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1. EAP914/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1
Title:
Government Records, Turks and Caicos Islands [1850-1950]
Scope & Content:
The Government Records Collection comprise of documents held at the Turks and Caicos National Museum, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. It comprises 6 series of government records: EAP914/1/1/1: Despatches to the Colonial Secretary, 1850-1873 [1 volume] EAP914/1/1/2: Records o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1850-14 Feb 1950
Extent:
12,500 TIFF images

2. EAP914/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/3
Title:
Despatches to the Governor-in-Chief
Scope & Content:
These records comprise Despatches to the Governor of Jamaica dating from 1849 to 1860 from the President of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Government House, Grand Turk. The Turks and Caicos Islands where a part of The Bahamas until 1848 when the inhabitants successfully petitioned to be made a se...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1849-21 Dec 1860
Extent:
4,308 TIFF images

3. EAP914/1/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/5
Title:
Minutes of Executive Council Records, 1850-1873
Scope & Content:
These records comprise the minutes of the executive council from 1850 to 1873. The Executive Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands governed the islands from 1848 to 1874 under the leadership of a council President under the direction of the Governor of Jamaica. The executive council consisted ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1850-13 Dec 1873
Extent:
1,719 TIFF images

4. EAP914/1/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/4
Title:
Minutes of Legislative Council Records, 1850-1950
Scope & Content:
These records comprise minutes of the legislative council from 1850 to 1950 (no records digitized from 1895 to 1926). The Legislative council was chaired initially by the President (until 1873) and later by a commissioner (appointed by the governor of Jamaica). The Legislative council was respon...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1850-14 Feb 1950
Extent:
2,787 TIFF images

5. EAP914/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/2
Title:
Records of the Colonial Secretary: Corespondence to and from the Colonial Secretary Office
Scope & Content:
Correspondences from the Colonial Secretary's Office in Grand Turk to various government officials and departments in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The correspondences included gazettal notifications, budgets, instructions to stationed government officials around the islands, etc. 4 files. Thi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1859-18 Oct 1873
Extent:
1,465 TIFF images

6. EAP914/1/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/6
Title:
Registrar General's Office: Parish Register Records
Scope & Content:
The earliest reference to public registration of records in The Bahama Archipelago which including the Turks and Caicos Islands 1764 and includes the creation of a separate office of the Register of Records in 1862. These records include registration of Births, Deaths (Burials), and Probate Will...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1937
Extent:
1,951 TIFF images