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  • Antigua and Barbuda

    Misc. baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Saint John in the Island of Antigua

    Extracts from the Antigua Baptisms records 1788 and 1790.


  • Argentina

    1895 Argentina Census Search

    Scots Burials in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1822-1833 (archived website).

    St Andrew’s Society of the River Plate, Argentina : List of Members in 1894 (archived website, Scots in Argentina.)

    Scots in Southern Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) 1883 - 1915 (archived website).

    Mimosa Passengers, Wales to Argentina, 1865

    Declarations of Intention to Marry given at the British Consulate, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1849-75 (Scots only) (archived website).

    Uruguay and Entre Rios, Argentina Church of Scotland Records from the late 1850’s to the early 1900’s (archived website). An index of baptisms of the children of persons with British surnames, recorded by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Argentina for the period between the late 1850’s and early 1900’s, for the province of Entre Rios in Argentina and the Banda Oriental, now better known as Uruguay. Also St Andrew's Church, Chascomus, Argentina Communion Roll 1873-1884.

    Scots in Chascomus, Argentina, 1869 and 1895 (archived website).

    Passenger List : The Symmetry, from Scotland to Argentina 1825 (archived website).

    Gen Francesa. Several databases related to French immigrants to the Río de la Plata region of South America (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay). Web site in both Spanish and French.

    1882-1920 : Italian Emigrants to the United States, Argentina and Brazil
    Free registration required. The Argentinian data bank is made up of 1,020,000 files on Italians who arrived in Buenos Aires between 1882 and 1920. The information is taken from the disembarkment lists.


  • Aruba

    Diario - Obituario. Recent obituaries from the Aruban newspaper Diario (Web site in Papiamento).


  • Bahamas

    Early Settlers of the Bahamas (1671)

    The Names of Loyalist Settlers and Grants of Land Which They Received from the Bahamian Government: 1778 - 1783

    Early Burial Records and Inscriptions from Nassau, New Providence (Bahamas)

    Index of names mentioned in St. Matthew's Cemetery and the Eastern Burial Ground by The Public Records Office 1976, Nassau, Bahamas (archived website).

    Harbour Island, Eleuthera Land Grants, 1791 (Bahamas) (archived website). From the LDS History Center microfilm listed as: Court Records-Bahamas-v.R- 1790-1792 film #02223451

    The Bahamas DNA Project : Paternal and Maternal Line Descendant Charts, and more.

    Index to Wills at the Bahamas National Archives 1722 - 1968


  • Barbados

    List of persons connected with Barbados in the West Indies. Extracted from two sources:
    - A History of Barbados, by Ronald Tree
    - The Genealogist' Magazine Vol. 17, No.9 of March 1974

    Monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date, with genealogical and historical annotations. Digitized edition of this book by James Henry Lawrence-Archer published in 1875. Covers mainly Jamaica. Several epitaphs from Barbados are also included along with a few others from Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis, and Guyana.


  • Bermuda

    Bermuda Genealogy : Ship Passenger Lists 1609 - 1904

    A Survey of the Inhabitants of Bermuda (probably 1789)

    Witchcraft in Bermuda, 1650-1696 : A brief summary of those charged with the crime of witchcraft in Bermuda, and others named at their trials.

    Bermuda Newspapers : An extraction of all surnames and connected information contained in The Bermuda Gazette & Weekly Advertiser (1795), The Royal Gazette & The Bermuda Commercial & General Advertiser and Recorder (1828), The Bermuda Gazette & St George's & Hamilton Advertiser (1829), and The Bermudian Semi-Weekly Journal from January 5 1835 until October 12 1839, a time period wich covers the emancipation of the slaves.

    The original adventurers (or investors) in the Somers Island (or Bermuda) Company (1615) : nearly all of them were earlier adventurers in the preceeding Virginia Company.

    Richard Norwood’s Survey of the Land and Landholder’s of Bermuda 1662-1663

    Association Oath Rolls : British Plantations, 1696 : Bermuda

    Misc Devonshire, Bermuda Parish Church Records

    A Sampling of Early Bermuda Wills

    Children from the United Kingdom to Bermuda 1849-1850 (archived website).

    Selected St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles Vital Records: Bermudians 1710-1816

    References to Bermudians in South Carolina Archives (1700-1800's)

    Database of Bermuda Cricket Players past and present.


  • Brazil

    Lista de passageiros alemães. Lists of German passengers to Brazil. Web site in Portuguese.

    Sao Paulo, Brazil Cemetery Records 1870-1984. This collection of burial records covers some of the cemeteries in the municipality of São Paulo. The registers are browsable but not searchable.

    North American Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

    The Confederados : Confederate Veterans in Brazil (archived webpage). Confederate veterans who immigrated to Brazil following the Civil War.

