TRINIDAD - Any online resources?

[Joeyd007]

I have a family mystery that I am trying to solve. My 2 x Great Grandmother, Mary Ann Bradfield emigrated to Trinidad sometime between 1901 and 1915 to be with her brother Arthur Bradfield who had moved out at the turn of the century.

She was there when her daughter was married at Port of Spain Cathedral in 1917, by which time she herself had married Jack Robinson Palmer, an analytical chemist possibly in the sugar cane business. I would love to know the details of her wedding or her time in Trinidad. All I know is that she lived in Cipriani Boulevard in the Port of Spain.

Is there any way I can find out about her life in Trinidad or any record of her life? I have found some of the ships records for Mary and Arthur but that is all.

Many thanks, Jo 

[Seaton Smithy]

Have you seen this?

http://www.candoo.com/genresources/#TRINIDADTOBAGO

http://www.trinidadandtobagofamilyhistory.org/

"Birth and marriage records were transferred into a digital form for events from the 1890s."

http://www.trinidadandtobagofamilyhistory.org/registrargeneral.html

"The Civil Registry, notionally, holds the civil records of births, marriages, deaths from 1848."

http://www.legalaffairs.gov.tt/Forms/Marriage.pdf

[Joeyd007]

Yes, thanks I had. There seem to be so few sites about Trinidad, which is a shame. But reading through one of those pages, the lack of conservation effort surrounding the old registers I guess I am not surprised there is nothing digitalised. I was just hoping that one of the churches might have done something independently with their records, or one of the newspapers perhaps.

[SMJW]

Hi There, Not online but I found when I was in Trinidad in September 2015 that Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Cathedral has scanned its registers and those of Sacred Heart RC Church and if you make an appointment at the office you can go through the records on computer. That was amazingly nice. They did have some technical problems so some of the files would not open but sooner or later hey will fix that.
The Trinity Anglican Cathedral I found had changed its policy (since I was there in 2012) and no longer allows researchers free access to the registers - they charge $10 USD for each record they search out for you but you have to have a fairly good idea names and dates. Several of the registers are too frail and can not be searched at all.
Susan

[Joeyd007]

Thanks Susan, that's good to know. I will email Holy Trinity Cathedral and see what they say.