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JAMAICA - Links and Resources
« on: Saturday 04 March 06 22:20 GMT (UK) »
Came across this - hope it will give somebody some ideas!! :) :) :)

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)

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« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 January 12 13:28 GMT (UK) »
Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library

http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com

This is a virtual genealogy library for those researching family history for Jamaica, West Indies, especially for people born before 1920.

JAMAICA ALMANACS
JAMAICA DIRECTORIES - 1878 Directory of Jamaica
1891 Business Directory
1910 Commercial and Residential Directory

IMMIGRATION -
1734-1753 Lists of White Families Introduced into Jamaica
1735 - 1754 Return of Land Grants
American Loyalists 1783
1795 Lists of French Prisoners and Emigrants in Kingston
1805 - 1824 Return of Land Grants
Immigrants to Jamaica  1840-1841

OTHER LISTS OF PEOPLE -
1670 Landholders in Jamaica
1673 to 1729 Land Grants in Western Hanover
1702 Inhabitants of Kingston
1753 Landowners in St. Andrew
1754 List of Landholders in Jamaica
1755 and 1804 Gazetteers of Jamaica
1774 Inhabitants of St. James
1776 Partial List of Hanover Properties and Proprietors
1792 List of holders of slave and stock in St. Ann
1823 Census of Hanover
1831 Return of Maroons
1717 Lists of Inhabitants of Leeward Islands

COMPLETE BOOKS and MANUSCRIPTS -
"Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies. "
Feurtado's Personages
History Of The Parish Of Trelawny
Malabre Manuscript

JAMAICAN REGISTERS and WILLS -
Church of England and other
Roman Catholic Registers
Wesleyan Methodist Registers
Moravian records
Jewish Records

SLAVES and SLAVERY IN JAMAICA -

OTHER BOOKS, MAGAZINES and MANUSCRIPTS -
Summaries or Selected Passages - Caribbeana
A Record of Jews in Jamaica, by Andrade
Who's Who in Jamaica
Handbook of Jamaica
Memoir of Thomas Callender
Montego Bay its People and its Lodge
" Jamaica in 1850"
" A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica..."
" Stephen Bourne - A Flawed Philanthropist"

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE EXTRACTS -
The "Gleaner"
The "Royal Gazette"
Other newspapers
"The Trelawny and Public Advertiser"
The "Falmouth Post and Jamaica General Advertizer"
The Cornwall Chronicle and General Advertiser
The "Jamaica Witness"
Other Jamaican newspapers
British Newspapers and Magazines
American and Canadian Newspapers

OTHER ORIGINAL ARTICLES -
Articles on the Morant Bay Rebellion
Articles by F. J. duQuesnay
Other Original Articles and Documents
Maps and Photographs in Members' pages
Book of Burke/Bourke Pedigrees, 1748

JAMAICANS IN FOREIGN RECORDS -

MILITARY -

UTILITIES -


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HALL     REEPHAM, HACKFORD, GUESTWICK, NFK
HALL     YORK, HOLME ON SPALDING MOOR, E. YKS
HALL     BELBY, Nr HOWDEN, E. YKS
HOUFE   YORK, RICCALL, THIRSK, DURHAM, LANCASHIRE
FEATHERSTONE     KNEDLINGTON, GILBERDYKE, E. YKS
CLAYTON   PATRINGTON, KEYINGHAM, STADDLETHORPE, E. YKS
CAWOOD   RAWCLIFFE, STADDLETHORPE
WALKER     HADDELSEY, EASTRINGTON, SHIPTONTHORPE, E. YKS
BEAN         STILLINGFLEET, ULLESKELF, KIRKBY WHARFE, YKS
TAYLES     LINCS.

