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Civil registration commenced in 1878. Birth, marriage and death records for 1878-1920 are available through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints' Family History Centres in Australia.
ONLINE
National Library of Jamaica: online catalogue of Jamaican records
http://www.nlj.org.jm
NATCAT a database with over 13,400 records on Jamaican material dating back to the 16th century
Jamaican Family Search
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/
The is a pay per view website. The Library does not have a subscription. 'The site contains transcriptions from various documents including nineteenth century Jamaica Almanacs (which list property owners and civil and military officials), Jamaica Directories for 1878, 1891 and 1910, extractions from Jamaican Church records, Civil Registration, Wills, Jewish records, and excerpts from newspapers, books, and other documents. There is information on immigration and on slavery. Here you will come across people from all walks of life: large landowners and paupers, slave and free, knights, gentlemen, laborers, seamen, soldiers, lawmakers and lawbreakers.'
BOOKS
Jamaican records: a two part guide to genealogical & historical research using repositories in Jamaica & England
G 972.92 P833J
Jews of Jamaica: tombstone inscriptions, 1663-1880
G 972.92004924 B264J
CD-ROMs
Genealogy of Jamaica [electronic resource]: an aid to research on Jamaican families, 3rd ed., Donald Lindo, Jamaica.
48 hours notice required (during the week) for this CD-ROM to be loaded. Note that the CD-ROM may not be compatible with the Library's computer system (TSD will ring and advise patron if it cannot be loaded)
SF 972.92 G28L
MICROFICHE/MICROFILM
Monumental inscriptions of Jamaica
GMF 183 / BOX 1
Abstracts of Jamaica wills, 1625-1792
GM 156
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