Barbados Cemeteries

Barbados   Cemeteries

More than 14,000 Barbados tombstones are indexed at the free website Tombstones.bb. Many of those cited in books below also appear on this website.

Another good place to start is:


 * Oliver, Vere Langford. The Monumental Inscriptions in the Churches and Churchyards of the Island of Barbados, British West Indies. London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive; 908155 Item 3; 1989 reprint:  972.981 V3m

An earlier work, which covers many Caribbean islands, includes Barbados:


 * Laurence-Archer, James. Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date with Genealogical and Historical Annotations, from Original, Local and Other Sources, Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century ... London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1875. 283588; digital version at Internet Archive.

Military Cemetery
For burials at the military cemetery, see:


 * Gleadall, Mary E. Monumental Inscriptions in the Barbados Military Cemetery. Barbados: M. Gleadall, 2000. 972.981 V3g

Jewish Cemeteries
Transcripts of the Jewish cemetery in Bridgetown have been published:


 * Shilstone, Eustace M. Monumental Inscriptions in the Burial Ground of the Jewish Synagogue at Bridgetown, Barbados. [New York, N.Y.]: American Jewish Historical Society, [1956]. 972.981/B1 V3s

The HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library website maintains images of Bridgetown's Beth Hain Cemetery.