Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
I. The Samples Directory
II. The Members Directory
III. Images and photographs
Each of these three Directories has its own General Lead Page.
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:
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
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.
Images maps and drawings of early Jamaica, and photographs of modern Jamaica.
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 page1910 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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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