My Tangent – No More Ping-Pong

Afternoon,
Hallelujah! I finally think I’ve eliminated the “ping-pong effect” from old to new blog. I have, fingers crossed, manually corrected all Postings links to when I began my Blog; that is, back to May 4, 2009.

All-things-being-equal you won’t be transported in Internetland to my old Blog – Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt. All links should be cross-referenced to any and all 437 Postings, thus far, at A Genealogy Hunt. Now wait and see, some 13-year old computer genius will email me and say that I could have done it this way and avoided all the manual effort. I’ll wait til s/he turns 53.

For your information the current URL, or Internet address for A Genealogy Hunt is http://agenealogyhunt.blogspot.com. You can set this URL as a Favorite or you can Subscribe by clicking on the Subscribe Tab at the top of the page under the Header and then select A Genealogy Hunt.

As of today the total number of Visitors to A Genealogy Hunt equals 5,046 and the number of Page Views totals 11,324. Visitors to Quilt SB totals 844 and Page Views equals 1,930. Top Listed.net has A Genealogy Hunt ranked currently as the number 2 Genealogy Site and Quilts SB has ranked in at number 4 of Quilting Sites. When you get a chance check our new Posting, Kanzashi.

If everything goes right in the next month, I hope to delete the old Blog, Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt from the Internet. As far as I can discern all records and Postings have been duplicated and transferred over to A Genealogy Hunt.

And thank you for your comments and suggestions. Please feel free to contact me via email or via a comment to the Blog if there appears to be something wrong with any link.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent – Paper Mountains and Cheerios

Morning,

I’m in a quandary. There are a number of things specific to my research that I have to do and I just seem to be sitting on a mound of paperwork. My immediate reaction is “humph”. The paperwork in my genealogy research and from the various projects seem to be overwhelming… but not overwhelming in a way that I can’t do or know what to do… but just where do I start. Have you ever had one of those days?

The Transcription Project of the Grenada Registers of Records is going very well. The next 1832 Record that I am working on involves gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour, his wife gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith), and ggg-grandfather James Smith. It is about 10 pages long. My issue is that my grey matter keeps trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

I’ve been collecting Actes de Naissances, (aka Birth Certificates) for my July, Merle, Collomière, and Dubuc lines from the Civil Registers of Bordeaux, France. I have reached to about 1807 so far. This Project leads me back to the late 1700s. Next the transcriptions and the translations. There is also a few thoughts ringing in the vast emptiness of my skull as to the search for the birth documentation of gg-grandfather Benjamin Victor Abraham.

The work on A Genealogy Hunt blog site and the imbedded links has progressed to 5 April 2010. I have to change each embedded link that refers back to a previous Posting. There is no automatic way to change the coding shy of doing it manually by editing each individual link. It is key that I finish this task in order to avoid the frustration of bouncing between the old blog site and the new.

Effort has been delayed on my website. I have many thoughts and considerations about it and what I need to get done but it is either age or my other self-imposed projects that keep me from getting to it.

Nine new microfilms arrived for me at the local Family History Center. I’ve got to get my new Access 2010 database going in order to develop my tracking system. This system helps me to get somewhat organized and avoid duplicating orders. You have to realize that I have become a microfilm junkie. There is so much information out there, and as it keeps on becoming available daily that there are times that one could think of being buried by an electronic avalanche. Many of those brick walls are falling down.

I know I attempt to work at this obsession of mine 24/7, but I’ve come to the conclusion that I need a 30/7 week. I think I’ll move to Mars… as long as the Internet and WiFi connections work.

And this is just about my genealogy. And each of the quadrupeds got their three Cheerios this morning. Now back to work…

Oh and by the way I’m working on a new line of Christmas quilts. Check out the latest additions at Quilts SB.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 321o – Olton Genealogy – 1913 Manfred Percival Olton - Burial Register

Morning,
The Civil Registration of Burial for Manfred Percival Olton finally has been found. In the search for the genealogy and ancestry of Manfred Percival Olton the Burial Registration was located in the Parish Registers of the Supreme Court Registry of Barbados. This entry is specific to the Registers of Burial 1909-1914.

