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==Archives== | ==Archives== | ||
'''The National Archives'''<br>Kew, Richmond<br>Surrey TW9 4DU<br>England<br>Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444<br>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/contact/contactform.asp?id=9 Contact form]<br>Internet: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ UK National Archives] | '''The National Archives'''<br>Kew, Richmond<br>Surrey TW9 4DU<br>England<br>Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444<br>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/contact/contactform.asp?id=9 Contact form]<br>Internet: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ UK National Archives] | ||
{{Block indent|Records for Jamaica include: Colonial Office correspondence, sessional papers, various slave marriages, 1821-1825, Inhabitants of Port Royal and St. John's 1680, St. Andres' parish: Landholders 1754, return of land grants, 1735-1754, return of land grants, 1805-1824. Micellaneous recors of slave returns, list of convicts, and workhouse returns.}} | |||
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'''British Library at St. Pancras'''<br>96 Euston Road<br>London NW1 2DB<br>England<br> [http://www.bl.uk www.bl.uk] | '''British Library at St. Pancras'''<br>96 Euston Road<br>London NW1 2DB<br>England<br> [http://www.bl.uk www.bl.uk] | ||
{{Block indent|Collection includes: ''A Collection of all the Monumental Inscriptions Prior to 1750 in Barbados, also Similar Inscriptions in Jamaica'' by J H Lawrence-Archver 1857-58; 312 Abstracts of WIlls of English Colonists or Landholders with Jamican Connexions, Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1625-1792 by Mrs V T C Smith.}} | |||
==Museums== | ==Museums== | ||
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Email: [mailto:museums@institituteofjamaica.org.jm museums@institituteofjamaica.org.jm]<br> | Email: [mailto:museums@institituteofjamaica.org.jm museums@institituteofjamaica.org.jm]<br> | ||
[https://museums-ioj.org.jm/ Website]<br> | [https://museums-ioj.org.jm/ Website]<br> | ||
{{Block indent|Provides historical background on the island.<br>}} | |||
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Archives[edit | edit source]
The National Archives
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
England
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Contact form
Internet: UK National Archives
Libraries[edit | edit source]
British Library at St. Pancras
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
England
www.bl.uk
Museums[edit | edit source]
National Museum of Jamaica
Museums of History and Ethnography
Institute of Jamaica
10-16 schwimmbecken aufblasbar East street
Kingston CSO
Jamaica
West Indies
Telephone: 1-876-922-0621/6
Email: museums@institituteofjamaica.org.jm
Website
Record Offices[edit | edit source]
Registrar General's Department
Email: genealogy@rgd.gov.jm
Genealogical requests are accepted for a fee
Genealogical Research Application Form.
Misc[edit | edit source]
World Jewish Conference provides a history of Jews in Jamaica.
Address:
Email:
Website: World Jewish Congress
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