    Confederate families in Brazil 1865-1902 (archived Web page).

    American families in Brazil (archived Web page). List of family names of those who entered Brazilian territory between 1865 and 1885.

    Americans who died at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1850 (Yellow Fever Epidemic)

    1858-1899 : Italian Emigrants to the United States, Argentina and Brazil
    Free registration required. The Brazilian data bank is mainly based on information taken from the embarkment registers of ships leaving Italy, to which have been added checks and additions through other archive sources. The information covers about 27,000 Italian emigrants who arrived in Vitoria between 1858 and 1899.


  • British Virgin Islands

    British Virgin Island GenWeb: Wesleyan Methodist Church Baptisms 1815-1824; Quaker Church Records 1740-1760; St. George's Episcopal Marriages 1862-1866.


  • Canada


  • Caribbean

    Emigration List : Caribbean 1866-1867

    CaribbeanGenWeb Archives

    Database of West Indies Cricket Players past and present.

    Passagers originaires du Béarn et du Comminges habitant aux îles par le port de Bordeaux, 1736-1787 : Port of Bordeaux, France passengers 1736-1787 who were born in the French regions of Béarn and the Comminges but living in the Caribbean.

    Départs de passagers Commingeois par le port de Bordeaux au XVIIIème siècle 1728-1790 : Passengers from the Comminges leaving from the port of Bordeaux in the 18th Century for various destinations (mainly the Caribbean). The Comminges is an ancient feudal county located in the south of the Haute-Garonne Department in southern France.

    Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928.The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

    Caribbean Marriages, 1591-1905. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

    Caribbean Deaths and Burials, 1790-1906. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.


  • Chile

    Recopilacion de Genalogia Chilena desde la A hasta la Z. Compilation of Chilean Genealogy: surnames from A to Z (in Spanish.)

    Familias Fundadoras de Chile. Founding families of Chile (in Spanish.)

    Apellidos de Familias Principales Indicadas en el Libro Nobiliario de la Capitanía General de Chile (archived website). Surname index to the book Nobiliario de la Capitanía General de Chile by Juan Luis Espejo, published in 1967 (in Spanish.)

    Inmigrantes Alemanes al Sur de Chile. German Immigrants to Southern Chile (in Spanish.)

    Scots in Southern Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) 1883 - 1915 (archived website).

    Gen Francesa. Several databases related to French immigrants to the Río de la Plata region of South America (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay). Web site in both Spanish and French.


  • Costa Rica

    Costa Rica Vital Records Index. Costa Rica Baptisms, 1700-1915; Costa Rica Marriages, 1750-1920; and Costa Rica Deaths, 1787-1900. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.


  • Cuba

    Cuba Passengers Data Base. Passenger lists to and from Cuba.

    Surname Index to the book Index to Historia de Familias Cubanas Vols 1-9 : This 9-volume work represents the most extensive collection ever compiled of Cuban genealogies. It has 841 surname entries.

    Obituary Index Cuba : Index to obituaries of individuals born in Cuba. Mainly 1992-2003. Surnames : A-B, C-D, F-K, L-N, O-Q, R-S, T-Z

    Deaths in the Cuban Army of Liberation 1895-1898

    Cuban Liberation Army 1895-1898 : Mambí Army Data Base. The official record of participants and deaths of the Cuban Liberation Army that participated in the Cuban War of Independence 1895-1898.

    Misc. Cienfuegos, Cuba Marriages 1827-1903 (pdf document).

    Diccionario Biografico Cienfueguero (archived website): Biographical dictionary of the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba (in Spanish.)

    Muertes en Santiago de Cuba Julio 1898 - Mayo 1902. Deaths in Santiago de Cuba from July 1898 to May 1902 (in Spanish.)

    Data Base of Officers of the Ten-Years War, Cuba 1868-1878

    Some Jewish Burials in Cuba

    Cuban Jewish Cemetery Headstones (archives Web page - not always available)

    List of French Plantation owners in Cuba in 1843

    Prisionero y Deportados Cubanos en la Guerra de Independencia (archived website). Cuban prisoners and deportees 1895-1898 during the Cuban War of Independence (in Spanish.)

    Generals of the Cuban Army of Liberation 1895-1898


  • Dominican Republic

    Dominican Republic Vital Records Index. Dominican Republic Baptisms, 1726-1924, Dominican Republic Marriages, 1743-1929, and Dominican Republic Deaths, 1666-1862.

    Familles d'Haïti et de Saint-Domingue. A genealogical database covering families from the island of Hispaniola, especially the country of Haiti. Website in both French and English.