The image is downloaded from Item 8 of the microfilm FHL [1667083].

Following up with Part 307o this Document now can be added to the compendium of real sources of the mystery of Manfred Percival Olton. Also see Parts 201o and 270o.

And my transcription –

78

BURIALS Solemnized in Westbury Cemetery in the Parish
of __________ in the Island of Barbados In the Year 1913.

No. – 780
When Buried. – August 15
NAME AND SURNAME. – Manfred Percival Olton
Age. – 64 yrs
Rank, Occupation, or Profession. – Late Registrar British Guiana
Abode. – Rockley Christ Church
Place of Birth. –
Parents’ Names.
Christian. –
Surname. –
Mother’s Maiden Name. –
Minister Officiating. – E. M Johnson

This is a good find, but sorry to say there is no additional ancestral information provided.

Please feel free to submit your ideas and comments.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 320s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1832 Benjamin and Sophia (née) Smith Ventour

Afternoon,

In my search for the origins or any hint of relationships of ggg-grandfather James Smith I was able to cross-reference the Indenture of Part 319s to the 31 December 1832 Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies. This Document is available from The National Archives of the UK via Ancestry.co.uk. After a review I was able to discover a further corroboration. The information provided pertains to gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour husband to gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) daughter of ggg-grandfather James Smith.

(Image: A Scholar by Rembrandt, 1631. Hermitage, St. Petersburg)

This document, albeit an accounting summary, indicates that Benjamin Ventour decreased his slave holdings “By Sale to O. Rowley Esq.” There is no mention in the accounting of the name James Smith within the body of the paperwork. My limited understanding of the legalities of contract law leaves me with the question “Why was ggg-grandfather James Smith included as one of the parties in the Indenture dated 27 October 1832?”

Here are the images, Pages 358, 359, and 360 of the Slave Registers.

My transcription -

358

Annual Return of the Increase and Decrease of Slaves
belonging to Benj. Ventour in the Parish of Saint
George for the Year 1832

No. 81				Increase
Names	Age	Colour	Country	How Acquired	Conspicuous Marks	Mother’s name	Remarks	Males	Females
Henrietta	1 Month	Mulatreʃs	Grenada	By Birth	None	Adelle			/
						Increase by birth			/
						Increase by otherwise
						Total Increase			/
				Decrease
Names	Age	Colour	Country	Manner of death or how disposed	Conspicuous Marks	Remarks	Males	Females
Joachim	43 Yrs	Black	Carriacou	By Sale to O. Rowley Esq.	None		/
Germain	60 ”	”	”	D˚	A Toe of the left Foot Cut off		/
Joseph	39 ”	”	”	D˚	None		/
Jim	35 ”	”	African	D˚	”		/
William	25 ”	”	Carriacou	D˚	”		/
Julien	23 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Michel	19 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Glasgow	27 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Jeremy	22 ”	Mulatto	”	D˚	”		/
Ian	17 ”	Black	”	D˚	”		/
Alexander	18 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Philip	13 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Charles	12 ½ ”	”	Grenada	D˚	”		/
Robert	11 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Henry	9 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Benjamin	9 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Walter	8 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/

