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| − | === FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | + | === FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === |
| − | Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list FamilySearch.org.] | + | Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list FamilySearch.org.] |
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| − | *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Jamaica_Births_and_Baptisms_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Jamaica Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | + | *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Jamaica_Births_and_Baptisms_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Jamaica Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)] |
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Jamaica,_Trelawny_Civil_Registration_of_Birth_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Jamaica, Trelawny Civil Registration of Birth (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Jamaica,_Trelawny_Civil_Registration_of_Birth_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Jamaica, Trelawny Civil Registration of Birth (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | ||
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== Help Wanted == | == Help Wanted == | ||
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Getting started with Jamaican researchJamaica is an independent island nation in the Greater Antilles Islands of the West Indies. Jamaica lies south of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. See the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html Jurisdictions Parishes were established as administrative districts at the English conquest of 1655. Though the boundaries have changed over the succeeding centuries, parishes remain Jamaica’s fundamental civil administrative unit. The three counties of Cornwall, Middlesex, and Surrey have no administrative relevance. The present parishes were consolidated in 1866 with the re-division of eight now-extinct entities, none of which will have civil records. A good historical look at the parishes as they changed over time may be found on the privately compiled “Jamaican Parish Reference,” http://prestwidge.com/river/jamaicanparishes.html (cited 2010 Jul 1). Research Tools
FamilySearch Historical Record CollectionsOnline collections containing these records are located in FamilySearch.org. Wiki articles describing these collections ard found at:
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The Jamaican Gleaner More than 1 million historical newspaper pages from The Gleaner dating back to 1834.
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Jamaican Family Search This is a virtual genealogy library for those researching family history for Jamaica, West Indies, especially for people born before 1920.
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