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Fortunately,
there are many published works that can
aid you in your search for your Trini
roots. Unfortunately, many of them are out
of print, or not widely available. We have
prepared a sort of bibliography,
listing titles that are related to
Trinidad and Tobago history or genealogy
(please excuse the inproper bibliographic
format). In addition, we have included
links to online bibliographies in the bar
to the left. Please let us know if there
are any titles we should add.
If you
prefer to own a copy, you may find some of
these titles at online used book stores,
especially those in the US and the UK. In
some instances, you may be able to order
the books directly from the publisher. In
the case of books published in Trinidad,
having a friend on the island may be your
best bet. Where possible, the books below
are linked to sources where they can be
purchased. If at all possible, please use
the links to amazon.com,
Barnes
and
Noble.com,
and Borders.com
to purchase a book, as Rootsweb will get a
commission from any purchase you make
(Rootsweb is donor supported).
If you
are want to borrow a book, you should have
some luck checking online
library
catalogs.
We were able to find many of these titles
at the Library
of
Congress
and The
British
Library.
Another good source of books
about Trinidad & Tobago, and the Caribbean in general,
is The
Press UWI, the
publishing house of the University of the West Indies.
Bibiography
of Trinidad and Tobago Genealogy and
Related Subjects
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History
and Sociology
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Arima,
a Historical Perspective from
Indian Mission to Royal
Borough, researched and
compiled by Nyasha John
Williams.
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Biographical
Dictionary of Latin American and
Caribbean Political
Leaders,
edited by Robert J.
Alexander, Greenwood Press.
Westport, Conn. 1988. 519 pages
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The
Book of Trinidad, by Gerard
Besson and Bridget Brereton,
Paria
Publishing,
Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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The
British West
Indies,
by William Laurence Burn,
Greenwood Press Reprint, 1951,
196 pages
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The
British West Indies during the
American Revolution, by
Selwyn H.H.
Carrington.
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The
Caribbean
Exodus,
edited by Barry B. Levine,
Praeger Publishers. New York.
1987. 300 pages
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Child
of the Tropics - Victorian
Memoirs,
by Yseult Bridges, edited by
Nicholas Guppy.
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A
Complete History of the Island of
Tobago (Robinson Crusoe Isle) in
the West
Indies,
by C.R. Ottley.
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Colonial
British Caribbean Newspapers, A
Bibliography and
Directory,
compiled by Howard S. Pactor,
Greenwood Press. Westport, Conn.
1990. 160 pages
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Engendering
History: Caribbean Women in
Historical
Perspective,
by Verene Shepherd, Bridget
Brereton, Barbara Bailey
(eds.)
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From
Colonial to Republic : one
hundred and fifty years of
business and banking in Trinidad
and Tobago, 1837-1987,
authorized by Republic Bank
Ltd.
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The
Government of Trinidad; being a
brief history of its government
and laws under Spanish and
British rule, by Charles
Reis.
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A
Guide to Manuscript Sources in
United States & West Indian
Depositories Relating to the
British West Indies During the
Era of the American
Revolution,
by George F. Tyson.
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A
History of Diego Martin,
1784-1884 :
Begorrat--Brunton, by Fr.
Anthony de Verteuil.
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Historical
Dictionary of Trinidad and
Tobago,
by Michael Anthony.
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History
of Modern Trinidad : Seventeen
Hundred and Eighty-Three Thru
Nineteen Hundred and
Sixty-Two,
by Bridget Brereton.
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History
of the People of Trinidad and
Tobago,
by Eric Williams.
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A
History of Place-names in
Trinidad and Tobago, by C.R.
Ottley.
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A
History of Rio Claro since
1900, by George Montique (a
thesis found at the
Library
of Congress
).
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A
History of
Tobago,
by Henry Iles Woodcock, first
printed in 1867.
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History
of
Trinidad,
by E.L. Joseph, first printed in
1838.
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History
of the West Indian Islands of
Trinidad and Tobago,
1498-1900,
by Gertrude
Carmichael.
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History
of Trinidad from Seventeen Eighty
One to Eighteen Thirty
Nine,
by Lionel M. Fraser.
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The
History of Trinidad Under the
Spanish Government, by
Pierre-Gustave-Louis
Borde.
