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Online Resources
More than 14,000 Barbados tombstones are indexed at the free website Caribbean Family History. Many of those cited in books below also appear on this website. Another huge resource for obtaining images of Barbados tombstones is the website Carib Tombstones. Their mission is to digitally preserve the tombstones of our ancestors and make them available for viewing. Every tombstone in every cemetery is digitized. Another good place to start is:
 * Find a Grave Barbados Page
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * Family Search Places
 * 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; ; 1989 reprint:.

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. ; digital versions at DLOC; Internet Archive - both free.

Jewish Cemeteries

 * Listing of Jewish Cemeteries in Barbados

Shilstone's work includes abstracts and translations of Jewish monuments dating back to the seventeenth century. He annotated the data with Jewish synagogue burial records:


 * 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]..

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

Military Cemeteries

 * Barbados Military Cemetery

For burials at the military cemetery, see:


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

Additional Resources at the Family History Library
To find cemetery records for Barbados in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: Barbados in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Places within Barbados
 * 5) Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.