18 members
Description
A group for those who are researching their Douglas ancestors who have West Indies/Caribean connections
by Ronald Drysdale
Apr 26
Slave & Slave owner records:
All Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834
Ancestry offers access for free (you may have to register):
A search for 'Douglas' slaves & slave owners gives over 900 records
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1129/?name=_douglas&a......
https://douglashistory.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3482022%3ABlo...
Slaves, Slave owners and other records in Jamaica
Held on the familysearch website (register for free):
Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920
A search on the name 'Douglas' reveals over 7000 individual records in Jamaica.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/record/results?count=20&...
Certificates of freedom of emancipated peoples on Jamaica.
Manumission - Manumission is the act of freeing slaves by their owners, also known as enfranchisement or emancipation.
- Manumission records held in the British Library database, access for free
https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP148-3-1/search
Best regards
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West Indies Connections
18 members
Description
A group for those who are researching their Douglas ancestors who have West Indies/Caribean connections
Colonial records - Caribbean & West Indies - Slaves, Slave owners & others
by Ronald Drysdale
Apr 26
Slave & Slave owner records:
All Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834
Ancestry offers access for free (you may have to register):
A search for 'Douglas' slaves & slave owners gives over 900 records
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1129/?name=_douglas&a......
https://douglashistory.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3482022%3ABlo...
Slaves, Slave owners and other records in Jamaica
Held on the familysearch website (register for free):
Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880
Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920
A search on the name 'Douglas' reveals over 7000 individual records in Jamaica.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/record/results?count=20&...
https://douglashistory.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3482022%3ABlo...
Certificates of freedom of emancipated peoples on Jamaica.
Manumission - Manumission is the act of freeing slaves by their owners, also known as enfranchisement or emancipation.
- Manumission records held in the British Library database, access for free
https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP148-3-1/search
Best regards