  • El Salvador

    Defunciones 1896-1899, San Salvador, El Salvador. Registro Civil : San Salvador, El Salvador death records 1896-1899 (in Spanish.)

    El Salvador Vital Records Index. El Salvador Baptisms, 1750-1940 and El Salvador Marriages, 1810-1930. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

    Central America, Colonial Records. This collection includes the census and miscellaneous records that were recorded by the government entities of the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. This collection does not have a searchable index. Only images are available.


  • French Guiana

    1765 Census of Sinnamary, French Guiana. Several Acadian families are listed (pdf document) : Part 1 - Part 2


  • Guatemala

    Guatemala Civil Registration. This collection of civil registration records from Guatemala may cover the years from about the start of the civil registry in 1877 to 1934.

    Central America, Colonial Records. This collection includes the census and miscellaneous records that were recorded by the government entities of the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. This collection does not have a searchable index. Only images are available.


  • Guyana

    The Jonestown and Peoples Temple Tragedy of 1978 : Lists of those who died in Jonestown and Georgetown, 18 November 1978; those who survived in Jonestown and Georgetown; those who have died since 18 November 1978; and those who died in Jonestown before 18 November 1978. On November 18, 1978 in Guyana a U.S. Congressman was assassinated, along with four other individuals, at a jungle airstrip; these tragic killings were followed by the mass suicides/murders of 900 men, women, and children, all members of the Peoples Temple, a religious group based in California which moved to Guyana in the late 1970s.


  • Haiti

    The Babb Index: This index was compiled from French Refugees From Saint-Domingue to the Southern United States, 1791-1810, the 1954 dissertation of Winston F. Babb.

    Familles d'Haïti et de Saint-Domingue. A genealogical database covering families from the island of Hispaniola, especially the country of Haiti. Website in both French and English.


  • Honduras

    Honduras Vital Records Index. Honduras Baptisms, 1730-1930; Honduras Marriages, 1800-1910. For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. This index is an index of the births or christenings and marriages throughout Honduras. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

    Central America, Colonial Records. This collection includes the census and miscellaneous records that were recorded by the government entities of the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. This collection does not have a searchable index. Only images are available.


  • Jamaica

    Jamaica Civil Registration. Birth registrations 1878-1999.

    White Settlers to Jamaica 1740-1752

    Census of Jamaica, 1670

    Jamaican Factory Owners, 1694

    Scottish Jamaica Testaments : list of testaments probated in seventeenth century Jamaica believed to be those of early Scottish immigrants to the colony (archived Web page - not always available).

    Suriname to Jamaica, 1675 : Passenger lists for the ships Hercules, America, and Henry and Sarah

    Copies of excerpts from Jamaica Wills

    Loyalists who fled to Jamaica (Mainly from South Carolina)

    Monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date, with genealogical and historical annotations. Digitized edition of this book by James Henry Lawrence-Archer published in 1875. Covers mainly Jamaica. Several epitaphs from Barbados are also included along with a few others from Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis, and Guyana.


  • Martinique

    Victims of the 1902 Eruption of the Pelée Mountain in Martinique in the French West Indies (In French)

    Acadians at Champflore, Martinique : 1766 (pdf document)


  • Mexico

    Mexico Baptisms 1560-1950. Data submitted by volunteers over the past 30 years.
    Mexico Marriages 1570-1950. Data submitted by volunteers over the past 30 years.
    Mexico Deaths 1680-1940. Data submitted by volunteers over the past 30 years.

    1930 Mexico National Census

    The Conquistadors : A list of almost 2000 individuals that served the King of Spain with Cortes, many of whom stayed in Mexico. Surnames : A-E, F-L, M-Q, R-T, U-Z

    The Conquistadors of the Yucatan 1526-1546. A list of 160 of the individuals that served the King of Spain with Francisco de Montejo from 1526 to 1546.

    The Conquistadors of Nueva Galicia. A list of 280 of the individuals that served the King of Spain with Nuno de Guzman in 1530. Many went on to settle the area and had links to the earlier Conquistadors.

    Names found on public documents in Northeastern Mexico : 433 surnames of the early settlers making their way north into Northeastern Mexico. Many descendants of the early Conquistadors. Their date of first mention in public records for the area is listed in most cases. A-B, C-D, E-G, H-L, M-O, P-R, S-U, V-Z

    The Coronado Expedition. A list of 322 settlers that served with the Captain Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. The expedition set out for New Mexico and Arizona but made it as far north as Kansas from 1540 to 1542.

    Early Settlers of Nueva Galicia (Mexico): 137 settlers arriving after the Conquest of the area. Some had links to the earlier Conquistadors. Surnames A-L, Surnames M-Z

    Settlers to Northeastern Mexico 1700-1726. Some details are given on 81 surnames : Surnames A-L, M-Z

    Hispanic Surnames traceable to Mexico or the American Southwest : A-F, G-M, N-Z

    Durango, Mexico Surnames.

    Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978. Catholic Church records created by parishes in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. These records include: baptisms, confirmations, parish censuses, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, deaths, and indexes.

    Coahuila, Mexico Surname Book (archived Web page). People verified to have been born in Coahuila.

    Misc. Coahuila, Mexico Obituaries (archived Web page).

    Mission 2000 : Searchable Spanish Mission Records. Mission 2000 is a searchable database of Spanish mission records of the Pimería Alta (southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico) containing baptisms, marriages, and burials from the late seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. Names of persons associated with each event and personal information about each person are included. The ethnicity of names include O’odham, Yaqui, Apache, Seri, Opata, Yuma, Mexican, Spanish, Basque, Catalán, Gallego, Andalusian, Valencian, German, Swiss, Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and others.

    1750 Census of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    List of Those Who Recieved Coats of Arms for the Conquest of Mexico


  • Netherlands Antilles

    Netherland Antilles 1781 Population List. The Rodney Rolls : part 1 - part 2

    Selected St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles Vital Records: Bermudians 1710-1816


  • Nicaragua

    Central America, Colonial Records. This collection includes the census and miscellaneous records that were recorded by the government entities of the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. This collection does not have a searchable index. Only images are available.


  • Panama

    Panama Vital Records Index. Panama Baptisms, 1750-1938; Panama Marriages, 1800-1950; and Panama Deaths, 1840-1930. For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

    Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Death Records, Panama Canal Zone, 1906 - 1991. This series is a necrology and partial index to the mortuary's registers and contains records of 26,213 U.S. military personnel, employees of the Panama Canal Commission and its predecessors, and Canal Zone civilians processed through the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary between 1906 and 1991.


  • Peru

    Province of Lima, Peru Civil Registration 1874-1996. Browsable but not searchable.


  • Puerto Rico


  • St. Pierre and Miquelon

    Marriage Registers of Miquelon 1763 to 1790-91. Miquelon is part of the French Territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, near Newfoundland, Canada.

    Marriages at Saint Pierre 1763-1790. Part of the French Territory of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, near Newfoundland, Canada.

    Mi'kmaq in the Parish Registers of the Islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1764-1848 (archived Web page). The islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon are part of France and located near Newfoundland, Canada.


  • St. Vincent & the Grenadines

    St. Vincent Land Records List: 1768 – 1777 (archived website).


  • Suriname

    Hindustani immigrants in Suriname. Search engine for Hindus who came to Surinam between 1873 and 1916 as contract workers (in Dutch).

    Suriname to Jamaica, 1675 : Passenger lists for the ships Hercules, America, and Henry and Sarah


  • Trinidad and Tobago

    Lapeyrouse Cemetery, Port of Spain, Trinidad Misc. Monumental Inscriptions

    Trinidad Colonial Office List for 1899

    List of Persons of Portuguese Descent who left Trinidad to serve in the Great War

    Names from A Handbook of the Island of Tobago, published in 1899

    Trinidad Colonial Office Lists for 1862,1865, 1866 1871, 1879 and 1883. Trinidad entries in various and assorted Colonial Office lists handbooks.


  • United States


  • Uruguay

    Uruguay and Entre Rios, Argentina Church of Scotland Records from the late 1850’s to the early 1900’s (archived website). An index of baptisms of the children of persons with British surnames, recorded by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Argentina for the period between the late 1850’s and early 1900’s, for the province of Entre Rios in Argentina and the Banda Oriental, now better known as Uruguay. Also St Andrew's Church, Chascomus, Argentina Communion Roll 1873-1884.

    Gen Francesa. Several databases related to French immigrants to the Río de la Plata region of South America (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay). Web site in both Spanish and French.


  • US Virgin Islands

    Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Island) Chancery Records and Index to Wills, 1671-1848 (archived website).

    St. Thomas & St. John, Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands) Index to Probate Records (archived website).

    U.S. (Danish) Virgin Islands - Names of Colonists. A list of colonists on St. Thomas, 1678, and those who were entitled to estates.

    St.Thomas Island Tax Roles 1672-1680. Today part of the US Virgin Islands.

    St.Thomas Island Land Lister 1686-1693. Today part of the US Virgin Islands.

    St. Croix 1841 Census. Today part of the US Virgin Islands.

    1841 Census of St. John Island. Today part of the US Virgin Islands.

    List of Shareholders of the Danish West India Company in 1751 (archived jpg files): Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4


  • Venezuela

    Venezuelan Genealogy - Obituaries 1997-2001 (archived Web page - not always available)

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