Barbados Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records

Barbados

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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Barbados Department of Archives. Parochial registers, Series A, 1637-1850 (Anglican)
 * Barbados Department of Archives. Parochial registers, Series A, 1660-1887 (Other denominations)
 * Joanne McRee Sanders, comp and ed. Barbados records, baptisms, 1643-1800Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984 FHL 972.981 K29s

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887

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Barbados, Batismos (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)