The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society has been in continuous publication since it first appeared in November 1933. From inception until volume 38, the Journal was issued as a quarterly and thereafter as an annual. Described in 1958 by the then editor J.W.B Chenery as “our great endeavour”, the pages of the Journal have been used to document the history and heritage of the island, as well as the development of the Barbados Museum. In so doing, it has become, to a large extent, an “authoritative voice” in Barbadian history, providing a forum for academics as well as amateur historians, genealogists, heritage practitioners and cultural enthusiasts to share their research and knowledge with a wider audience.

The offerings in this informational treasure trove also include valuable resources for the family historian:

Family histories e.g. Lee, Alleyne, Oxnard and Collymore
Extracts from newspapers including notice of baptisms, marriages, deaths, wills, sale of property, obituaries, business advertisements etc.
Newspapers represented are:
- The Barbadian from 1822 to late 1861
- The Barbados Mercury from 1783 to early 1819
- The Barbados Globe, Official Gazette and Colonial Advocate covering the period 1850-1853
- The Barbados Globe, 1862
- The Liberal from 1858-59
- The Barbados Times for 1863, 1865, 1868, 1870
Vestry minutes for St. Michael and St. John
House of Assembly reports - compiled from the Minutes of the House and other sources
1715 Census data for St. Michael, Christ Church and St. George
Extracts from Wills Recorded in England – 17th and 18th Centuries
Obituaries and Biographies
Lists such as “Servants to Foreign Plantations from Bristol, England to Barbados, 1651-1686.

"American Money…English Money…and A Few Dutch Dollars': Migration, Identity and the Saba-Barbados Connection, 1860-1920" Inniss, Tara A.	Vol. 61 No. Year 2015 Pages 110-137 Restricted Access
"An Enthusiastic Educationalist": Reverend John Packer (1799-1861) Morris, Robert	Vol. 45 No. Year 1999 Pages 130-139 Restricted Access
"Concerning Mr. Huncks": Barbados Governors as "Tough Guys" in the Early English Empire Gragg, Larry Dale	Vol. 43 No. Year 1996/1997 Pages 1 to 14 Restricted Access
"Designing" Individual or "Celebrated Solicitor"? Peter Chapman's Activity and Role as Land Speculator After Emancipation Marshall, Woodville	Vol. 63 No. Year 2017 Pages 6 to 31 Restricted Access
"Distempered, Maimed and Worn Out": Some Perspectives on Slavery and Disability in Barbados and Antigua Inniss, Tara A.	Vol. 65 No. Year 2019 Pages 1 to 21 Restricted Access
"I Can't Understand Why I Must be a Prisoner of War: Civilian Internment in Barbados During the First World War Manz, Stefan	Vol. 68 No. Year 2022 Pages 32-51 Restricted Access
"Making 'His/stories' Not Music": Memory, Narratives and "Ragga Soca" Music Production in Barbados Springer, Michaelle	Vol. 68 No. Year 2022 Pages 52-83 Restricted Access
"Massa Buy Me" The Inscription of a Barbadian Folk Song on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register Gibbs, Roger	Vol. 65 No. Year 2019 Pages 69-85 Restricted Access
"Memoirs of an Old Army Officer" Richard A. Wyvill's Visit to Barbados in 1796 and 1806 Wyvill, Richard A., Handler, Jerome S.	Vol. 35 No. 1 Year 1975 Pages 21-32 Restricted Access
"Millie Gone to Brazil": Barbadian Migration to Brazil in the Early 20th Century Alleyne, Frederick, Rocha, Elaine P.	Vol. 58 No. Year 2012 Pages 1 to 42 Restricted Access
"My Brother Has Gone to America" : Wartime Emigration, Labour and the Barbadian Work Ethic Marshall, Sharon Milagro	Vol. 68 No. Year 2022 Pages 120-141 Restricted Access
"Of the drinks of the Island:" The Alcoholic Beverages Available in Barbados in the Seventeenth Century Smith, Frederick H.	Vol. 68 No. Year 2022 Pages 18-31 Restricted Access
"Price's - His Deposition": Kidnapping Amerindians in Guyana, 1674 Breslaw, E.G.	Vol. 38 No. Year 1991 Pages 47-51 Restricted Access
"Stede Bonnet" David B. Adcock of Durham, North Carolina in a Letter to James M. Harper III of The State Port Pilot, Southport, North Carolina, 13 May 1993 Adcock, David B.	Vol. 41 No. Year 1993 Pages 198-201 Restricted Access
"The 1816 Uprising -- A Hell-Broth" Morris, Robert	Vol. 46 No. Year 2000 Pages 1 to 39 Restricted Access
"The Barbadians endeavour to rule all." A Socio-political Commentary on Barbados/Carolina Relationships in the Seventeenth Century Watson, Karl	Vol. 43 No. Year 1996/1997 Pages 78-95 Restricted Access
"The Navy List"	Vol. 17 No. 1 Year 1949 Pages 39-41 Restricted Access
"The Panama Estates": The Successful Investment Project that Disappointed Most of the Investors Marshall, Woodville	Vol. 58 No. Year 2012 Pages 43-64 Restricted Access
"The Plantation and Land which Was Hers Before": Ownership and Possession in Barbados, 1680-1750 Biggerstaff, Joseph	Vol. 69 No. Year 2023 Pages p. 1-26 Restricted Access
"The Sea Devils of the Caribbean": An Account of German U-Boat Activity in the West Indies During World War II Armstrong, Captain W.H.R.	Vol. 28 No. 1 Year 1960 Pages 28-48 Restricted Access
"Time Bringing Truth to Life": A Third Generation of Waldrons Taylor, Clare	Vol. 46 No. Year 2000 Pages 47-54 Restricted Access
14th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology in Barbados	Vol. 40 No. Year 1992 Pages 61-65 Restricted Access
1646 Hapcott Map, Fort (Trent) Plantation, St. James, Barbados: A Significant Resource for Research on Early Colonial Settlement in Barbados Armstrong, Douglas V., Watson, Karl, Reilly, Matthew	Vol. 58 No. Year 2012 Pages 137-154 Restricted Access
1806 Plat of the Nidhe Israel Synagogue in Bridgetown, Barbados Watson, Karl	Vol. 61 No. Year 2015 Pages 82-85 Restricted Access
186 Barbados Quakeresses in 1677 Cadbury, Henry J.	Vol. 9 No. 4 Year 1942 Pages 195-197 Restricted Access

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