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ITEM FOR MEMBERS ONLY, December 28, 2012 [M]

Dollar Family History Andrew Dollar of Jamaica - his family, his ancestors and descendants [M]


Colonial Secretary and Dingwall letters Eight letters from Dingwall in Jamaica to Scotland 1801-1830; a letter from the Colonial Secretary in 1884 concerning Cedar Grove pen [M].



ITEM FOR MEMBERS ONLY, December 21, 2012 [M]


Excerpts from the Cornwall Chronicle for May 16, 1789. [M]



ITEMS FOR MEMBERS ONLY, November, 2012 [M]


November, 2012, McQuistin Genealogy [M]

Three generations of descendants of Adam McQuistin, with the Inventory of his personal estate, two portraits, and a newspaper article.

Other McQuistins from the St. Catherine Parish Registers.

See McQuistin genealogy



November, 2012, Thomas McQuistin's Memorandum Book[M]

A transcription of the Memorandum Book of Thomas McQuistin of St. Catherine, in which he names his debtors and the nature of their debts, the names of his slaves, his property holdings, etc.

See McQuistin Memorandum Book



November, 2012, Depositions concerning the removal of the capital from Spanish Town to Kingston[M]

Individual Depositions from 1754 to 1755 by 9 residents of St. Catherine: McQuistin, Androuin, Ewers, Fletcher, Redwood, Rennalls, Taylor, Venn, Worth.

See Depositions




ITEMS with FREE ACCESS to all, October, 2012 [F]


Read some free pages from a new book "The Richest Man in Jamaica" William Raglan Phillips who lived in Jamaica from 1871 until his death in 1930.

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Blundell Hall A collection of articles concerning Blundell Hall, Mary Seacole and Miss Grant. [F]


New Obituaries[F]



ITEMS FOR MEMBERS ONLY, August, 2012 [M]


August, 2012, Journal of Alexander Innes [M]

Journal of Alexander Innes covering the time that he spent in Jamaica from December 1823 to February 1824.

See Journal of Alexander Innes



August, 2012, John and Alexander Campbell [M]

A study of the relationship and financial dealings and documents involving Col. John Campbell of Jamaica and Alexander Campbell of Kirnan, 1700 to 1752.

See Campbell John and Alexander



August, 2012, Ffrench Connections [M]

Ffrench family tree and related families, including wills, photographs and timelines. See French Connections and French Connections - 2



August, 2012, Family Genealogy reports [M]

New or more detailed reports for the following families:

1. Descendants of the following:

    William James Coombs
    Joseph Matthews Dunn
    Edward Grier Hamilton
    Benjamin Scott Hind
    Jacques Sicard
    George Randall Tingle - 3 generations
    John Whittaker - 4 generations
    Windett/Brandon - 3 generations
    Charles Abraham Sampson - 2 generations

See Coombs to Windett


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2. Descendants of Scott and Douglas:

    Charles Douglas - 3 generations
    George Scott
    Adam Scott - 2 generations
    Francis Carteret Scott
    James Scott (father of George, Robert Haldane, James, and William Mercer Scott) - 2 generations
    Daniel Douglas and John Lindsay Watt

See Scott and Douglas



3. Descendants of the following:

    John Batts - 3 generations
    James Garth - 3 generations
    George Hayes Manton
    James Syms - 2 generations


See Batts to Syms




August, 2012, Family Genealogy reports expanded [M]

1. Descendants of Richard James

Additional names and information have been added to this family report

See Descendants of Richard James

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2. Descendants of John Simmons

Two additional photographs and further information have been added to this family report

See Descendants of John Simmons

August, 2012, Seacole photographs [M]

Mary Seacole grave and probate notice

Photographs of the grave of Mary Seacole and the inscription. Notice which appeared in a newspaper of the probate of the will of Mary Seacole in 1881. Mary Seacole's Grave



August, 2012, 1817 Almanac [M]

Names that were torn on the 1817 Almanac for various parishes have been made searchable based on other Almanacs.


ITEMS FREE FOR ALL, August, 2012 [F]

Photographs of plaques in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica


New Obituaries





May 7, 2012

A section has been added to the Dissenter Marriages on the Parish Register Films List. It contains corrections and comments on the list of images of these films available online, with instructions on how to match them up with volume numbers on the microfilms. [F]



May 7, 2012

Names that were torn on the 1821 Almanac for various parishes have been inserted (with a ? question mark) based on 1820 and 1822 Almanacs.

Corrections have been made to some Almanac entries 1796 to 1845 due to their misinterpretation of handwriting in the original Tax Returns. Names affected were: Strachan, Outon, James (recorded as Innes in 1840) and some middle initials of other persons.



April 11, 2012

Correction to misinterpretation of handwriting in the name Moreau de Lassy, St. Andre des arts, in Roman Catholic burials [M]



March 17, 2012

Revised Higgin to Hines: Added descendants of William Hine; removed Isaac Higgin. [M]




ITEMS FREE FOR ALL, January 21, 2012 [F]

28 new Photographs


13 new Obituaries


Deaths, Births, and Marriages of Jamaicans reported in Newspapers in Australia and New Zealand.



ITEMS FOR MEMBERS ONLY, January 21, 2012 [M]


January 21, 2012, Methodist Baptisms [M]

Transcriptions of Methodist Baptisms in the Spanish Town area 1866 to 1874.

Images of pages from the register of Methodist Baptisms in the Spanish Town area 1875 to 1881 for you to browse.




January 21, 2012, Cornwall Chronicle [M]

Transcriptions of February 7, 1789

Transcriptions of February to March 1789.




January 21, 2012, Family Genealogy Reports and Wills[M]


Virgo and Dunn families, with connections to Pinnock, Scarlett, Gallimore and Brooks. Includes photographs of tombs.


Family reports for Gallimore, Wisdom, Highatt, Scarlett, Dunn, and Grey families.


Families of John and Robert Simmons, including photographs.


Descendants of Mary Hyde, who married Halstead, Emily, and Baillie. Includes Will and list of Deeds.


Five James wills - Richard (2) Dennis, Thomas and Frances.


January 21, 2012, Other Original Documents - Letters [M]


Letter from Robert Hunter, Governor of Jamaica, 1732, concerning the progress of the first Maroon War.


Early Campbell letters 1747-1757 transcribed from papers in Archives in Scotland [with links to letters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6]


Letters from the Letter Book of Herbert Jarrett James concerning Weeks annuity and Rose Hall and Palmyra




January 21, 2012, Other Documents [M]

Portrait and biography of Nathaniel Neilson (1760-1834).


Report of Slave Compensation paid to land owners in St. Thomas in the East in 1838.





March 19, 2011, 1755 and 1804 Maps and Gazetteers

Thousands of names of properties, most of which were the names of the owners, have been extracted from maps for 1755 and 1804 and keyed to coordinates on the maps so that they can be located. Created and provided to this site by Antony Maitland. For full directions and links, please go to Jamaica 1755 and 1804 Gazetteers [M].






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