Barbados Genealogical Records
Barbados Birth & Baptism Records
An index to and images of over 300,000 baptism, marriage and burial records, primarily from the Anglican Church.
An index to over 220,000 birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.
An index to births of British citizens born overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner. Provides a reference that can be used to order a birth certificate.
An index to around 450,000 mixed birth and baptism records.
Barbados Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and images of over 300,000 baptism, marriage and burial records, primarily from the Anglican Church.
An index to more than 15,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
An index to marriages of British citizens overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner Provides a reference that can be used to order a marriage certificate.
An index to around 90,000 marriage records from various sources.
Barbados Death & Burial Records
An index to and images of over 300,000 baptism, marriage and burial records, primarily from the Anglican Church.
An index of around 90,000 burial records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
A name index linked to original indices of British citizens who died overseas. Records record the area in which the deceased died and their age.
An index of around 6,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
Barbados Census & Population Lists
Digital images, searchable by an index of almost three million names, recording lawfully-kept slaves in British dominions. They record a slave's name, place of residence, age, gender, nationality and their owner's name.
Newspapers Covering Barbados
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Barbados Immigration & Travel Records
Transcripts of over 225,000 baptisms and marriages; and abstracts of wills.
Orders to remove convicts from Middlesex and deport them to penal colonies.
Early records granting citizenship to largely Protestant individuals in Britain's American dominions.
A calendar to records detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to parts of the British Empire.
An index to records detailing the ancestry of some 300 people of Devonian descent living in British colonies and the Unite States.
Barbados Military Records
A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.
An index to and images records detailing the incarceration of 1.34 million military personnel, civilians, diplomats, missionaries & merchant seamen who were held as prisoners of war. The records cover British prisoners held by foreign powers and non-British prisoners held by Britain.
Records of over 80,000 British and Commonwealth men captured during the Great War.
Barbados Court & Legal Records
Digital images, searchable by an index of almost three million names, recording lawfully-kept slaves in British dominions. They record a slave's name, place of residence, age, gender, nationality and their owner's name.
Orders to remove convicts from Middlesex and deport them to penal colonies.
Calendars to records relating to British colonies.
These records cover prize, ransom, and salvage cases; suits to establish title to a ship independent of possession of the ship; possessory actions to recover ships; and a variety of maritime contracts and torts.
A calendar to records detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to parts of the British Empire.
Barbados Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of the court, parliament, aristocracy, mayors, civil service, military, militia and banks in the British Empire.
One of the earliest attempt to form a comprehensive dictionary of places in The Americas.
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Barbados Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Barbados Histories & Books
One of the earliest attempt to form a comprehensive dictionary of places in The Americas.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Transcripts of over 225,000 baptisms and marriages; and abstracts of wills.
