Genealogy: Searching and Understanding Slave Registers

Using a specific example of a member of the Brandon family of Barbados, Professor Laura Leibman explains how to find ancestors (or historical figures) in the "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834" Database on Ancestry.com . She also explains how to interpret the registers when you find them and how to use the "Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1849" database on Ancestry.com . Additional tips are given on how to decode nineteenth century abbreviations and handwriting.
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The speaker is Laura Leibman, author of Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family www.amazon.com...