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| ''[[Channel Islands Genealogy|Channel Islands]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' [[Jersey Genealogy|Jersey]] | | {{CountrySidebar |
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| | Guide to '''Jersey, Channel Islands ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
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| | Jersey is a British Crown dependency Europe off the coast of [[France Genealogy|France]]. Together with the Bailiwick of [[Guernsey Genealogy|Guernsey]] it forms the [[Channel Islands Genealogy|Channel Islands]]. The official languages are English and French.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jersey," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey, accessed 27 April 2016.</ref> |
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| [[Image:Jersey flag.png|thumb|right|200px]] '''Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain''': The '''island of Jersey''' is a British Crown dependency off the coast of '''Normandy''', [[France Genealogy|France]].
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| As well as the main island of '''Jersey''', it includes the nearly uninhabited islands of the '''Minquiers''', '''Écréhous''', the '''Pierres de Lecq''' and other rocks and reefs.
| | ==Jersey, Channel Islands Map== |
| | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Jersey. Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.<br> |
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| Historically, the islands have been under the control of Brittany, Normandy and France. The government, the '''Assembly of the States of Jersey''', came into existence in the 16th century but its origins go back to much earlier times.
| | == Parishes == |
| | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Jersey. Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information. |
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| The capital is '''St. Helier'''. The population of Jersey at the 2011 Census was 97,857.
| | As well as the main island of '''Jersey''', it includes the nearly uninhabited islands of the '''Minquiers''', '''Écréhous''', the '''Pierres de Lecq''' and other rocks and reefs. |
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| Together with the Bailiwick of [[Guernsey|Guernsey]] it forms the '''[[Channel Islands Genealogy|Channel Islands]]'''.
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| Jersey is not part of the [[United Kingdom]]. Its membership of the European Union is governed by Protocol 3 of the UK’s Treaty of Accession to the European Community. In general terms, the effect of Protocol 3 is that EU rules on customs matters and quantitative restrictions apply to the Islands, but provisions relating to free movement of persons and services do not.
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| == Getting Started with Jersey Research ==
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| '''Update: Transcripts to most of the parish registers up to 1842 available here: http://jerripediabmd.net/ Now also includes the index to BMD from 1842 - ??.'''<br>
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| '''Update: http://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org/ This site has recently added the Channel Island Family History Society transcripts and most importantly these can now be viewed online currently for a fee of £30 a year. It is the most complete set of vital records for Jersey available. The records are mostly in French.'''
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| '''Please be aware that the early records for the parish of St John are partly missing. The original records were lost and the CIFHS transcript was copied from the original records a few decades ago. However before the original records went missing an early transcript was made in the late 1800s, known as the Messervy Transcript and this can be viewed at Jersey Archive in book form. Hopefully one day this will be digitised or transcribed as it leaves a huge gap in the early records of St John.'''
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| There is census data: both Ancestry and Findmypast have copies of censuses from 1841 to 1911 online. Having said that, the OCR systems that they used to index the censuses do not cope terribly well with the rather unique challenges of Jersey personal and place names, so be prepared to think quite laterally about how you approach name searches.
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| A rather different (and later) form of census exists in Jersey Archive’s online public access catalogue (hereafter the [http://search.jerseyheritage.org/ Jersey OPAC]). The largest document set in it is the 30000-plus identity cards issues by the German occupation forces in 1941 – these have addresses, names and dates of birth. '''Update: the identity cards, often with photos, can now be viewed at http://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org/ as are included in the £30 yearly sign up fee.'''
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| Searching for a name in the Jersey OPAC is a lucky dip exercise – you can’t be sure what you will find. You might find records of a will – and that will have a date when it was enacted, which is a helpful guideline to where to start looking for a death. You might find property transactions, or names entered in school logbooks, or possibly baptisms. Definitely worth a try.
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| There are military records. If you’re looking at Channel Island relatives who served in the First World War, it’s well worth investigating the website of the [http://www.greatwarci.net/ Channel Island Great War Study Group]. Their list is rather more complete than transcripts of what’s in the National Archives simply because Jersey residents served not only with the British armed forces but also with the Canadians and Australians. There were also at least a couple of thousand French nationals who joined up with the French military, but records for them are rather scanty. But it could be worth taking a look at the French government's [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/spip.php?page=sommaire&lang=en Memoire des Hommes] website.
