Saint Lucia Genealogy

Caribbean Saint Lucia

Guide to Saint Lucia ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. Independent island nation in the middle of the Windward Islands in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern West Indies. On the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, helping to separate that sea from the North Atlantic Ocean. Southeast of Puerto Rico and north of Venezuela.

Jurisdictions
Temporary settlements: English privateers 1550s, Netherlands 1600, English shipwreck 1605, France claimed St. Lucia in 1635, and England 1639. The first permanent settlements were from France in 1643, then England 1664, and France took over again in 1666. During the 1700s ownership changes or neutrality occurred 12 times but St. Lucia basically remained loyal to France. Great Britain gained control in 1803, and St. Lucia became independent in 1979.

Saint Lucia contains 11 quarters:

Research Tools

 * CaribbeanGenWeb Saint Lucia
 * Saint Lucia Genealogical Resources

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