Barbados Records: Marriages, 1643-1800, Two Volumes; By Joanne McRee Sanders.; 939 pp.; Paperback; Published: 1982; ISBN: 9780806349015; Item # CF9441D

Many of the early settlers of Barbados eventually moved to the mainland and settled in Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas and other colonies, with the result that many families in America today trace their origins in the New World first to Barbados. Barbados's surviving parish registers were all copied during the mid-19th century and deposited in a central registry. And it is these copied parish registers, housed in the Barbados Department of Archives, which form the basis of these excellent reference works now available from Clearfield Company (see also Items CF9437D and CF9438D). .

This two-volume collection of marriages is arranged by Barbados parish and thereunder chronologically. A typical entry shows the date of the marriage and the names of the bride and groom. This extraordinary collection of source records is the preeminent work on its subject.