3 Mar 2008

Contents

Overview

Use the Batch Number search tool if you are looking for births, baptisms, marriages, deaths or burials on microfilms of the various civil and church records of Grenada and want a quick alphabetical index to all the individuals recorded there.
Since 1974, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been extracting records of births/baptisms and marriages from filmed records in its collection for Grenada. Most of these extracted records are indexed by name in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) available on www.familysearch.org. Every group of extracted records has been assigned a batch number. If you know the batch number of an extracted film for a parish you are interested in (perhaps obtained from a record previously found indexed on FamilySearch.org), you can do a search on www.familysearch.org for just that batch number and the results will be ALL of the extracted names from that record, in alphabetical order. This is a great aid to researchers for locating family members and other associated relatives.
To do this, follow these steps:
  • Go to www.familysearch.org.
  • Under “Restrict records by:” click on Batch Number.
  • Enter your batch number in the search field that appears.
  • The search results should be a list of all enties in that batch of records, in alphabetical order by name.

Indexes to Batch Numbers

The LDS has organised the records in the IGI into ‘batches’. Batches can sometimes contain records from more than one town, parish, or church.
What follows is an outline on records on each FHL microfilm for Grenada by locality and by batch number. Ric Greaves has done much of the work to organized the batch numbers for each parish in Grenada, so that you can easily see which batches and time periods are available for the area you are researching.  A basic attempts has also been made to included batches that are not, as yet, on the FamilySearch website.

Using the IGI Site

Using the FamilySearch you can now, even select the parish you are interested in (under State or Province). Note that the State “Other” actually refers to Carriacou. From this menu you can also to to narrow your search by restricting your records using one of the following:
  • Location
  • Type
  • Batch Number
  • Film Number
Note: the range of batch and film numbers available to search online for Grenada are currently small and you will not be able to find much online compared to viewing the films directly at a FHC.
After 1991, LDS member submission information was not recorded, so all one has is the name and date information, the film containing the temple record shows little more than what you see on the IGI entry for the individual.
Batch Batch Description Locating the Source
I—— Mixed records (birth/christening, marriage, and/or death/burial) extractions from a single microfilm. The GS Film Number is located at the Family History Library that was the original source. The films can be circulated to FamilySearch Centers for viewing.
  • At FamilySearch click on the Dropdown Search tab.
  • Click the search criteria Batch Number.
  • Enter a Batch Number. Click the “Search” button. Search results are displayed in alphabetical order by last name. The site is free of charge.

Record Content

The batches numbers are for extracted civil and church containing birth, christening and marriage records. Batch numbers relate to records extracted (indexed) for the International Genealogical Index (IGI). Each batch number relates to a specific record and range of years. Knowing more information about what is included in a batch may be helpful for continuing your research.
Knowing the range of years covered by a particular IGI batch number may help you better understand what data may or may not be indexed in the IGI.
The Parish and Vital Records Index available on microfiche at family history centers has been used to identify what records have been indexed for the IGI. Presently this index is an electronic index for the years 1866 to 1891. [1]
The 1866 to 1891 collection is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections. Access the records via Grenada Births and Baptisms, 1866-1891. A Christening record’ may contain:
  • Father
  • Mother
  • Name (of the child)
  • Gender
  • Birth Date
  • Birthplace (parish-name, Grenada)
  • Father’s Name
  • Mother’s Name
  • Indexing Project (Batch) Number I02552-7
  • GS Film number 1523169
  • Reference ID
Currently the transcriptions are birth records and so the Christening Date and Christening Place nor Death Date are not yet incuded on the IGI for Grenada.
Marriage records, Death records, Burial records and Land records for Grenada are not included on the IGI.
Note: A general query on the film numbers for Grenada will declare there are a very large number of records (40,811 for 1523169), however you’ll see from the tabulation below that there are actually a total of only 14944 on the corresponding film.

Film Number 1523145

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523145 is a copy of parts of the Civil Register of Births from all seven parishes for 1866 to 1875 in twelve items corresponding to batch numbers I02551-1 to 1 to 12:
Year No. St. And. Carr. St. Dav. St. Geo. St. Joh. St. Mar. St. Pat.
1866 1 1-248 1-245 1-129 1-679 1-165 1-82 1-242
1866-68 2 - - - 1-852 - - -
1867 3 1-281 246-483 130-263 - 166-335 1-84 242-418
1868 4 1-293 489-720 264-416 - 264-416 85-168 416-648
1868-74 5 - - - 1-2004 - - -
1869 6 1-320 722-949 417-560 - 497-690 169-273 649-902
1870 7 1-280 950-1176 561-693 - 691-862 274-355 1-264
1871 - - - - - - - -
1872 8 1-348 1177-1395 694-854 - 863-1099 356-465 1-273
1873 9 1-371 1396-1639 855-994 - 1080-1306 466-564 1-281
1873 10 1-325 1640-1903 595-738 - 1307-1522 565-693 1-253
1874 11 1-389 1904-2131 739-893 1-345 1523-1732 694-823 1-305
1875 12 - - - - 1733-1738 824-897 -
Totals
2562 2124 1293 3880 1738 1069 2278

