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*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Jamaica under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | *[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Jamaica under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Jamaica== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Jamaica, see [[Jamaica Finding Town of Origin|'''Jamaica Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Jamaica Emigration and Immigration== | |||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | |||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | |||
===Immigration to Jamaica=== | ===Immigration to Jamaica=== | ||
==== German Immigrants ==== | ==== German Immigrants ==== | ||