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For Further Reading

Published Resources

• Grannum, Guy. Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors: A Public Record Office Readers' Guide. 2nd ed. Richmond, Surrey, Eng.: Public Record Office, 2002. FS Library Book 942 D27gg 2002. Information about tracing West Indian (including Jamaican) ancestors in the British National Archives.
• Mitchell, Madeleine E. Jamaican Ancestry: How to Find Out More. Revised ed. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2008. FS Library Book 972.92 D27m.
  
• Porter, Stephen Delgado. Jamaican Records: A Two Part Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research Using Repositories in Jamaica and England. London: S.D. Porter, 1999. FS Library Book 972.92 D27p.