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Film Number 1523169

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523169 is a continuation copy of parts of the Civil Register of Births from all seven parishes for 1875 to 1882 in eleven items corresponding to batch numbers I02552-1 to 1 to 11:
Year No. St. And. Carr. St. Dav. St. Geo. St. Joh. St. Mar. St. Pat.
1875 1 1-378 2132-2365 894-1035 - - 860-956 306-565
1876 3 1-375 2366-2590 1036-1183 706-1023 1937-2185 957-1106 566-821; 1-46
1877 4 1-399 2590-2805 1184-1342 - - 1142-1232 47-285
1878 5 1-376 2817-3067 1343-1517 - 2392-2580 1233-1333 290-528
1879 6 1-427 3068-3313 1518-1692 - 2581-2761 1334-1436 532-760
1874-79 2 - - - 1-1777 - - -
1880 7 - - - 1785-2011 - - -
1880 8 1-414 3314-3582 1693-1888 - 2762-2999 1437-1594 761-978
1881 9 1-434 3583-3832 1889-1999; 1000-1042 - 3074-3209 1589-1696 979-1211
1880-84 10 - - - 2012-4832 - - -
1882 11 1-119 - - - 3224-3485 1697-1821 1212-1472
1884-87 7 - - - 4868-7889 - - -
Totals
2922 1688 1141 7853 1249 925 1735
Missing?
0 12 0 36 300 0 9

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Film Number 1523187

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523187 is a continuation copy of parts of the Civil Register of Births from all seven parishes for the years 1882 to 1891 in eleven items corresponding to batch numbers I02553-1 to 1 to 11:
Year No. St. And. Carr. St. Dav. St. Geo. St. Joh. St. Mar. St. Pat.
1882 1 119-419 3833-4084 1043-1193
1883 3 4085-4316 1194-1347 3486-3731 1822-1925 1473-1747
1884 4 1-423 4317-4531 1348-1439 3746-3950 1926-2045 1748-1997
1885 5 1-439 4558-4811 1440-1597 64-284 1-81 1997-2074; 1-172
1886 6 50-500 4812-4981 1598-1739 285-543 117-256 174-442
1887 2 1-491 4989-5197 1740-1889 544-825 257-395 454-770
1888 7 1-313 5198-5485 1890-2056 826-1098 396-533 771-1086
1888 8 1-2854
1889 9 314-847 5486-5748 2057-4026 99-406 534-614; 1-82 1-311
1890 10 848-1382 5749-6049 4027-5099 407-741 83-245 1-300
1891 11 1383-1741 742-1031 246-384 1-362
. . . . . . . . .
Totals . 3841 2175 4048 2854 2410 1179 2644
Missing? . 0 35 0 36 15 36 0

Film Number 1523204

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523204 is a continuation copy of parts of the Civil Register of Births from all seven parishes for the years 1891 to 1905, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers for this film.
Sadly at the moment the following is one of seven films for Grenada that have not been transcribed. The decision for this may have been because several or the original pages being filmed in 1974 were in extreme state of decay (even though they are not altogether that old). See this example from Birth Civil Record August 1897, St. Patrick’s, Grenada.
This an image is one of the better fragments of the pages from the Grenada Civil Register for the year from the late 1890s.

Year No. St. And. Carr. St. Dav. St. Geo. St. Joh. St. Mar. St. Pat.
1891 1 1742-576 6000-6198
1892
1893 2 577-1160 6650-6958 6409-6592 260-387 1368-1702 559-712 342-694
1894 3 1161-1732 6959-7208 6593-6818 651-936 1-105; 1703-1931 713-896 695-1043
1895 4 1733-2387 7209-7418 6819-7057 1047-1327 106-455 1044-1435
1896 5 2388-2918 7419-7729 7058-7292 1362-1777;1-70 456-791 1078-1252 1436-1793
1897 6 2192-2649 7730-7909 7292-7510 77-555 792-1075 1252-1410 1794-3045
1898 7 2650-3264 7779-8025 7511-7770 556-1173 1076-1415 1410-1582 3046-3381
1899
1900
1901 8 2305-2761;1-181
1902 9 182-791
1903 10 792-1503
1904 11 1504-3082
1904 12 6493-7191 9471-9633 9052-9334 1160-1495 561-723 5402-5480; 1-374
1905 13 7192-7562 1-358 1-130
Totals . 5054 1663 1837 6165 2308 1002 3616
Missing? . 3229+ 1616+ 1493+ 1548+  ? 182+ 2021+