A searchable book containing descriptions of British colonies, statistics, information on officials and more.
Barbados Occupation & Business Records
Digital images, searchable by an index of almost three million names, recording lawfully-kept slaves in British dominions. They record a slave's name, place of residence, age, gender, nationality and their owner's name.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
A directory describing newspapers in the UK and British Empire, including circulation and political leaning.
A directory describing newspapers in the UK and British Empire, including circulation and political leaning.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Barbados
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Barbados Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Barbados Church Records
An index to and images of over 300,000 baptism, marriage and burial records, primarily from the Anglican Church.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.
Biographical Directories Covering Barbados
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Barbados Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Most Common Surnames in Barbados
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarke | 5,359 | 1:54 | |
| 2 | Alleyne | 4,109 | 1:70 | |
| 3 | Griffith | 3,837 | 1:75 | |
| 4 | Brathwaite | 3,708 | 1:78 | |
| 5 | Forde | 3,227 | 1:89 | |
| 6 | Holder | 2,989 | 1:96 | |
| 7 | King | 2,799 | 1:103 | |
| 8 | Williams | 2,719 | 1:106 | |
| 9 | Jones | 2,644 | 1:109 | |
| 10 | Jordan | 2,433 | 1:118 | |
| 11 | Boyce | 2,414 | 1:119 | |
| 12 | Best | 2,241 | 1:128 | |
| 13 | Marshall | 2,231 | 1:129 | |
| 14 | Smith | 2,197 | 1:131 | |
| 15 | Small | 2,170 | 1:132 | |
| 16 | Haynes | 2,076 | 1:138 | |
| 17 | Hinds | 2,063 | 1:139 | |
| 18 | Phillips | 2,047 | 1:140 | |
| 19 | Browne | 1,980 | 1:145 | |
| 20 | Sealy | 1,962 | 1:147 | |
| 21 | Mayers | 1,917 | 1:150 | |
| 22 | Gittens | 1,827 | 1:157 | |
| 23 | Cumberbatch | 1,776 | 1:162 | |
| 24 | Moore | 1,681 | 1:171 | |
| 25 | Springer | 1,676 | 1:172 | |
| 26 | Harewood | 1,626 | 1:177 | |
| 27 | Blackman | 1,591 | 1:181 | |
| 28 | Greenidge | 1,589 | 1:181 | |
| 29 | Worrell | 1,543 | 1:186 | |
| 30 | Hunte | 1,526 | 1:188 | |
| 31 | Lewis | 1,513 | 1:190 | |
| 32 | Greaves | 1,504 | 1:191 | |
| 33 | Parris | 1,481 | 1:194 | |
| 34 | Ward | 1,448 | 1:199 | |
| 35 | Carter | 1,445 | 1:199 | |
| 36 | Taylor | 1,417 | 1:203 | |
| 37 | Weekes | 1,414 | 1:203 | |
| 38 | Edwards | 1,388 | 1:207 | |
| 38 | Layne | 1,388 | 1:207 | |
| 40 | Payne | 1,379 | 1:208 | |
| 41 | Johnson | 1,377 | 1:209 | |
| 41 | Yearwood | 1,377 | 1:209 | |
| 43 | Harris | 1,376 | 1:209 | |
| 44 | Walcott | 1,343 | 1:214 | |
| 45 | Callender | 1,324 | 1:217 | |
| 46 | Maynard | 1,323 | 1:217 | |
| 47 | Thompson | 1,314 | 1:219 | |
| 48 | Trotman | 1,303 | 1:221 | |
| 49 | Nurse | 1,277 | 1:225 | |
| 50 | Gill | 1,274 | 1:226 | |
| 51 | Watson | 1,201 | 1:239 | |
| 52 | Gibson | 1,197 | 1:240 | |
| 53 | Knight | 1,171 | 1:245 | |
| 54 | Corbin | 1,158 | 1:248 | |
| 55 | Skeete | 1,149 | 1:250 | |
| 56 | Thomas | 1,148 | 1:250 | |
| 57 | Beckles | 1,135 | 1:253 | |
| 58 | Lashley | 1,103 | 1:261 | |
| 59 | Morris | 1,076 | 1:267 | |
| 60 | Belgrave | 1,031 | 1:279 | |
| 61 | Husbands | 1,017 | 1:283 | |
| 62 | Barrow | 1,006 | 1:286 | |
| 63 | Cox | 985 | 1:292 | |
| 64 | White | 968 | 1:297 | |
| 65 | Daniel | 965 | 1:298 | |
| 66 | Bowen | 962 | 1:299 | |
| 67 | Carrington | 959 | 1:300 | |
| 68 | Bourne | 932 | 1:308 | |
| 68 | Inniss | 932 | 1:308 | |
| 70 | Lynch | 930 | 1:309 | |
| 71 | Reid | 927 | 1:310 | |
| 72 | Sobers | 924 | 1:311 | |
| 73 | Roach | 922 | 1:312 | |
| 74 | Ifill | 917 | 1:313 | |
| 75 | Hoyte | 916 | 1:314 | |
| 76 | Leacock | 902 | 1:319 | |
| 77 | Cadogan | 901 | 1:319 | |
| 78 | Chase | 896 | 1:321 | |
| 79 | Austin | 861 | 1:334 | |
| 80 | Yarde | 856 | 1:336 | |