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| If you are looking at other periods (and bear in mind Jersey had a garrison to protect it from the French right up until the 1930s), you may find references to service in Jersey on the military records of Chelsea Pensioners kept on FindMyPast, or on the GRO Regimental Indexes of birth marriage and death.
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| There are scanned copies of Channel Island postal directories that may help to link a name to an address.
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| You may also be fortunate enough to find online family trees. Ancestry host them, as do Genesreunited, and there are also numerous independently-produced web sites. The general rule of thumb is to treat these as a guideline: they may be inaccurate, or they may tell the truth as far the researcher knows it – but not the whole story.
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| == Jurisdictions ==
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| Jersey is divided into twelve parishes. All have access to the sea and are named after the saints to whom their ancient parish churches are dedicated:
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| '''Transcripts to most of the parish registers up to 1842 available here: http://jerripediabmd.net/'''<br> | |
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| *Grouville
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| *Saint Brélade
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| *Saint Clement
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| *Saint Helier
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| *Saint John
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| *Saint Lawrence
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| *Saint Martin
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| *Saint Mary
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| *Saint Ouen
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| *Saint Peter
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| *Saint Saviour
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| *Trinity
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| These parishes are further divided into ''vingtaines'' (or, in the case of St. Ouen, ''cueillettes'').
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| == Research Tools ==
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| *(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
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| *(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)
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| == Featured Content ==
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| *[[Jersey Parish Registers|Parish Registers]]
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| *[[Jersey Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| == Did you know? ==
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| *Until the nineteenth century '''Jèrriais''', a variety of Norman French, was the language of the island, although French was used for official business. Although today Jersey is predominantly English-speaking, Jèrriais survives and there have been efforts to revive the language in schools.
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| *The French writer '''Victor Hugo''' moved to Jersey in 1852 to escape the French government. He and his family lived near '''Le Dicq''' until he was expelled from the island in 1855 and sailed to Guernsey, before eventually returning to France.
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| *The famous actress and socialite '''Lillie Langtry''' (1853-1929) was born at '''St Saviour''' where her father was the Dean. She is buried in St Saviour's churchyard.
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| === Useful Websites ===
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| *[http://www.jerripedia.org/ Jerripedia]
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| *[http://www.jerripediabmd.net/ Jersey family records database]
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| *[http://www.jerseyfamilyhistory.org/ Channel Islands Family History Society]
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| *[http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.jeron.je/archive.html http://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org/]
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| *Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=141.0 RootsChat Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages. (Free)].
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| *[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/ Societe Jersiaise]
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| *[http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/ The States Assembly]
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| == Help Wanted ==
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| In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
| | Jersey is divided into twelve parishes. All have access to the sea and most are named after saints to whom their ancient parish churches are dedicated: |
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| | <li>[[Grouville, Jersey Genealogy|Grouville]] </li> |
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| | <li>[[Saint Brélade, Jersey Genealogy|Saint Brélade]] </li> |
| | | <li>[[Saint Clement, Jersey Genealogy|Saint Clement]] </li> |
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| | <li>[[Saint Martin, Jersey Genealogy|Saint Martin]] </li> |
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| | <li>[[Saint Ouen, Jersey Genealogy|Saint Ouen]] </li> |
| | <li>[[Saint Peter, Jersey Genealogy|Saint Peter]] </li> |
| | <li>[[Saint Saviour, Jersey Genealogy|Saint Saviour]] </li> |
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| *[[Jersey Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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| *[[Jersey Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Jersey Census|Census]]
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| *[[Jersey Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Jersey Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| *[[Jersey Directories|Directories]]
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| *[[Jersey Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Jersey History|History]]
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| *[[Jersey Languages|Languages]]
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| *[[Jersey Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Jersey Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]]
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| *[[Jersey Names, Personal|Names Personal]]
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| *[[Jersey Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| *[[Jersey Occupations|Occupations]]
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| *[[Jersey Parish Registers|Parish Registers]]
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| *[[Jersey Place Names|Place Names]]
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| *[[Jersey Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Jersey Societies|Societies]]
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| *[[Jersey Taxation|Taxation]]
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