Re: [Carib] CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 49

[Peter Hardy]

Cathy
Thanks for the suggestion. I will follow up. Its a good job I studied French
for several years!
Anulkah Thomas has also put me in touch with the St Lucia National Archives
and a very helpful assistant there. Unfortunately I have little more than a
name to work with.
Peter
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Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 49


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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: Antigua records (Richard Oliver)
> 2. Re: Antigua records (CM Codrington)
> 3. Saint Lucia (Cathy A.)
> 4. Re: Archives of Grenada update (Cathy A.)
> 5. Re: St. Lucia Records (Cathy A.)
> 6. Re: Still researching surname Biddy anywhere in the West
> Indies and Rose on Bequia and Saba (Cathy A.)
> 7. Slave Registers on Ancestry (CM Codrington)
> 8. Re: Slave Registers on Ancestry (Cathy A.)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:45:25 +0100
> From: "Richard Oliver" <Ric...@darcyeverest.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Carib] Antigua records
> To: <cari...@rootsweb.com>
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> Hi Cod ........ or should it be cod?!
> Yes I was. Actually the Codrington name keeps coming up. Its appearing in
> a
> book by Matthew Parker called The Sugar Barons which I have only just
> started.
> Looks pretty good though.
> Regards
> Richard
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> On Behalf Of CM Codrington
> Sent: 02 April 2012 02:44
> To: cari...@rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [Carib] Antigua records
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> Hi Richard...
>
> Were you referring to Archives Hub regarding the Cod Papers? The Security
> copy is in the British Library and originals are now in the National
> Archives of A&B. Gloucestshire Archives states they actually have an
> incomplete security copy made from the period during which the papers were
> in their keeping. Barbados has portions relevent to that Island and
> particularly to Codrington College Bequests, SPG interactions and
> settlements etc
>
> cod
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:18:02 -0400
> From: CM Codrington <cm...@optimum.net>
> Subject: Re: [Carib] Antigua records
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> Yup I am reading Sugar Barons now as well. Sad about the footnotes...I
> prefer books with copious footnotes so I can track where opinions and
> conclusions come from...ah well
>
> Chris Cod
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:02:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Cathy A." <caq...@uvic.ca>
> Subject: [Carib] Saint Lucia
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> Hi Peter,
>
> Have you been to the ANOM site (Archives Nationales Outre Mer)? It's
> free and they have some St. Lucia records available.
>
> http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/
>
> Click on "registres num?ris?s" + "choisir une territoire" + Sainte
> Lucie + Commune etc.
>
> Cathy
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:36:03 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Cathy A." <caq...@uvic.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Carib] Archives of Grenada update
> To: cari...@rootsweb.com
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> On Mar 29, 12:19?am, LAlder...@nc.rr.com wrote:
>> I just heard from Cathy Collins, grants administrator at the
>> Endangered Archives Programme. The project number is EAP295:
>> Digitising the endangered archives of Grenada.
>> She advises, "We have not yet received the results from this project.
>> I will make a note on the file to let you know when they have been
>> submitted to us."
>>
>> For anyone who may have missed this, the URL is
>> ?<http://eap.bl.uk/database/overview_project.a4d?projID=EAP295;r=19796
>> ? >
>> The grant went to Dr Laurence Brown of the University of Manchester in
>> thea mount of 39,297 pounds sterling, and it was for 21 months.
>>
>> BTW, is there an endangered archives program in the US?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Laura
>
> Thanks Laura,
>
> Cathy
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:33:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Cathy A." <caq...@uvic.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Carib] St. Lucia Records
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> Hi Peter,
>
> I can vouch for the helpfulness of the folks at the Saint Lucia
> archives also. They are wonderful. I believe their records are limited
> to the 19th century.
>
> Cathy
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Cathy A." <caq...@uvic.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Carib] Still researching surname Biddy anywhere in the
> West Indies and Rose on Bequia and Saba
> To: cari...@rootsweb.com
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> On Mar 31, 3:29?pm, mreilly...@aol.com wrote:
>> If anyone knows of slave records from the Union Estate, Bequia, would be
>> particularly interested.
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>
> There are Bequia slave records on Ancestry. I can't remember if they
> were listed under St. Vincent or how I found them as it was a while
> ago.
>
> Cathy
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:56:16 -0400
> From: CM Codrington <cm...@optimum.net>
> Subject: [Carib] Slave Registers on Ancestry
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> Hi Cathy
>
> Not sure if Bequia was in there but there is quite abit. From experience
> dont rely strictly on a word search if you have some information on
> plantation, proprietor, parish or other info it can be worthwhile to
> "browse" the actual images as they did not tag these files enough for
> searching purposes (plantation name will not work etc) By browsing other
> things can be learned;
>
> Cod
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> Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834
>
> http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1129
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 17:52:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Cathy A." <caq...@uvic.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Carib] Slave Registers on Ancestry
> To: cari...@rootsweb.com
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> Hi Cod,
>
> Bequia is there under St. Vincent as the colonial dependency. I
> searched by family name of owner. Probably if the name of the estate
> was used in the "keyword" field that would work also.
>
> Cathy
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