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 14 January 13 15:12 GMT (UK) »
In the quest to find my family branches in Jamaica I have searched the world and wasted much time trying to find avenues for Jamaican family history .
This is a list of all the sites I used to collate material on my tree,       so I am passing this list on to be used and assist others ..........


http://www.antonymaitland.com/jamgenrl.htm

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0oo/   

http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/slavery.htm
Slavery was abolished in Jamaica in 1834 when all slaves became apprentices  and   received unrestricted freedom by 1838

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1538386

https://www.familysearch.org/#form=advanced-records   
 this showed jamaicans in other records such as USA census

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jamwgw/
if  one scrolls down the  page click on the boxes and additional information comes up
one trick I learnt with the books link was to copy the title and ISBN number , then enter into google and if seen as google books entry one could search inside book


 "Jamaican wills on LDS films you will require film numbers 1937926, 1937927, 1937928, 1937929 and 1937930"  a quote from a post

"   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jamwgw/early.htm  "   
written by a Jamaican genealogist and gives many avenues

as much as one would think the registry office would be of help the site links dont work and many folk worldwide have complained about certificates turning up 6 months after being ordered
Registrar General's Office for the Gov't of Jamaica
http://www.rgd.gov.jm/?q=genealogical_research    link does not work
http://www.rgd.gov.jm/    link not working

http://www.jis.gov.jm/nongov_agencies/index.asp     link error 404

http://www.nlj.gov.jm/content/government-jamaica-documents     

http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?query=jamaica&button=Search       
 is well laid out and very discriptive of materials


If anyone else comes accross interesting databases for Jamaica please add them to this post so others can use.   

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 02 August 13 04:56 BST (UK) »
another site source has appeared and on it there is a downloadable pdf of the registration districts and their version of the Chapman Code>>>

http://familyhistoryjamaica.com/registrationparishesand-districts/


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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 06 August 13 00:04 BST (UK) »
this link is also of great info regarding the status of films etc for Jamaica,   however, move around the site and other regional info will come up>

http://www.candoo.com/genresources/jamaica.htm

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 26 December 13 21:17 GMT (UK) »
The entire site http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com is now FREE for EVERYONE.  You no longer need a User Name and Password to access the pages in the Members Directory. This was my goal when I first started setting up the site over 14 years ago. Being able to achieve that goal is thanks to both subscribers and contributors.
 
Those who have paid subscriptions in the past enabled me to purchase microfilms, microfiche, electronic images, or photocopies of documents and registers, not only from Jamaica but from archives or libraries in England and the United States.  I spent thousands of hours transcribing information from them to put on the site, often working up to 50 hours a week (so much for a part-time job!).
 
For other documents on the site, we all owe a debt of gratitude to the contributors who are listed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/announce.htm .  Some sent me documents, or went to various depositories and copied them or transcribed them, and others did all of the above.
 
Another goal was to enable readers of the site to understand the background of Jamaican research, and to find helpful information on how to perform their research.  On certain pages I tried to answer every question that was ever asked me in e-mail I received from readers.  Those answers can be found on the Help page http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/help.htm
and in the Utilities pages now listed on the Plan of the Site http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/plan.htm
The Plan has been reworked so that it contains a comprehensive list of all the Lead Pages on the site.
 
The Lead Pages are important because they usually contain vital information on how to read and interpret the pages to which they contain links.  The Lead Pages may also explain the circumstances under which the documents in that section were originally created.  Be sure to read the Lead Pages.  Be sure also to read the headings at the top of the page you are reading.
 
The page titles that appear in the Query Results when you do a Search have also been improved.
 
I hope that all these improvements will make it easier to navigate the site, and you will enjoy the free access to the site.
 
Happy Christmas!
 
Patricia Jackson
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Researching - Brinkwood, Chapman, Kirby & Swan from Kent, Marsh (Mash in some records) from Buckland Brewer, Devon, Williams, Dobson, Thurgood from London, Hanks from Nailsworth

Also Irish search - Bradford, Bradley, Conroy, Russell, Sheridan.
 
Also Scottish search-  Berrie, Miller, Munro/Munroe, McKenzie,