Film Number 1523217

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523217 is a continuation copy of parts of the Civil Register of Births from all seven parishes for the years 1905 to 1910, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
Year No. St. And. Carr. St. Dav. St. Geo. St. Joh. St. Mar. St. Pat.
1905 1 1-141 1-150 1-149 1-79 37-224
1905 2 7563-7908 142-254 151-280 359-680 151-299 80-159 225-462
1906 3 7909-8350 255-382 281-397 681-864; 1-151 300-467 160-244 463-660
1906 4 8351-8669 383-501 398-525 152-481 468-604 245-314 661-862
1907 5 8670-8977 506-575; 1-45 526-576; 1-71 482-737 605-751 315-371 863-1036
1907 6 8978-9337 46-143 72-214 744-863;1-188 752-858; 1-55 372-455 1037-1258
1908 7 9338-9700 144-257 215-346 195-530 56-205 456-540 1259-1492
1908 8 9701-10063 258-367 346-486 531-862 206-381 541-606 1493-1715
1909 9 1-351 368-490 487-571; 1-58 1-281 382-536 607-667 1716-1909
1910 10 352-659 491-569; 1-17 59-170 318-581 537-576; 1-86 668-754 1910-2120
1910 11 1-346 18-122 171-305 582-862; 1-28 87-224 755-808 2121-2341
1910 12 347-695 306-324 225-372 809-886 2342-2533
Totals . 3846 1252 1461 3064 1794 875 2485
Missing? . 0 0 0 51 0 0 0

Film Number 1523259

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523259 is a continuation copy of parts of the Civil Register of Births from all seven parishes for the years 1910 to 1916, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
Year No. St. And. Carr. St. Dav. St. Geo. St. Joh. St. Mar. St. Pat.
1910 1
1911 2
1911 3
1912 4
1912 5
1913 6
1913 7
1914 8
1914 9
1915 10
1916 11
1916 12
Totals .  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
. . . . . . . . .
For now, those interested in seeking births for:
  • August 1910 to December 1910 in Carriacou
  • January 1911 through to June 1915 in All seven parishes
  • January 1916 through to December 1916 in All seven parishes
you will need to consult FHL INTL Film 1523537 which holds the index to birth registers – five items 1 through 7 for 1900 to 1935.

Film Number 1523339

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523339 is a copy of parts of the Duplicate copy of Registers of Marriages from the church registers of all seven parishes for the years 1903 to 1910, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
Sadly the following is one of seven films that have not been transcribed (therefore there are no corresponding batch numbers).
For now, those interested in seeking marriages for this period will need to consult FHL INTL Film 1523362 which holds the index to general and special marriage registers – Volumes 1 through 3 for 1903 to 1932.

Film Number 1523352

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523352 is a continuation copy of parts of the Duplicate copy of Registers of Marriages from the church registers of all seven parishes for the years 1910 to 1918, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
Sadly the following is one of seven films that have not been transcribed (therefore there are no corresponding batch numbers).
For now, those interested in seeking marriages for this period will need to consult FHL INTL Film 1523362 which holds the index to general and special marriage registers – Volumes 1 through 3 for 1903 to 1932.

Film Number 1523353

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523353 is a continuation copy of parts of the Duplicate copy of Registers of Marriages from the church registers of all seven parishes for the years 1919 to 1922 and 1924 to 1928, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
For now, those interested in seeking marriages for this period will need to consult FHL INTL Film 1523362 which holds the index to general and special marriage registers – Volumes 1 through 3 for 1903 to 1932.

Film Number 1523361

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523361 is a continuation copy of parts of the Duplicate copy of Registers of Marriages from the church registers of all seven parishes for the years 1928 to 1934, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers. Another film that has not been transcribed.
This film contains thirteen items:
  • Three items (1 to 3) – this contains the Duplicate Marriages registers for 1928 to 1930
  • One item (4) – this contains the Duplicate Marriages registers for 1923
  • Eight items (5 to 12) – this contains the General Marriages registers, Volumes 1 to 8 for 1903 to 1932
  • One item (13) – this contains the Special Marriages register, Volume 1 to 1903 to 1934.
For now, those interested in seeking marriages for this period will need to consult FHL INTL Film 1523362 which holds the index to general and special marriage registers – Volumes 1 through 3 for 1903 to 1932.

Film Number 1523537

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523537 is a copy of parts of the Death registers from the church registers of all seven parishes (districts) for the years 1928 to 1934, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
This film contains two items. Sadly it is another one of seven films that have not been transcribed (therefore there are no corresponding batch numbers). The film contains:
  • Items 12 to 14 – these contain the Death registers for all Parishes (districts) for 1871 and 1873 to 1874
  • Itema 1 to 16 – these contain the Death registers for all Parishes (districts) for 1875 to 1890.