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In
Search of a Better Life,
Perspectives on Migration from
the
Caribbean,
edited by Ransford W. Palmer,
foreword by Gordon K. Lewis,
Praeger Publishers. New York.
1990. 208 pages
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The
Legislative Council of Trinidad
and
Tobago,
by Craig Hewan.
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Making
of Port of Spain, Vol. I,
1757-1939,
by Michael Anthony.
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Port-of-Spain
in a World at War, 1939-1945,
Making of Port of Spain, Vol.
II,
by Michael Anthony.
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Public
lectures delivered under the
auspices of the Historical
society of Trinidad and Tobago
during the session, 1938-39.
(found at the Library
of
Congress).
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A
Question of Labour : Indentured
Immigration into Trinidad and
British Guiana
1875-1917,
by K.O. Laurence.
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Race
Relations in Colonial Trinidad,
1870-1900, by Bridget
Brereton.
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A
Select Bibliography of
Publications and Studies Relating
to Human Resources in the
Commonwealth Caribbean. Material
Available in Trinidad and
Tobago,
by Marianne Ramesar
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Slavery
Days in Trinidad : a social
history of the island from
1797-1838, by Carlton Robert
Ottley.
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Society
and Politics in Colonial
Trinidad, by James
Millette.
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Smiles
and Blood: the Ruling Class
Response to the Workers Rebellion
in Trinidad and
Tobago,
by Susan Craig (found at
amazon.co.uk).
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St.
Mary's College 125th anniversary,
1863-1988 (found at the
Library
of
Congress).
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The
Story of Port of Spain, Capital
of Trinidad, West Indies, from
the Earliest Times to the Present
Day, by C.R.
Ottley.
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The
Story of San
Fernando,
by C.R. Ottley.
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The
Story of Tobago, Robinson
Crusoe's Island in the
Caribbean, by C. R.
Ottley.
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Sugar
and slaves :the rise of the
planter class in the English West
Indies,
1624-1713,
by Richard S. Dunn.
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Tacarigua
: A Village in
Trinidad,
by Selwyn R. Cudjoe.
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Tobago
in Wartime
1793-1815,
by KO Laurence
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Towns
and Villages of Trinidad &
Tobago,
by Michael Anthony
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Trinidad
and Tobago: Democracy and
Development in the
Caribbean,
by Scott B. MacDonald,
Praeger Publishers. New York.
1986. 240 pages
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The
Trinidad Awakening: West Indian
Literature of the
Nineteen-Thirties,
by Reinhard W.
Sander.
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The
Trinidad Callaloo : Life in
Trinidad from 1851-1900, by
C.R. Ottley.
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Military
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Amphibious
warfare in the eighteenth
century, the British expedition
to the West Indies,
1740-1742,
by Richard Harding
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British
forces in the West Indies,
1793-1815,
text by Ren'e Chartrand , colour
plates by Paul
Chappell.
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The
British Army in the West Indies,
society and the military in the
revolutionary
age,
by Roger Norman
Buckley
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Memoirs
and services of the Eighty-Third
Regiment, (County of Dublin),
from 1793 to 1863, including the
campaigns of the regiment in the
West Indies, Africa, the
Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada and
India, edited by E.W. Bray.
(found at the British
Library).
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Tobago
in Wartime,
1793-1815,
by K.O. Laurence.
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Religion
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100
years of the Catholic News
(1892-1992) : Memories &
Milestones, compiled by Marie
Thérèse
Rétout.
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175
Years of
Anglicanism.
A Commemorative Brochure in
celebration of the 175th
Anniversary of the Parish Church
of the Holy
Trinity.
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An
early Jewish colony in western
Guiana, 1658-1666: and its
relation to the Jews in Surinam,
Cayenne and Tobago, by Samuel
Oppenheim (found at the
Library
of
Congress.)
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Catholic
Church in Trinidad,
1797-1820, by Vincent
Leahy.
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The
Catholic Church in Trinidad,
1498-1852, by John T.
Harricharan.
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Celebration
: a Centenary History of
Aramalaya Presbyterian Church,
Tunapuna, Trinidad,
1881-1981, by Marianne Soares
Ramesar and Horace
Bhupsingh.
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The
Diocese of Trinidad & Tobago,
1872-1972. (book, published
by the Anglican Church, found at
the Library
of
Congress).
