Very Important Post - FYI I posted my displeasure here on my time Line about incorrect information given on the Larry Scott Radio Talk Show, Sunday last by Rolf Commissiong, The incorrect information was about Charles Roach Ratteray my Great, Great, Great grandfather and that of two thousand Bermudians. PLEASE READ THIS POST BY MS ARLENE BROCK the former Ombudsman for Bermuda. Although we ( my *son and I) have the publications by Dr Virginia Bernhard our family have known for many years about CRR beginning from his birth in the Bahamas in 1799 to his death in Bermuda in 1872. * In Dr Bernhards book she acknowledges the assistance she received by many persons among whom is the name of my son. ~~~Arlene Brock Please note re electronic (searchable) Slave Register (sorry for long post) Slave registers given to Bermuda College, National Museum and National Trust Office of the Bermuda Ombudsman Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:17 PM TUESDAY, MAR. 9: Arlene Brock, Ombudsman for Bermuda, today forwarded to the Bermuda College, Bermuda National Museum and National Trust two extensive databases of the 1821 and 1834 Slave Registers. The original hand-written Registers (widely acclaimed as amongst the most treasured gems in the Archives) were created to facilitate compensation for slave-owners when the slaves would be emancipated. The databases were developed in searchable Excel format by Dr. Virginia Bernhard of the University of St. Thomas in Houston. They set out names of owners, slaves and their work and ages. Dr. Bernhard gifted the first part to the Archives more than a decade ago (toward the end of the tenure of then director J. Adams) with the intention that they be made available for public research. Ms. Brock noted: The electronic Slave Registers may well open up a new era of family history and other research in Bermuda. During the investigation into Allegations of Barriers to Access to the Archives last year, two researchers complained that there is no public access to the databases (which have been used by the Archives to answer genealogical and academic inquiries). The Archives is in the process of developing its own Slave Register database. In the interim, the Ombudsmans Report recommended that a computer terminal be installed for user access to these donated databases as well as CDs of the Hallett Civil Records and the Archives own negatives database. The response was that the [Archives Advisory] Council did not promote the public use of in-house working electronic lists. In fact, the electronic Slave Registers were not produced by the Archives. Dr. Bernhard stated: The Slave Registers are such a treasure. I have no objection to making the databases public - this is my way of saying thank-you to Bermuda. However, she stressed, these are academic working lists. They are not perfect - there are some gaps and spelling errors. Ms. Brock noted, although imperfect, the electronic Slave Registers will provide extremely useful information in an accessible format . She added: I refrained from releasing them before now in order to give the Archives the opportunity to do so. However, nine months after tabling my Report, I cannot in good conscience hold on to these important research tools any longer. ~~
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 05:30:50 +0000
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