359

Samuel	6 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Ben	5 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Thomas	5 ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Davy	3 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Frederick	2 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”		/
Mary Noel	31 ”	”	Carriacou	D˚	”			/
Mary Rose	45 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Madelaine	13 ”	Mulatreʃs	”	D˚	”			/
Louise	74 ”	Black	”	D˚	”			/
Mary Ann 2d	33 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Scholastique	38 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Margaret	35 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Mary	32 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Pracilla	24 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Francoise	22 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Louisa	17 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Felicity	22 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Auguster	31 ”	Mulatreʃs	”	D˚	”			/
Mary Ann 1st	39 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Mary Catherine	44 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Augusta	16 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Judith	14 Years	Mulatreʃs	Carriacou	By Sale to O. Rowley Esq.	None			/
Zamoe	95 Years	Black	African	D˚	Country Marks			/
Pirene	35 ”	”	Carriacou	D˚	None			/
Mary Nett	33 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Susannah	12 ”	”	Grenada	D˚	”			/
Elsey	4 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Stratonice	9 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Charlotte	10 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Angelique	7 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Hannah	7 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Rosey	11 ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Betsey	6 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”			/
Lavinea	6 ½ ”	”	”	D˚	”			/

360

Sophy	4 ”	”	”	D˚				/
Cecil	14 Mos	”	”	D˚				/
Louisa	18 Mos	”	”	D˚				/
Honorie	29 Yrs	Black	Carriacou	_____ ______ _____				/

George Macewan

						Decrease by death	/
Seven Males & Eleven females							Decrease by Sale or otherwise	22	32
upon the 31st December 1832							Total Decrease	23	32
Benj: Ventour							Increase	”	1
16th May 1833							No of Slaves per last Return	30	42
								7	11

And now to continue with the second part of the Indenture. All-things-being-equal there may be some clues as to both the inclusion of ggg-grandfather James Smith and of further possible ancestry and familial relationships.

My apologies for not perfectly lining up the columns of information in my transcriptions, but working with Google Blogger, HTML, and Word 2010 together sometimes can be a challenge.

And Lorna, thanks for the additional insight.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 319s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Smith Indenture Study – 1832 Benjamin and Sophia Ventour & James Smith

Afternoon,

And at times there is success in the finding of genealogical information. In this case I have completed transcribing the first of two Indentures that include, I believe, three members of my family tree. They include ggg-grandfather James Smith; his daughter, gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) and her husband, Benjamin Ventour.

This Indenture was entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 27 October 1832 and created the day before 26 October 1832. I’m not quite sure how the transaction involved each party but it appears that the sale contract is between Benjamin and Sophia Ventour and Owsley Rowley. Why ggg-grandfather James’ name is included, at this point, is beyond me?

The images are downloaded from Pages 289 through 290 are from Item 6 of the microfilm FHL [1563380]

My transcription –

(289)

Entered 27 October 1832

This Indenture made the Twenty sixth day of October in the year of Our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Between Benjamin Ventour of the Island
of Grenada Gentleman and Sophia his Wife of the one part and James Smith of the
town and Island aforesaid Carpenter of the other part Witneʃseth that the said Benjamin
Ventour and Sophia his Wife for and in consideration of the sum of Five shillings a piece?
in hand paid by the said James Smith at or before the sealing and delivery of these
presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have and each of them Hath
bargained and sold and by these presents Do and each of them Doth bargain and sell unto the
said James Smith his Executors and Administrators All these Fifty two Negro and other Slaves
whose names are mentioned and set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed or hereunder written
(being the Negro and other Slaves mentioned to be demised by a certain Indenture of Lease
bearing date on or about the Twenty first day of March in the Year One thousand Eight hundred
and Twenty five and made or expreʃsed to be make between the said Benjamin Ventour
of the one part and Owsley Rowley therein described of the other part or such of them as
are now living and the surviving iʃsue and increase of the females) together with the future
iʃsue and increase of the females of the said Negro and other Slaves and all other if any the
Slaves comprised in the said Indenture of demise and the reversion and reversions remainder
and remainders rents iʃsues and profits thereof To have and to hold the said Negro and other
Slaves and all and singular the premises hereby bargained and sold or intended so to be
and every of them unto the said James Smith his executors and administrators from the day next
before the day of the date of these presents for the term of one _____ year thence next ensuring
and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and paying therefore the rent of one pepper
corn on the last day of the said term if the same shall be lawfully demanded To the
interest and purpose that by virtue of these presents and of the statute made for transferring
use unto poʃseʃsion the said James Smith may be in the actual poʃseʃsion of all and singular
the premises hereby bargained and sold or intended so to be and be thereby enabled to accept
and take a grant and release of the reversion and inheritance of the same premises to such
use upon such _____ and for such ends intents and purposes as shall be declared thereof
in or by a certain Indenture of Release already prepared and intended to bear date the day
next after the day of the date of these presents and to be executed after the execution hereof
and made or expreʃsed or intended to be made between the said Benjamin Ventour and
Sophia his wife of the first part the said Owsley Rowley of the second part and the said
James Smith of the Third part In Witneʃs Whereof the parties to these presents have
hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

