Barbados Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1854-1879 : Barbados, Select Marriages, 1854-1879, Ancestry.com ($) - index
 * 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriages, 1854-1879, MyHeritage ($) - index
 * 1854-1879 : Barbados Marriage Index 1854-1879, FindMyPast ($) - index
 * 1854-1885 : Barbados Burial Index 1854-1885, FindMyPast ($) - index
 * 1854-1885 : Barbados Burials, 1854-1885, MyHeritage ($) - index
 * 1854-1885 : Barbados, Select Burials, 1854-1885, Ancestry.com ($) - index
 * 1900-1931 : Barbados. Supreme Court Registry, Parish register transcripts, 1900-1931, FamilySearch (free)

Offices to Contact
The Registrar of the Supreme Court Registration Department New Supreme Court Complex Whitepark Road St. Michael Barbados, W.I.

Telephone: 1 (246) 426-2405 Fax: 1 (246) 434-9970 Email: [mailto:registrar@lawcourts.gov.bb registrar@lawcourts.gov.bb]

birth (Tel.) 434-9970 (Fax) 426-2405

Historical Background
Birth registers began in 1890, marriage registers in 1930, and death registers in 1925. Thomas Jay Kemp, International Vital Records Handbook, 7th ed., (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, c2017), p. 457.

Information Recorded in the Records
Marriages


 * Place of marriage
 * Date of marriage
 * Name and Surname of the husband
 * Name and Surname of the wife
 * Age of the husband
 * Age of the wife
 * Marital status of husband and wife
 * Addresses of husband and wife
 * Occupation of husband
 * Occupation of wife
 * Name and occupation of husband's father
 * Name and occupation of wife's father
 * Signatures of husband and wife
 * Signatures of witnesses
 * Signature of Marriage Officer or Magistrate

Deaths
 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death