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Emigration and Immigration

Online Resources

• 1734-1753: White Families and Artificers Introduced into Jamaica by Several Acts of 1734 to 1753 (List 2) at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1749, 1752: White Families and Artificers Introduced into Jamaica by Acts of 1749 and 1752 (List 1) at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1793-1795: Names of French Emigrants or Prisoners Taken to Jamaica 1793-1795 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1793-1794 The Royal Gazette This newspaper had a section "Marine Intelligence", which listed departing and arriving passengers
• 1795: French Families receiving aid from the Government at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1840-1841: Immigrants to Jamaica part 1 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1841: Immigrants to Jamaica part 2 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1841: Immigrants to Jamaica part 3 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• 1865-1894 Gleaner Newspaper excerpts include passengers arriving and departing by ship in Jamaica

American Immigrants

• Judah, George F. Loyalists Who Fled to Jamaica After the American Revolution. MSS. Filmed in 1985: FHL Film 994065 Item 3.

German Immigrants

Between 1834 and 1842 four groups of Germans left for Jamaica.

1. Thirteen families from the Braunschweig area landed in 1834 in Kingston. Their first settlement "Brunswick" failed. They eventually went to Clarendon.

2. In December 1834 506 Germans landed in Port Royal. Some settled in Ballintoy/Alva, St Ann. 3. 532 Germans landed in 1835 in Rio Bueno, Trelawny. Most of them originated from the Weserbergland and Westphalia, 28 came from Waldeck. 251 founded Seaford Town in Westmoreland. Of these settlers 34 died within the next two years, 108 moved on (mostly to the USA) and 119 stayed.

4. 107 settlers arrived in December 1838, originating from Northern Germany, Franken and the Rhön (cultural areas).

The settlers' names are listed in an article written by Adalbert Goertz, published in the periodical GENEALOGIE, Heft 10, Jahrgang 32 (1983), page 704 ff., available through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, call number 943 B2gf