Film Number 1523656

Family History Library (FHL) film number 1523656 is a copy of parts of the Baptism, Confirmation, Bann, Marriage, and Burial registers from the Archdeaconry of Grenada in the Anglican Rectory registers (manuscripts) of the districts of St. Luke, St. Peter and St. Paul in the parish of St. George’s, Grenada for the years 1784 to 1971, currently with no corresponding to batch numbers.
St. Luke, St. Peter and St. Paul are considered ecclesiastical districts within the parish of St. George. The parish of St. George has jurisdiction over the entire civil district of St. George. The Anglican Church registers of baptisms and marriages for the years 1812 to 1815 includes records for the united parishes of St. George, St. John and St. Mark.
Unfortunately this film has not, as yet, been transcribed into the FamilySearch IGI database. However here is a list of its content which for now can be viewed from a Family History Centre after it has been ordered from the Utah main library: [2]
  • Item 2 – Baptisms and burials for 1784 to 1804 (these are themselves a paper transcription)
  • Item 1 – Baptisms, marriages and burials for 1806 to 1831
  • Item 3 – Baptisms, marriages and burials for 1812 to 1815
  • Item 4 – Baptisms, marriages and burials for 1816 to 1831 (transcription)
  • Item 5 – Register of slaves baptisms and marriages for 1817 to 1834 (includes burials 1833-1834)
  • item 6 – Baptisms and marriages for 1831 to 1837
  • Item 7 – Baptisms, marriages and burials for 1837 to 1844
  • Item 8 – Baptisms for 1844 to 1892
  • Item 9 – Baptisms of the district of St. Luke for 1851 to 1884
  • Items 10-11 - Baptisms for 1892 to 1932
  • Item 12 – Confirmations for 1901 to 1931
  • Items 13-14 – Marriages for 1844 to1930
  • Item 15 – Marriages of the districts of St. Luke and St. Peter 1909 to 1933
  • Item 16 – Banns for 1903 to 1931
  • Item 17 – Special marriage register 1912 to 1942
  • Items 18-19 – Burials 1844 to 1930
  • Item 20 – District of St. Paul Marriages 1861-1902, Baptisms 1860-1895, and Burials 1861-1971

Example 1819 birth registration from 1523656:
Sample from Grenada Baptism Registers of records 1844-1892
See sample from Item 8 of Baptisms 1844-1892:
Sample from Grenada Baptism Registers of records 1844-1892
Also for a marriage registration in 1840 in the Parish of Saint George in Grenada:

Sample from Grenada Baptism Registers of records 1844-1892

Land Registers

Land Registry – Registers of land and property transactions before the Court of Common Pleas and the Supreme Court of Grenada, West Indies. The main body of the records is in English and covers the period 1764-1931; a French language series covers a period 1766-1904. [see films see: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/574884?availability=Family%20History%20Library]
Sample of item from film number 1563380:

Sample from Grenada Land Registers of records 1825-1834 (v. H5-O5)


Early French Registers

Thanks to the work done by the British Library under their Endangered Archive Projects initiated by the University of Manchester for the Grenada National Archive some 371 pages of records of early Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for Grenada covering the 1765 to 1797 which includes 20 pages of French marriages from 1765.
 


Author: Ric Greaves (2008)

2 Mar 2008

Grenada    Census

Contents

  1. French Census
  2. English Census
  3. Early List of officials
  4. Most Eminent Planters List
  5. 1679 Inhabitants and 1680 Census
  6. Census after 1834
  7. Census after 1900
  8. Slave registers (1817-1834)
  9. References
1860 Census of Slave

French Census

For those interested in Grenada during its two centuries (1650-1783) of French colonisation you will find few records remain. A tiny number, under great threat of destruction, are held in the archives on Grenada. The French Archives Nationales clearly state that Information pertaining to former French colonies is the responsibility of each overseas National Archive. This is because when Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris in 1783 the French administrative centre moved Martinique. Thus we find nothing prior to 1764, and a hiatus between 1779 and 1784.
A collection of censuses, land grants, and other documents for the former French colonies which includes some Grenada Census has been microfilmed in 1974. (FHL Collection FHL INTL 719969)
  • Recensements statistiques 1669-1726 (Grenade)
  • Etats des étrangers 1727-1749 (Grenade)

English Census

After 1783 when Grenada became a British colony, the majority of censuses for island were returned to London, England. These were in the form of head counts of varying information, most containing only simple details, like total population, the number of males, females and degrees of freedom. In more detailed censuses the population was broken down into sexes, age group, marital status, degrees of freedom, colour or race. These are to be found among the correspondence of the individual colonies, merely as a list or maybe with a printed demographic analysis.

