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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 24, 2020 (National Archives – St. Kitts and Nevis) – The National Archives now has an original print of the McMahon Map. This map produced by surveyor William McMahon and published in 1828 by Edward Stanford of Charing Cross, London, is the most detailed map of St. Kitts ever produced. It shows, the mountains and numerous rivers and ghauts that score its landscape. It also shows the towns and villages of the […]

The National Archives proudly announces the return of the Original Register of Slaves 1817. This volume was the first complete census of the enslaved populations of St. Kitts. It records the name, age, sex, colour, place of origin, and occupation of the individuals and groups them together under the name of the person for whom they worked. It is an invaluable resource for historical research. In 2017, the volume went on special exhibition at the […]

The members of staff at the National Archives were able to attend online a workshop organised by the Barbados National Archives on Friday 18 October. The theme was Current Preservation and Conservation Practices in Libraries and Archives. We were invited to be part of this by Barbadian conservator Ann Bancroft. Ms. Bancroft has worked on our Special Magistrate Cleghorne Journals 1835-36 and has just completed the conservation work on our Original Register of Slaves 1817. She […]

(St. Christopher National Trust) October 23, 2018:  The history of trade and money in St. Kitts is the focus of a new exhibition at the National Museum, that opened on Tuesday October 23rd.  His Excellency the Governor General Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton – the Trust’s patron – the Deputy Prime Minister the Honourable Shawn Richards and the Governor of the Central Bank Timothy Antoine were among the dignitaries who attended the brief opening ceremony held […]