The Schedule above referred to

	Males		Males continued -
1	Joachim	13	Charles	2	Marie	15	Augusta
2	Germain	14	Robert	3	Madelaine	16	Judith
3	Joseph	15	Henry	4	Louise	17	Jenett?
4	Jim	16	Benjamin	5	Mary Ann 2nd	18	Pirene?
5	William	17	Walter	6	------	19	Marie Nette

(290)

6	Julien	18	Samuel	6	Scholastique	20	Susannah
						21	Elsey
7	Michel	19	Ben	7	Margaret	22	Thalonice
						23	Charlotte
8	Glasgow	20	Thomas	8	Mary	24	Jounnah?
						25	Rosey
9	Jeremy	21	Davy	9	Pracella	26	Betsy
						27	Lavignia
10	Iain	22	Frederick	10	Francoise	28	Sophy
				11	Louisa
11	Alexander		Females	12	Augustine	29	Cecile
				13	Mary Ann 2nd
12	Philip	1	Marie Noel	14	Mary Catherine	30	Louisa

Benjn Ventour (LS) Sophia Ventour (LS) James (LS) Smith

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

Wm Snagg James R Hill

Stay tune for further discovery in my next Postings.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 318s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Smith Indenture Study – 1832 James & Gavin Smith Mentioned Again

Evening,

The Indenture Study continues, but the honorable scribe this time was extremely economical with his handwriting. My apologies but there may be many more lines that wrap automatically in my transcription work. No one said that ancestry or genealogy research would be a piece of cake; especially on my eyes.

This next Record is most definitely a second part to the Indenture entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 28 September 1832 and made 18 July 1832. It appears to be a completion of the transaction of property between one Rosette Overton and James Smith. (See Part 314s.)

Once again, I cannot be certain that this James Smith is my ggg-grandfather James but all-things-being-equal there may be a reasonable possibility that it is. The name of Gavin Smith, the Surveyor, is entered into the writing of the Indenture as it appears that his property is adjacent to the one in question.

In this Indenture the word “Appurtenances” is entered completely, excluding the hyphenated entries, four times. I had to finally look it up as it is a commonly used word in a good majority of the Indentures that I have been transcribing. From Wikipedia, “Appurtenance” legally “could for instance refer to a back-yard that goes with the adjoining house.” At Answers.com, the source of the above image, it is “A right, privilege, or property that is considered incident to the principal property for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.”

This Record comprises Pages 275 through and including 277 and the images are downloaded from Item 6 of the microfilm FHL [1563380].

Here are the images:

And my transcription:

(275)

This Indenture of Two Parts made the Nineteenth day of July in the Third
Year of the Reign of Out Sovereign Lord William the Fourth by the Grace of God of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith _____ and in the
Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Between Rosette Overton of the Town
of Saint George and Island of Grenada Widow of the one part and James Smith of the said
Island Esquire of the other part Whereas the said Rosette Overton has contracted and agreed with
the said James Smith for the sale to him of the Inheritance in fee simple in poʃseʃsion free from
incumbrances of and in the lot of land hereditaments and premises hereinafter described and
hereby granted and released or intended so to be at or for the price or sum of Three hundred and
Thirty Pounds Current money of the said Island of Grenada Now this Indenture Witneʃsth
That for and in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and Thirty Pounds current money afore
said to the said Rosette Overton in hand well and truly paid at or before the sealing and delivery
of these presents by the said James Smith the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged she the said
Rosette Overton Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by these
presents Doth grant bargain sell lien release and confirm unto the said James Smith (in his

actual

(276)