Any of these census returns which remain in the island’s archives, if listing inhabitants, will be kept closed for 100 years.

Only one early British census for Grenada exists it is from 1772 and is a list of landholders, the number in the household, acreage, negros, types of crops & mills. UK National Archives (PRO reference CO 101/5, ff 147 – 15) [1]

Other records at the UK National Archives that might be of use are Petitions from prominent landowners, tax returns, and electoral registers. The returns for 1747-1873 are to be found 135 volumes of original correspondence and government gazettes for the individual colony. For Grenada census there is only 1763 Capitation Tax Rolls of people liable to pay tax on slaves. (PRO reference CO 101/1, ff 18-3, see also CO 318 and for correspondence after 1874 see CO 321)
Most colonies carried out fairly regular censuses throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Those from English Caribbean colonies taken in 1901 were printed in Parliamentary Papers (1905 session vol xii p1).

A popular misconception is that the records of the English colonies were returned to London, however these were considered domestic records (such as parish, civil registration, and probate records, plus court cases and deeds etc) and therefore were not of the sort of records usually returned to London. Although a quantity of pre-20th century correspondence to the Colonial Office has survived in the London Archives there are no Grenadian censuses for the 19th century. Further anything pertaining to a colony would most likely have beeb returned to the countries on gaining their independence.

Many early maps crudely identify plantation owners by name, and act as census substitutes for the years they were printed (1700, 1758, 1760-1765, 1775, 1779, 1793, 1816, 1823, 1851)   See also Maps.

Early List of officials

  • List of officials at Grenada under French rule, with salaries
  • Extract from capitation rolls of various “quarters”, showing individual tax-payers, with numbers of slaves and live stock belonging to each, amounts of taxes paid, etc. (1763)
  • Naval officer’s lists for Fort Royal, Grenada (March 1762-March 1763)
  • Naval officer’s lists for Grenada, inwards and outwards (20 January 1763-20 January 1764)

Most Eminent Planters List

  • “A List of Names of Sundry Persons to whom Governor Scott granted Town Lots in the Town of St. George on the Island of Grenada”, with amount of each grant. 1766. Many other papers on land grants, including official forms.
  • “A list of the Polls taken for the Assembly to be Convened for the Island of Grenada and the Grenadines the 15th day of December, 1767″, showing, for each parish, names of candidates and number of votes cast for each candidate by “natural born” and “new adopted” subjects.
The original list is kept in Colonial Papers, Vol. XXX, Nos. 42, 42 I., II., III. at the UK National Archives, Kew, England. Abstracts have been published:

1679 Inhabitants and 1680 Census

The original population listing of Grenada (1679-1680) is held by the UK National Archives (reference CO 1/44, no 47 i-xxii); a copy is available at the Grenada Department of Archives. The collection has been microfilmed: FHL Collection 1162149 Item 1

Census after 1834

  • Census Grenada, 1844
  • Coke, Charles Anthony Census of the British empire: compiled from official returns for 1861, [Grenada entries begins on page 234]
  • Johnson, C. H. Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1891 with Graphic Tables and Notes Thereon. St. George’s, Grenada: [Government Printer], 1891.

Census after 1900

  • Patterson, N. J. Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1901. St. George’s, Grenada: [Government Printer], 1902.
  • Smith, G. W. Report on the 1911 Census of Grenada. St. George’s, Grenada: [Government Printer], 1911
  • Garraway, D. J. Grenada. Report on the 1921 Census of Grenada. St. George’s: [Government Printer], 1921

Slave registers (1817-1834)

Not strictly censuses the slave registers list all slave holders and enslaved people in Grenada. These records of the Slave Registry and Slave Compensation Commission. The slave registers cover the period 1817-1834 and are arranged by parish, they include lists of slaves by owner with such information as name, age, where born, occupation and colour. After the first return most only show increases and decreases on the slave population but show births, deaths, gifts, sales, purchases and manumissions (grants of freedom). For slave owners they can show deaths, marriages and details of family members. Slaves were bequeathed, inherited and gifted to family, on marriage slaves were often given as dowry and the slaves of the wife were transferred to the husband.
The registers were compiled in 1817, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1829, 1831 and 1834. The registers for 1817, 1820 and 1834 list all slave holders and enslaved people the other registers only list changed in the slave population such as births, deaths, purchases, sales and manumissions.
The original compiled in Grenada is not known to survive but the duplicate set is held by the UK National Archives in the series T 71[2]; digitised and indexed copy is available on Ancestry (free on registration).
The Grenada slave registers were established under the following acts:
  • No 163 – An Act for Establishing a Registry of Negro and other Slaves in the Island of Grenada and its Dependencies, published 31 March 1817 (CO 103/11, fos 125-139)
  • No 173 – An Act to amend an Act Entitled An Act for Establishing a Registry of Negro and other Slaves in the Island of Grenada and its Dependencies published 16 November 1818 (CO 103/11, fos 195-199)
  • No 182 – An Act for continuing a Registry of Negro and other Slaves in the Island of Grenada and its Dependencies, published 3 December 1821 (CO 103/11, fos 240-261)

