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Archive

Working Archive

A working list of the folders, transcripts and master card indices held in the Wellington study. Items are catalogued under an internal reference and are not lent out. Visits by other researchers are arranged in person.

KM-A-01

Trelawny Estate Notes (working folders, 1 of 14)

Working folders covering the first three estates indexed in the Trelawny project. Includes original copy slips and cross-reference cards.

1834 — 1846
KM-A-02

Saint Vincent Estate Inventories (selected)

Selected estate inventories used in the construction of the Saint Vincent Plantation Index. Original photocopies and working transcripts.

1815 — 1840
KM-A-03

Drumlanrig Letters (partial transcripts)

Partial transcripts of the letters, with the over-written household notes preserved on the facing page.

1819 — 1834
KM-A-04

Westmoreland Slip Book Fragments (3 vols)

Three slip book volumes in fragmentary condition, used as the spine of the Westmoreland reconstruction.

1828 — 1839
KM-A-05

Compensation Awards Reference Catalogue (master)

Master copy of the working catalogue. Includes pencil annotations recording every later correction.

1837 — 1838
KM-A-06

Grenada Overseers Returns (parish ledgers)

Parish ledger copies used as the cross-check for the Grenada Overseers Returns index.

1820 — 1838
KM-A-07

Tobago Proprietors File (master)

Master copy of the year-by-year tracking file. Cross-references to absentee re-acquisition entries.

1834 — 1860
KM-A-08

Macleod Family Working Folder

Working folder for the Macleod Compensation File. Includes disputed and split claims, kept in their original order.

1837 — present
KM-A-09

Demerara Slip (raking-light prints)

Raking-light photographic prints of the flood-damaged slip book leaves, with a separate index of unrecoverable entries.

1829 — 1834
KM-A-10

Jamaican Probate Index (master cards)

Master card index for the Jamaican Probate project. Updated in long, slow passes rather than continuous entry.

1788 — 1834

The archive grows slowly. New folders are added only when a project reaches a state where its working notes will not change for at least a year.