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| | Independent island nation in the Greater Antilles Islands of the West Indies. Jamaica lies south of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. See the CIA ''World Factbook'' at https://[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html] <!--{12059924110932} --> <!--{12059924110933} --> |
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| Guide to '''Jamaica ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| ==Information==
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| Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean whose closest neighbors are [[Cuba Genealogy|Cuba]], [[Haiti Genealogy|Haiti]], and the [[Dominican Republic Genealogy|Dominican Republic]]. It was formerly a colony of [[Spain Genealogy|Spain]] and [[England Genealogy|Great Britain]]. The official language is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jamaica," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica, accessed 28 April 2016.</ref>
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| ==Jamaica Map==
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| [[File:Jamaica,_administrative_divisions_(parishes)_-_en_-_monochrome.png|650px]]
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| == Parishes ==
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| Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Jamaica. Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.
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| Parishes are Jamaica’s fundamental civil administrative unit. Parishes in Jamaica's three counties:
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| ==== Cornwall County ====
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| *[[Hanover Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Hanover Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Elizabeth Parish]]
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| *[[Saint James Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint James Parish]]
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| *[[Trelawney Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Trelawney Parish]]
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| *[[Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Westmoreland Parish]]
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| ==== Middlesex County ====
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| *[[Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Clarendon Parish]]
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| *[[Manchester Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Manchester Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Ann Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica|Saint Catherine Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Mary Parish]]
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| ==== Surrey County ====
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| *[[Kingston Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Kingston Parish]]
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| *[[Portland Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Portland Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Andrew Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Thomas Parish]]
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| ==== Additional Parishes ====
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| *[[Metcalfe Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Metcalfe Parish]]
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| *[[Port Royal Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Port Royal Parish]]
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| *[[Saint David Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint David Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Dorothy Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Dorothy Parish]]
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| *[[Saint George Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint George Parish]]
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| *[[Saint John Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint John Parish]]
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| *[[Saint Thomas ye Vale Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Saint Thomas ye Vale Parish]]
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| *[[Vere Parish, Jamaica Genealogy|Vere Parish]]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Jamaica]] | | [[Category:Jamaica]] |