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Geraldine Lane has drawn on her experience as a family history researcher in Barbados to compile this unique, comprehensive guide to this unique, comprehensive guide to the records on the island. Family records held in Barbados (a British colony from 1637 to 1966) are excellent but are not always easy to locate or understand. But no matter the level of difficulty, Tracing Ancestors in Barbados will guide both novice and experienced researchers through the many types of records and published sources that record the lives of the people of Barbados.

All sections of Barbadian society are covered, from the planter families to indentured servants and the tens of thousands of Africans brought in as slaves. Many of these people subsequently moved on to the United States and other destinations to seek their fortune beyond Barbados.

Records of baptism, marriage, and burial for Anglican and other denominations - as well as those of birth and death - are described here in detail. Other subjects include wills, deeds, censuses, military records, immigration and emigration, gravestones and cemetery records, and records of slaves and plantation ownership. Developments in DNA testing are looked at, and Internet sources, such as the website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are described along with numerous published sources.

For researchers based on or off the island, this is an essential guide.