| 81 | Waithe | 828 | 1:347 | |
| 82 | Archer | 827 | 1:348 | |
| 83 | Grant | 821 | 1:350 | |
| 84 | Prescod | 795 | 1:362 | |
| 85 | Miller | 788 | 1:365 | |
| 86 | Bynoe | 787 | 1:365 | |
| 87 | Headley | 786 | 1:366 | |
| 88 | Hall | 781 | 1:368 | |
| 89 | Greene | 779 | 1:369 | |
| 90 | Rock | 776 | 1:370 | |
| 91 | Davis | 770 | 1:373 | |
| 92 | Brewster | 752 | 1:382 | |
| 92 | Burke | 752 | 1:382 | |
| 92 | Gooding | 752 | 1:382 | |
| 95 | Howell | 742 | 1:387 | |
| 95 | Nicholls | 742 | 1:387 | |
| 97 | Foster | 730 | 1:394 | |
| 97 | Pilgrim | 730 | 1:394 | |
| 99 | Chandler | 727 | 1:395 | |
| 100 | Bryan | 726 | 1:396 | |
| 101 | Goodridge | 722 | 1:398 | |
| 102 | Collymore | 721 | 1:399 | |
| 103 | Jackman | 713 | 1:403 | |
| 104 | Richards | 712 | 1:404 | |
| 104 | Scantlebury | 712 | 1:404 | |
| 106 | Broomes | 704 | 1:408 | |
| 107 | Bishop | 697 | 1:412 | |
| 108 | Armstrong | 693 | 1:415 | |
| 109 | Lovell | 692 | 1:415 | |
| 110 | Hinkson | 686 | 1:419 | |
| 110 | Lowe | 686 | 1:419 | |
| 112 | Kellman | 685 | 1:420 | |
| 113 | Goddard | 681 | 1:422 | |
| 114 | Gaskin | 672 | 1:428 | |
| 115 | Sandiford | 670 | 1:429 | |
| 116 | Stuart | 643 | 1:447 | |
| 117 | Drakes | 631 | 1:456 | |
| 118 | McClean | 627 | 1:458 | |
| 119 | Green | 621 | 1:463 | |
| 120 | Cummins | 619 | 1:464 | |
| 121 | Scott | 615 | 1:467 | |
| 122 | Murray | 614 | 1:468 | |
| 123 | Bradshaw | 613 | 1:469 | |
| 124 | Hope | 610 | 1:471 | |
| 125 | Wilson | 605 | 1:475 | |
| 126 | Welch | 604 | 1:476 | |
| 127 | Howard | 603 | 1:477 | |
| 128 | Arthur | 601 | 1:478 | |
| 129 | Shepherd | 597 | 1:481 | |
| 130 | Mason | 595 | 1:483 | |
| 131 | Crichlow | 594 | 1:484 | |
| 132 | Joseph | 591 | 1:486 | |
| 133 | Stoute | 589 | 1:488 | |
| 134 | Downes | 581 | 1:495 | |
| 135 | Babb | 580 | 1:496 | |
| 136 | Graham | 575 | 1:500 | |
| 137 | Kirton | 566 | 1:508 | |
| 137 | Sargeant | 566 | 1:508 | |
| 139 | Francis | 565 | 1:509 | |
| 139 | Robinson | 565 | 1:509 | |
| 139 | Straker | 565 | 1:509 | |
| 142 | Jemmott | 561 | 1:512 | |
| 143 | Niles | 555 | 1:518 | |
| 144 | Barker | 554 | 1:519 | |
| 145 | Bovell | 551 | 1:522 | |
| 145 | Toppin | 551 | 1:522 | |
| 147 | Wilkinson | 548 | 1:525 | |
| 148 | Bailey | 543 | 1:529 | |
| 149 | Herbert | 536 | 1:536 | |
| 150 | Henry | 533 | 1:539 | |
| 151 | Gibbs | 530 | 1:542 | |
| 152 | Blenman | 512 | 1:561 | |
| 153 | Franklyn | 507 | 1:567 | |
| 154 | Belle | 506 | 1:568 | |
| 155 | Codrington | 505 | 1:569 | |
| 156 | Taitt | 501 | 1:574 | |
| 157 | Evelyn | 498 | 1:577 | |
| 158 | Agard | 496 | 1:580 | |
| 158 | McCollin | 496 | 1:580 | |
| 160 | Branch | 491 | 1:585 | |
| 161 | Harper | 489 | 1:588 | |
| 162 | Walker | 476 | 1:604 | |
| 163 | Campbell | 475 | 1:605 | |
| 163 | Gilkes | 475 | 1:605 | |
| 165 | Wood | 466 | 1:617 | |
| 166 | Adams | 459 | 1:626 | |
| 166 | Ellis | 459 | 1:626 | |
| 166 | Padmore | 459 | 1:626 | |
| 169 | Seale | 458 | 1:628 | |
| 170 | Mapp | 455 | 1:632 | |
| 171 | Roberts | 453 | 1:635 | |
| 172 | Harding | 452 | 1:636 | |
| 173 | Butcher | 450 | 1:639 | |
| 174 | Simmons | 445 | 1:646 | |
| 175 | Lorde | 444 | 1:647 | |
| 176 | Edghill | 439 | 1:655 | |
| 177 | Wiltshire | 437 | 1:658 | |
| 178 | Dottin | 432 | 1:665 | |
| 179 | Blades | 423 | 1:680 | |
| 180 | Massiah | 421 | 1:683 | |
| 181 | Elcock | 417 | 1:689 | |
| 181 | Estwick | 417 | 1:689 | |
| 183 | Burrowes | 411 | 1:699 | |
| 184 | Waterman | 398 | 1:722 | |
| 185 | Fields | 391 | 1:735 | |
| 186 | Young | 390 | 1:737 | |
| 187 | Tull | 389 | 1:739 | |
| 188 | Linton | 388 | 1:741 | |
| 189 | Eastmond | 382 | 1:752 | |
| 189 | Walkes | 382 | 1:752 | |
| 189 | Walrond | 382 | 1:752 | |
| 192 | Franklin | 379 | 1:758 | |
| 193 | Ashby | 378 | 1:760 | |
| 194 | Burnett | 377 | 1:762 | |
| 195 | James | 371 | 1:775 | |
| 195 | Norville | 371 | 1:775 | |
| 197 | Wharton | 367 | 1:783 | |
| 198 | Rowe | 364 | 1:790 | |
| 199 | Hackett | 362 | 1:794 | |
| 200 | St Hill | 356 | 1:807 | |