Observed arrival · 2026-09-01
The Surname Papers
A seven-volume digital collection tracing Caribbean and American surnames through historical registers, villages, and records of the Black Atlantic.
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The collection uses multiple archival paths rather than surname lookup alone: register lines, village pages, volume openings, and four indexes. Its Trinidad example centers on an 1813 register whose fourth column recorded “Country,” while the Merikins material follows six company settlements and the Black American soldiers associated with them. The page lists 11 downloadable files in PDF and EPUB formats, covering seven volumes and four indexes.
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