The Historical Database Suriname & the Caribbean (HDSC) is a collaboration between hundreds of participants who help enter historical population records, together with knowledge and heritage institutions from the Caribbean and the Netherlands.
Historical Database Suriname and the Caribbean
- Duration
- 2017 until now
- Project member(s)
- Radboud University , Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname , Nationaal Archief Suriname , Nationaal Archief Curaçao , Nationaal Archief Aruba , Nationaal Archief , Stichting voor Surinaamse Genealogie , Stichting Historische Database Suriname en de Cariben
- Project type
- Research
Highlights
Project
All data collected is published as open data online published at the various national archives involved. Bringing the slave registers of Suriname and Curaçao (2018-2020) online was the first step in an ambitious plan to publish information about all inhabitants of Suriname and Curaçao from about 1830 to 1950 in one large database. This database connects persons who occur in various archival sources, such as slave registers, emancipation registers, civil registration and censuses. This makes it easier to trace ancestors, but also opens all kinds of avenues for scholarly research into the life histories of people in a tropical colonial society.
Databases
The following datasets have been made available online. The databases and documentation are in Dutch. English translations will be added.
Slave registers of Suriname (1830-1863)
Slave and emancipation registers Curaçao (1839-1863)
Civic Records Suriname (from 1828)
Search the database (download will be made available)
Slavery and emancipation Aruba (1840-1863)
Emancipation Sint Eustatius (Statia) (1862-1863)
Ward Registers Paramaribo (1828-1847)
Subprojects
The Historical Database of Suriname and the Caribbean encompasses several research projects, all focused on some aspect of the colonial past of Suriname and the Caribbean.
Partners
The Historical Database of Suriname and the Caribbean (HDSC) is a collaboration between archives and universities in Suriname, Curaçao, Aruba and the Netherlands, and hundreds of volunteers and contributors. The HDSC's publications are made possible in part by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the Platform Digital Infrastructure Social Sciences and Humanities (PDI-SSH), het Cultuurfonds, Stichting Democratie en Media, NWO, CLARIAH and Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH).
Historische Database van Suriname & de Cariben