References

  1. British Public Record Office (PRO) is now called the The National Archives of the UK.
  2. For more information on the slave registers see the National Archives’ wiki
Ric Greaves (Mar 2008)

1 Mar 2008


Grenada    Archives and Libraries
Church directories list church ministers, dioceses, and parishes. There currently is no annual directory that lists all of the ministers of Churches in Grenada. This is reproduced here to give access to churches in Grenada allowing you to contacted them for Family Research information:-

Contents

  1. Carriacou Parish Churches
  2. Saint David Parish Churches
  3. Saint Andew Parish Churches
  4. Saint George Parish Churches
  5. Saint John Parish Churches
  6. Saint Mark Parish Churches
  7. Saint Patrick Parish Churches
kirk-stgeorges-directory

Carriacou Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Anglican Church Schools-Secondary




Anglican Church Staff Room


440-8345
Anglican Primary School




Grenada Mission of Seventh Day Adventist




Anglican Church Bishop’s College


443-7946
Anglican Church Carriacou Rectory


443-7427 1964
Anglican Rectory
Fort Hill Hillsborough 443-8576
Anglican Rectory (Hillsbrough)

Hillsborough 443-7427
Hillsborough Adventist Church

Hillsborough 443-6800 1903
Pentecostal Glad Tidings Assembly


443-7371

Saint David Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Anglican Church St Andrew Rectory


442-7222
Anglican Secondary School


442-7542
Church of God 7th Day
Simon
438-3601
Church of God of Prophecy
Canal Road Grenville 442-8203
Church of God Seventh Day
Simon
442-7182
Evangelical Church of the West Indies
Grand Bras
442-7316
Grace Reformed Baptist Church Bain Godfrey P.O. Grenville Grenville 442-6799
Grenville Pentecostal
Lighthouse Grenville
442-7250
Holy Innocent Church
La Digue
442-7842
La Digue Pentecostal
La Digue
438-0635
La Poterie Pentecostal
La Poterie
442-6056
Mama Cannes Independent Baptist Church Paster Michael Lambert Grand Bacolet
444-1197
Marquis Pentecostal
Marquis
442-7624 May 1927
Marquis Pentecostal Church
Marquis
442-7624
Morne Longue Pentecostal
Morne Lounge
440-3609
New Testament Church (Birchgrove)
Birchgrove
438-4101
Pentecostal Evangel Tabernacle
Tuilleries
442-9820
Pentecostal Faith Tabernacle
Mirabeau
442-6056
Seventh Day Adventist (Advent Avenue) P O Box 20 Grand Bras Grenville 442-0302
Seventh Day Adventist (Grand Bras)
Grand Bras
442-7450
St Josephs Convent – Sisters Residence
Church Yard Grenville 442-7004
St Martin’s De Porres Church
Crochu
444-6459
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church

Grenville 442-7825
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church

Grenville 442-7650
St. Giles Mt Carmel Anglican Church
St. Giles Mt. Carmel 442-7821

Saint Andew Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Ebenezer Pentecostal
Corinth
443-1811
Faith Pentecostal
Pomme Rose
443-1342
Faith Pentecostal Church
Pomme Rose
443-1342
Pentecostal God’s Lighthouse
Vincennes
444-7104
Seventh Day Adventist (Ballies Bacolet)
Ballies Bacolet
435-3069
Westerhall Berean Bible Church
Westerhall
443-2045  ?1976

Saint George Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Anglican Church Rectory – Office


440-2169 1825
Anglican Church St Paul’s Rectory
St. Paul’s
440-1007
Anglican Church St. George’s House


