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
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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.
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- Vol. 12 No. 4
- Year 1945
- Pages 163-170
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- Vol. 13 No. 1 & 2
- Year 1945-1946
- Pages 86-92
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- Vol. 11 No. 4
- Year 1944
- Pages 167-176
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Shilstone, Eustace Maxwell
- Vol. 9 No. 1
- Year 1941
- Pages 32-53
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Aspinall, Sir Algernon
- Vol. 12 No. 2
- Year 1944
- Pages 61-66
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Tucker, R.W.E.
- Vol. 6 No. 4
- Year 1939
- Pages 181-183
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- Vol. 3 No. 4
- Year 1936
- Pages 191-192
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Campbell, P.F.
- Vol. 35 No. 1
- Year 1975
- Pages 3 to 16
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Hughes, Ronald G. (ed.)
- Vol. 36 No. 1
- Year 1979
- Pages 66-71
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Connell, Neville
- Vol. 20 No. 3
- Year 1953
- Pages 133-136
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- Vol. 33 No. 1
- Year 1969
- Pages 32-49
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- Vol. 37 No. 2
- Year 1984
- Pages 161-173
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- Vol. 15 No. 2
- Year 1948
- Pages 103-105
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Beckles, Hilary M.D.
- Vol. 36 No. 3
- Year 1981
- Pages 236-246
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Stevenson, G.C.
- Vol. 26 No. 2
- Year 1959
- Pages 67-93
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Hutson, Frank C.
- Vol. 34 No. 4
- Year 1974
- Pages 209-216
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- Vol. 45 No.
- Year 1999
- Pages 109-123
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van Bergen, Willem D.
- Vol. 66 No.
- Year 2020
- Pages 120-145
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- Vol. 52 No.
- Year 2006
- Pages 260-263
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- Vol. 36 No. 3
- Year 1981
- Pages 266-278
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Mc Geary, Peggy
- Vol. 54 No.
- Year 2008
- Pages 27-42
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Speed, Robert C., Keller, Christine A.
- Vol. 41 No.
- Year 1993
- Pages 113-139
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- Vol. 15 No. 3
- Year 1948
- Pages 137-149
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- Vol. 15 No. 1
- Year 1947
- Pages 27-51
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- Vol. 15 No. 2
- Year 1948
- Pages 84-89
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