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| Guide to '''Jersey ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | | Guide to '''Jersey ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. |
| ==Country Information== | | ==Country Information== |
| '''Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain''': The '''island of Jersey''' is a British Crown dependency off the coast of '''Normandy''', [[France Genealogy|France]].
| | 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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| 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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| 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.
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| The capital is '''St. Helier'''. The population of Jersey at the 2011 Census was 97,857.
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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. | |
| ==Getting Started == | | ==Getting Started == |
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| 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. | | 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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| | 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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| 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: | | 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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| *[[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 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 Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]]
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| *[[Jersey Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Jersey Names, Personal|Names Personal]]
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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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