynch's project covers only much earlier dates. > > > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin > > boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin > boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > This message has been scanned by the Datanet VirusScreen Service, > > powered by BT Ignite and Messagelabs. For more information please > > visit http://www.VirusScreen.co.uk. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > This message has been scanned by the Datanet VirusScreen Service, > powered by BT Ignite and Messagelabs. For more information please > visit http://www.VirusScreen.co.uk. > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > >

If you are in the US, here are links to some universities with Latin American and Caribbean newspaper collections. You may be able to borrow microfilms on inter-library loan. University of Florida http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/lac/newspaperlist1.html Tulane University of Louisiana (in New Orleans) http://lal.tulane.edu/lalnews.html University of Chicago http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/DBSearch/ForeignNews.asp Dean de Freitas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Allicock" <richwyn@idirect.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 4:10 AM Subject: Re: Barbados Newspapers 1902-1911 <SNIP> > There are also parts of the Eastern USA that had long historical links with > B'dos, and these collected material relating to B'dos inclusive of > Newspapers. You may find such Newspapers in University Libraries and in > their State Legislature Libraries.