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A
History of the Shouter Baptist in
Trinidad &
Tobago,
by Eudora
Thomas.
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Memoirs
of the Good Shepherd Church,
Tunapuna, 1886-1936, by Ann
W. Murray and Hyacinth E. Clarke
(found at the Library
of
Congress.)
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Pioneer
Presbyterians,
edited by Dr. Brinsley
Samaroo.
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Presbyterian
missions to Trindad and Puerto
Rico, by Graeme S. Mount
(found at the Library
of
Congress).
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Spirits,
Blood, & Drums: The Orisha
Religion in
Trinidad,
by James Houk
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Trinidad
Yoruba, from mother tongue to
memory,
by Maureen
Warner-Lewis
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Africans
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The
African Slave Trade, by Basil
Davidson, Little, Brown and Co.,
1980
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The
Afro-Trinidadian, by Tony
Martin
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Free
black American settlers in
Trinidad, 1815-16, by John
McNish Weiss
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The
Negro in the
Caribbean,
by Eric Williams,
Greenwood Press Reprint,
Washington, 1942. 119 pages
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The
Plantation Slaves of Trinidad,
1783-1816 : A Mathematical and
Demographic
Enquiry,
by A. Meredith John (found at
amazon.co.uk)
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Seven
slaves and slavery : Trinidad,
1777-1838, by Fr. Anthony de
Verteuil
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Amerindians
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The
Carib Reserve: identity and
security in the West
Indies,
Anthony Layng
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Chinese
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Caribbean
Asians: Chinese, Indian, and
Japanese Experiences in Trinidad
and the Dominican
Republic,
by Roger Sanjek
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The
Chinese in Trinidad, by
Trevor M.Millett
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The
Chinese in the West Indies,
1806-1995 a documentary
history,
compiled by Walton Look
Lai
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Indentured
labor, Caribbean sugar: Chinese
and Indian migrants to the
British West Indies,
1838-1918,
by Walton Look Lai
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Stress
of
Weather,
by Helen Atteck and Philip
Atteck, true story of one of the
voyages from China to
Trinidad.
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East
Indians
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Breaking
the bonds of indentureship :
Indo-Trinidadians in
business,
by Dave Ramsaran.
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East
Indians in Trinidad : A Study of
Cultural
Persistence,
by Morton Klass
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East
Indians in the West Indies,
by Arthur and Juanita
Niehoff
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Eight
East Indian immigrants : Gokool,
Soodeen, Sookoo, Capildeo,
Beccani, Ruknaddeen, Valiama,
Bunsee,
Fr. Anthony de
Verteuil
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Indentured
labor, Caribbean sugar: Chinese
and Indian migrants to the
British West Indies,
1838-1918,
by Walton Look Lai.
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Indian
Emigration, by G.S. Arora
(published in India, found at the
Library
of
Congress.)
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A
Short History of the East Indian
Progress in Trinidad and Lives of
Famous Indians, 1845-1984, by
Samuel Doodnath.
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Solving
East Indian Roots in
Trinidad, by Shamsu
Deen.
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Survivors
of Another Crossing : a History
of East Indians in Trinidad,
1880-1946, by Marianne D.
Soares Ramesar.
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English,
Irish, and Scots
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Sylvester
Devenish and the Irish in
nineteenth century Trinidad,
by Fr. Anthony de
Verteuil.
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French
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The
de Verteuils of Trinidad,
1797-1007, a case study of a
French Creole
Family,
by Fr. Anthony de
Verteuil.
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Diaries
of Abbe Armand
Massé,
1878-1883, by Armand
Massé. Translated in Four
Volumes from the Original French
of that Period by M.L. de
Vertueil.
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The
French in the West
Indies,
by W. Adolphe Roberts
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And
then there were none : a history
of the Le Cadre family in the
West
Indies,
by Fr. Anthony de
Verteuil.
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Memoirs
of an Honourable Gentleman,
by Charles Jean Baptiste
Léotaud
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Sir
Louis de Verteuil: his life and
times, Trinidad, 1800-1900,
by Fr. Anthony de
Verteuil.
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Germans
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The
Germans in
Trinidad,
by Fr, Anthony de
Verteuil.
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Portuguese
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The
Portuguese of Trinidad and
Tobago, portrait of an ethnic
minority, by Jo-Anne S.
Ferreira.
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