Store the anchor fields properly
Ship, year, port, depot/pass number, record references. These are the keys that unlock archives later.
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A private, evidence-first tool for indenture / Girmit / engagisme families in Guadeloupe.
Most families have fragments: a surname, a ship name, an arrival year, a depot/pass number, or a village/district in India. TamizhConnect helps you store those fragments correctly, keep spelling variants together, and build the story carefully over time.
- Record names exactly as written (keep variants together)
- Capture anchor details: ship / year / port / depot / record number
- Separate proven facts from hypotheses
- Invite relatives privately to build one shared tree
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Why families use TamizhConnect for indenture
- Search using ship/year/origin — not just name.
- Keep spelling variants together under one person.
- Evidence-first workflow (facts vs leads).
- Private by default – you decide who sees what.
For families researching indentured labour migration — ships, depots, origin places and name variants — not generic “ancestry” marketing.
Records available for Guadeloupe
Engagisme records
1854–1889
Ship registers
1854–1889
These record sets are being digitised. You can start your family tree now — we'll notify you when searchable Guadeloupe records go live.
Professional document verification
Have documents? We’ll verify and structure them for you.
Ship manifests • Birth certificates • Temple records • Indenture passes • Electoral rolls
- Digitise and tag documents inside your TamizhConnect tree
- Trace 2-3 generations from a single case file
- Follow indenture-era migration back to Tamil Nadu villages
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View service tiersGuadeloupe indenture records: what usually helps
- Expect French transliterations; keep variants grouped under one person.
- Start from the record anchor (ship/year/registration) and build out cautiously.
- Use cluster logic (same ship / same origin / same employer) before guessing relationships.
Why indenture research gets stuck
Most people don’t get stuck because they lack motivation — they get stuck because the anchor fields are missing or scattered.
- Ship/year/pass number saved in random notes, not structured fields.
- Names recorded with one spelling, causing duplicates later.
- Origin places written as old districts (zillah/thana) and not mapped cleanly.
- Family stories mixed with record facts — making later verification impossible.
TamizhConnect is opinionated around doing this carefully, so you're not constantly fighting the software.
What you can do with TamizhConnect
Keep spelling variants together
Colonial registers change spellings. Store variants under one person so you don’t split your own history.
Map origin places cleanly
Zillah/thana/village as written, plus modern mapping where known — without overwriting the original record text.
Evidence-first, private sharing
Invite relatives to collaborate without exposing your entire tree publicly. Facts vs leads are explicit.
Start your indenture research in 2 minutes.
Create a free account, then add ship, year and origin details as you find them.
How it works in 3 steps
Create your free account
Sign up with email or Google, set your base country, and create yourself as the first person.
Search records and capture the anchor
Start with ship/year/origin/record number if you have it. Save spelling variants and source links.
Use evidence, not guesses
Attach records/notes to support villages and relations. Keep “uncertain leads” as hypotheses until verified.
Ready to start your indenture research?
Capture the anchor facts first — ship, year, origin and record IDs — then build the story carefully with your family.
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