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Where to find Jamaican Genealogical Information.
Church of the Latter Day Saints: Microfilmed Parish Records and Books
Location: UK
a)Hyde Park Family History Centre, 64-68 Exhibition Road, London. SW7
2PA. (Tel: 0171 589 8561) [plus other regional centres]
Location: Jamaica
a) Family History Centre, St Andrew, 46 Gore Terrace, Kingston
10, Jamaica. (Tel: 809-922-0620).
Six volumes of "CARIBBEANA" by Vere Langford Oliver (published in
1909 by Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke). The LDS have microfilmed Vols
1-3 and Vol 5.
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
c) British Library, London (Tel: 0171 636 1544)
Location: USA
"Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies" by Vere Oliver Langford
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
Location: USA
"Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica" by Philip Wright
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
"In Old St James" by Joseph Shore, 1911
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
"Official and Other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790" by
Walter A. Fuertado
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). ?
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel: 809-922-0620).
Who's Who (from 1916)
Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel 809-922-0620).
"Historic Account of Jamaican Freemasonry" by F.W. Seal Coon, 1976
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
"Directory of Emigrant Scots" by Dobson (USA shelves)
Location: UK
Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
"Dictionary of Place Names in Jamaica" by Temple Hall
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
Almanacks, Directories and Handbooks
Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799).
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
Old Photographs
Location: UK
a) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198)
Newspapers
Location: UK
a) Collindale Newspaper Library, London
Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel 809-922-0620).
Maps
Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London. (Tel: 0181 876 3444)
Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel: 809-922-0620).
Original Documentation: Lists of indentured servants
Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London (Tel: 0181 876 3444)
Original Documentation: Slave returns
Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London (Tel: 0181 876 3444)
Original Documentation: Colonial Correspondence
Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London (Tel: 0181 876 3444)