Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library

PLAN OF THIS WEBSITE

HOME PAGE

This page contains and Introduction, and a Summary of contents and links to lead and other pages. Pages are sorted by category. Home

The rest of the site is divided among 3 directories:

I. The Samples Directory
II. The Members Directory
III. Images and photographs
Each of these three Directories has its own General Lead Page.

IV. Each Main Topic or Book on this site is also accessed through its own detailed Lead Page.


I. THE SAMPLES DIRECTORY

The purpose of the pages in the Samples Directory is threefold:

A. To provide "Utility Pages" to help readers negotiate their way through the site:

  1. show them "Where do I begin?" if they are new to research
  2. provide a Historical Background of Jamaica
  3. provide a Glossary or dictionary of terms used on the site
  4. provide an explanation of the Occupations referred to on the site
  5. provide a Bibliography of sources used for the site
  6. Help. Frequently Asked Questions. (FAQs)
  7. List of films made of early Jamaican Parish Registers
  8. Where to do research in Jamaica

B. To provide Explanatory Pages on how to use certain pages on the site:

Instructions on how to read other pages is found in the body of the "Lead Page" on that topic. See Lead Pages below.

C. To provide most of the "Lead Pages," as well as introductory pages on a variety of topics concerning Jamaica and the type of material found on this site.

FOR DETAILS AND ACCESS TO THESE PAGES, GO TO SAMPLES

 


II. THE MEMBERS' DIRECTORY

About 85% of the documents and pages on this site are in this Directory

Directories and official lists of people are sorted in date order.

For details on the contents of this directory, and links to pages, go to Members.


III. IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS

Images maps and drawings of early Jamaica, and photographs of modern Jamaica.



IV. LEAD PAGES

These pages should always be consulted. They provide additional information, often including instructions on how to read each page in the Directory, and where to get more information on the topic.

Jamaica Almanacs - lead page.

1670 Landowners - lead page

1878 Directory - lead page

1891 Directory - lead page

1910 Directory - lead page.

Other Lists of Landowners and other People - lead page

1754 Landowners - lead page.

Immigration - lead page

Registers and Wills - lead page.

Roman Catholic registers - lead page.

Jewish births, marriages and deaths - lead page

Methodist baptisms - lead page

Moravians - lead page

Slaves and Slavery - lead page

Monumental Inscriptions - lead page

Feurtado's Official and Other Personages - Introduction and lead page.

Malabre manuscript lead page

Who's Who lead page

Caribbeana lead page.

Handbooks - lead page

Newspapers - lead page

Gleaners - lead page

Royal Gazettes lead page.

Falmouth Post newspaper - lead page

Jamaica Witness newspaper lead page

Frederick Duquesnay articles

Other original articles and documents - lead page

Insurance Maps of Kingston 1894 - lead page

Military - lead page

Members - lead page.

Jamaicans found in foreign records, including Jamaicans in newspapers published in Australia and New Zealand.

Burke Pedigrees lead page


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Home

Plan of this website

Help - Frequently Asked Questions

Jamaica Almanacs Slave-owners, Civil & Military officers, Magistrates etc.

Items in the Samples Directory

Items in the Members Directory

Transcriptions from Registers and Wills (Church of England, Dissenters, Civil Registration)

Jamaican Roman Catholic Church Registers - transcriptions

Jamaican Methodist Baptisms - transcriptions

Jewish births marriages deaths - transcriptions

Slaves and slavery in Jamaica

Photographs, maps, prints, etc.