Actual poʃseʃsion and being by virtue of a Bargain and sale to have thereof made for
one whole year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these
presents and by force of the statue for transferring uses into poʃseʃsion) and to his Heirs and
Aʃsigns All that lot piece or parcel of land of her the said Rosette Overton situate lying and
being in that part of the Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada called
the Bay and abutted and bounded in manner following (that is to say) to the Westward
Fifty one feet by a certain Street called Melville Street to the Southwest Thirty feet by a certain
other Street called Granley Street to the eastward by lands and a meʃsuage belonging to the
said Rosette Overton and the Northward by lands of Gavin Smith of the same Island
Surveyor or howsoever otherwise the same is abutted and bounded Together with all meʃsuages
Dwelling houses Outhouses Kitchens Cellars Sollars? Edifices Erections Buildings Stables Yards
_____ Tenements Appurtenances and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining and
occupied or therewith or with any of them or any part thereof usually held occupied poʃseʃsed
and enjoyed or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel and member thereof
or any part or parcel thereof and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders
with iʃsues and profits thereof and all the estate right title interest reversion inheritance use
trust poʃseʃsion property poʃsibility claim and deemed whatsoever both at Law and in Equity
of her the said Rosette Overton of in and to the same Presents To have and to hold the said
lot piece or parcel of land meʃsuages hereditaments and premises hereby granted and released
or mentioned or intended so to be with the appurtenances into the said James Smith his
Heirs and aʃsigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said James Smith his Heirs
and aʃsigns for ever And the said Rosette Overton Doth for herself her Heirs Executors and
Administrators covenant promise agree and declare to and with the said James Smith his
Heirs and Aʃsigns that she the said Rosette Overton hath not heretofore done any Act deed
matter or thing whereof or by reason or means whereof the said lot piece or parcel of land
and other the hereditaments and premises hereinafter granted and releases ______ is can shall or
may be effected impeached or charged in Title Estate or otherwise howsoever And that
for and notwithstanding any Act deed matter or thing whatsoever by any persons whosoever
made done committed executed or knowingly or willingly suffered to the contrary she the
said Rosette Overton is at the time of the sealing and delivery of these presents lawfully
rightfully and absolutely seized of and in or well entitled to the said Lot piece or parcel
of land and meʃsuages and other the hereditaments hereby granted and resolved or expreʃsed
or inherited so to be with the Appurtenances for a good sure absolute and indefeasible Estate
of Inheritance in fee simple in poʃseʃsion free from all incumbrances whatsoever and have
or hath in themselves or himself good right and full power to convey the same with and
to the use of the said James Smith his Heirs and Aʃsigns in manner and form aforesaid
and according to the here intent and meaning of these presents And that for and notwith
standing any act deed matter or thing by the said Rosette Overton or any other person done
permitted or suffered to the contrary the same hereditaments and premises shall for ever
hereafter be peaceably and quietly held and enjoyed by the said James Smith his Heirs
and Aʃsigns without any lawful let interruption or disturbance whatsoever And lastly that
she the said Rosette Overton her Heirs and Aʃsigns and all and every Person claiming any

Estate

(277)

Estate or Interes in the Premises under her them or either of them or any person by
through or under whom they or either of them claim or derive any estate or interest in the
Premises hereinbefore granted and released shall and will do and perform all such further
and other Acts for the better and more absolutely conveying and aʃsuring the said lot piece or parcel
of land hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances unto the said James Smith his Heirs and
Aʃsigns as by the said James Smith his heirs and Aʃsigns or his or their Counsel shall be occasionally
advised devised or acquired In Witneʃs whereof the said Parties to these presents hereunto set
and subscribe their hands and seals the day and year first above written