440-6282
Anglican High School
Tanteen
440-2100
Anglican Rectory (St. George’s)
Church Street
440-2169
Berean Bible Church (Pastors Res.)
Mt. Parnassus
440-2262  ?1963
Bishop of St. Georges in Grenada
Church Street
443-5299
Bishop of St. Georges in Grenada (Caritas)
Church Street
435-5697
Bishop of St. Georges in Grenada (Fr Residence)
Church Street
440-2999
Bishop of St. Georges in Grenada (Grenada)
Morne Jaloux
435-0143
Bishop of St. Georges in Grenada (Mission Appeal)
Church Street
440-7350
Calliste Penticostal Church
Calliste
439-2909
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Upper Church Street
435-9808
Catholic Chancery
Church Street
440-2542
Catholic Diocesan Youth Council
Church Street
440-7325
Church of Christ (Grand Anse)
Mont Tout Grand Anse 439-0826
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day (No FHC)
Grand Anse
439-7217 1985
Church of the Nazarene
Fontenoy
440-2807 1809
Church of the Open Bible (Calliste)
Calliste
444-4688
Church of the Open Bible (Grand Anse Valley)
Grand Anse Valley
439-3938
Church of the Open Bible (Happy Hill)
Happy Hill
440-7215
Church of the Open Bible (Head Office)
Springs
443-5032
Church of the Open Bible (Springs)
Springs
444-5225
Conference of Church Grenada
Grand Etang Road
440-9766
Evangelistic Centre
Market Hill
440-1433
Faith Independent Baptist Church Pastor Oscar Reubin Grand Mal
415-6530
First Church of Christ Scientist
L’Anse Aux Epines
444-3580
Grace Lutheran Church (WELS) radloff@spiceisle.com Woodlands
435-9886
Grenada Islamic Foundation
Calliste
409-2772 1994
Grenada Seventh Day Adventist Church
Archibald Avenue
435-2455
Independent Baptist Church P.O. Box 1099 Grand Anse
440-0682
Maranatha Independent Baptist Church Paster Denis Celestine Back Street Tempe 444-6139 1987
Mt. Moritz Anglican Church
Mt. Moritz
440-4457
New Testament Church of God (Lucas Street)
Lucas Street
440-9678
New Testament Church of God (National Office)
Beaulieu
440-9632
Pentecostal District Office St Paul’s http://www.pawionline.org St. Paul’s St. George 440-1778
Pentecostal Evangelistic Centre
Market Hill St. George 440-1433
Pentecostal Gateway Assembly
Calliste St. George 439-2909
Pentecostal Harvest Time Assembly
Mt. Mortiz St. George 435-7668
Pentecostal Latter Rain Revival Centre (LRRC)
Tempe St. George 440-6291
Pentecostal New Life Chapel
Vendome St. George 444-4152
Pentecostal People’s Church
St. Paul’s St. George 440-3254
Pentecostal Sanctury of Praise
Marian St. George 443-2332
Pentecostal Wallace Memorial
Annadale St. George 440-5257
Presbyterian Church (Knox House Office)
Grand Etang Road
440-2436
Presbyterian Church (Manse) nedeg@hotmail.ca Tanteen Terrace
440-3367
Roman Catholic Bishop
Morne Jaloux
440-5254
Roman Catholic Bishop (Norton Hall Bldg)
Church Street
435-5698
Roman Catholic Bishop Res.
Church Street
435-7513
Seventh Day Adventist (Book Centre)
Church Street
440-2458
Seventh Day Adventist (St Pauls)
St. Paul’s
435-8212
St. Andrew’s Kirk (Scotts Kirk)



14 July 1833
St. David’s Anglican Church


435-8962
St. Davids And St. Pauls Anglican Churches P O Box 2708 St. Paul’s
440-1007
St. George’s Intl Church of Christ Lenworth Gordon

444-5261
St. George’s Methodist Church
Green Street
435-4944
St. George’s Anglican Junior


440-6027
St. George’s Anglican Senior


440-2229
St. Paul’s Anglican Church
St. Paul’s
443-1276
The Church in St. George’s
Happy Hill
440-1148 1818
Woodlands Berean Church
Woodlands
439-2572

Saint John Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Anglican Church St John’s Pastoral Centre


437-0746
Anglican Church St John’s Rectory


444-8212
Anglican Rectory (Gouyave)

Gouyave 444-8212
Bethel Pentecostal

Grand Roy 442-7670
Church of the Open Bible (Gouyave)

Gouyave 444-9586
Elim Pentecostal

Gouyave 442-7670
Gouyave Berean Bible Church

Gouyave 437-1949
Spice Island Ministry (Light to the Nation Bible Church)


437-0555
St. John’s Anglican Church

Gouyave 444-8332

Saint Mark Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Victoria Pentecostal

Victoria 444-9381

Saint Patrick Parish Churches

Church Name Minister Street Town Tel. Area (473) Built/Est.
Anglican Church St Patrick Rectory


442-9249
Anglican Rectory (Sauteurs)

Sauteurs 442-9249
Pentecostal Hosanna Worship Centre
Chantimelle
442-1966
Pentecostal Temple of Deliverance
River Sallee
442-0964
Presbyterian Church (MacDonald College)
Marli
442-9244
Sauteurs Pentecostal

Sauteurs 442-9582
St. Patrick’s Anglican Church

Sauteurs 442-9414

Author: Ric Greaves (2008)
Grenada    Cemeteries
Queens Park Cememetery
Other than the ardent collections of grave and monument inscriptions produced by Vere Oliver (1861-1942) during his trips to the West Indies in 1913 and 1914 many Caribbean’s will have lost these snippets of information about their own families.

These words of Oliver written in 1927 are still true to this day:
… records in the Islands are rapidly perishing, and require transcription, for which there is no money and no skilled staff. This is far from being a new complaint, for in the year 1714, my ancestor, Colonel the Hon. Richard Oliver, was appointed to inspect and report on the condition of the records … exactly 200 years later, I was engaged on the same work“.

Oliver’s further jottings from his island on a trips to the West Indies in 1913 and 1914:
  • Oliver, Vere Langford. More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies. 1927; reprint: San Bernardino, Calif.: The Borgo Press, 1993. Digitised by FamilySearch Books Online. The Grenada dozen page section begins on page 199.
An earlier work, which covers many Caribbean islands, includes Grenada:
  • 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 & Windus, 1875. FHL Film 283588; digital versions at DLOC; Internet Archive – both free. The two page Grenada section begins on 429 but there are no monument inscriptions.

Cemeteries

Because the islands of Grenada continues to be predominantly Protestant with over half the population following the Roman Catholic doctrines and about 14% more specifically Anglican (with the other third being variations of Protestant) the tradition of grave burials and cemeteries remain strong. However, it is not the tradition within Caribbean islands, as in other countries, to keep cemetery plans and plot identification and there are almost no tombstone index. A family may hold a tax ticket to prove ownership to a family plot – but as to whom is buried where or when is a fleeting record on the cement or more rare a headstone. Which is more usual are the memories of the children left behind – but all three are quickly ravaged by time and the harsh weather on the islands.
It is important to note that the tradition of “All Soul’s” in October remains strong and many family groups continue to remember (sic) those who have passed on by visiting their graves, holding a candle-night vigil, and even painting or cleaning the grave.

Just a tiny percentage of families remain Buddhist (usually from lines who originated from Calcutta, India).

There are no Military of non-Protestant cemeteries on the islands. The ancient burial grounds of so-called indigenous cultures no longer exists in any real sense and almost no one can claim lineage to this peoples.

The largest cemetery on Grenada is Saint George’s Cemetery. It is situated close to both the cruise liner terminal and the Queen’s Park sports stadium in St George’s. From the Port, follow Melville Street for about one kilometre, and then turn right into River Road, just beyond the large Funeral Society premises on the right hand side. The cemetery is divided into separate lower, middle and upper sections:
  • the upper plot is north of River Road and covers 1.67 acres (over 6755.55 m² (72716.11 feet²).
  • the middle and largest plot is south of River Road stretching up along the west side along Cemetery Hill and covers 4.36 acres (17651.81 m² or 190002.55 feet²)
  • the lower plot lies south of the largest section in the fork of Church Street to its west and Cemetery Hill into Old Fort road to the north-east which covers 0.76 acres (3079.83 m² or 33151.07 feet²). This site is called Wilberforce Cemetery after William Wilberforce (1759–1833) in appreciation of great efforts by he and others in securing emancipation of the slave from 1838.

St George's (River Road) Cemetery
St. George’s Cemetery does contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and three from the Second World War. The three Second World War graves are located in a single plot in the lower section of the cemetery, about 20 metres from the entrance close to the left hand boundary wall, which overlooks St George’s Bay. 

Also a single First World war grave is located in the central section, and is best reached via the entrance in Cemetery Hill Road opposite the La Qua and Sons funeral society premises. Head towards the palm tree at 1 o’clock to and about 40 metres from the entrance. The standard pattern headstone for Corporal Mercurious is about 5 metres to the right of the palm tree, its view blocked from any distance by the larger memorials surrounding it.

Other endangered cemeteries are the Carriacou cemetery, Mt. Airy cemetery in St. Paul’s and the church yard cemetery of St. Paul’s Anglican Church (the graves are literally sliding down an embankment into a ravine).

Author: Ric Greaves (Mar 2008)

Contents

Getting started with Grenada research

Independent British Commonwealth nation on the southern most of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles Islands in the West Indies. Grenada is on the western edge of the Caribbean Sea, helping to separate it from the North Atlantic Ocean. Grenada lies about 120 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Venezuela. See the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gj.html

Parishes

Saint George Parish Saint David Parish Saint Andrew Parish Saint Patrick Parish Saint Mark Parish Saint John Parish Carriacou Parish Map of Grenada
Image by Ric Greaves
Saint George (city) | Saint George | Saint Andrew | Carriacou | Saint David | Saint John | Saint Mark | Saint Patrick.
Carriacou is considered the seventh parish of its nearby parent island of Grenada.

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Author: Ric Greaves (Mar 2008)