Rosette Overton (LS) James Smith (LS)

Signed sealed and delivered by the above named Rosette Overton and James Smith in the presence of

Alfred Henry Hughes Clerk to Evan Baillie - J S Berwick

Grenada
Received from James Smith Esquire the sum of Three hundred and Thirty Pounds
Current money of the said Island being the consideration money within mentioned and paid to me
£330 Currency

Rosette Overton

Witneʃs J. S. Berwick
Grenada

Before me the Honorable John Sanderson Chief

Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature holding? in

and for the body of the said Island of Grenada and

its Dependencies.

Personally appeared Alfred Henry Hughes of the said Island who being duly sworn
on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God maketh oath and saith that he was present and did
see the within written Indentures of Lease and Release hereunto annexed duly signed sealed and
as and for their several and respective (Act and Deed) Acts and Deeds delivered by the therein
named Rosette Overton and James Smith and that the said Rosette Overton and James Smith
so severally and respectively signed sealed and delivered the same in the presence of Jospeh
Samuel Berwick and the deponent and that the name and names “Rosette Overton” and
“James Smith”” severally and respectively set and subscribed at the foot thereof as the parties
executing the same is of the respective proper hand writing of the said Rosette Overton and
James Smith and the names “Alfred Henry Hughes” and “J.S. Berwick” respectively set and
subscribed to the attestation written at the foot of the said Indentures respectively as Witneʃses
to the due execution thereof by the said Rosette Overton and James Smith are of the respective proper
hands writing of the said Joseph Samuel Berwick and this deponent

Alfred Henry Hughes

Sworn to before me this Twenty Eighth day of September in }
the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two }

John Sanderson – Chief Justice

The next Indenture entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 27 October 1832 appears to be, all-things-being-equal, one of ggg-grandfather James Smith’s. My reasoning is that the other parties involved are Benjamin Ventour and his wife Sophia. Based on documentary proof, Benjamin Ventour was the son-in-law and his wife, Sophia was a daughter of ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Stay-tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 317o – Olton Genealogy – Some Research Aids

Afternoon,

Happy National Pecan Pie Day… I wonder if you get many pecan pies in Ontario, California, or Austria?

I thought I would pass on a couple of ideas regarding the search and research for Manfred Percival Olton. You can see a Time Line of his life listed under my Analyses tab below the header.

There is a limited preview of this book – Genealogies of Barbados Familes: From Caribbeana The Journal of Barbados Museum and Historical Society – online at Google Books . Some of the key Olton pages are missing from the online Google version.

The book is actually available through Amazon.com for $55.00. There are some used versions available from $44.50 to $217.55. plus shipping. There are also new versions offered for between $52.00 to $200.62 plus shipping. The Amazon deal appears to be the best deal.

There is a copy of the same book at the Toronto Public Library. There are also copies at the Sacramento Public Library and the Hillsborough County Public Library in Tampa.

World Vital Records has Genealogies of Barbados Families cross-referenced online at their website. The book has been indexed and there are 69 hits for the surname Olton. Main issue here, you may need to have a membership subscription.

Check out the following by Donald L. Hinson, Jr. – Barbados Family Research Reference Guide.

Another good source is The Monumental Inscriptions In The Churches And Churchyards Of The Island of Barbados, British West Indies by Vere Langford Oliver dated 1915 at Archive.org. There are seven Olton hits. He, Oliver, is also the author of the Caribbeana Volumes. In The Monumental Inscriptions there is a Samwel Perry Olton.

There are six Collections indexed and available at the new Family Search Beta site that all may relate to births, baptism, marriages, and deaths in Barbados.

Enjoy,

Jim

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