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Civil Registration started in 1878 though in isolated districts, it started as much as five years later. Each parish was assigned a letter by the Registrar General, omitting J. Parishes are subdivided into registration districts. Districts continue to be added as the population grows. | Civil Registration started in 1878 though in isolated districts, it started as much as five years later. Each parish was assigned a letter by the Registrar General, omitting J. Parishes are subdivided into registration districts. Districts continue to be added as the population grows. | ||
Civil records were filmed | Civil records were filmed by parishes (see [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Jamaica_Jurisdictions Jamaica jurisdictions page]). To start, choose Civil Registration Indexes. Check the index, then the actual record. The actual record can be found in the catalog under Jamaica/Civil Registration, listed by parish. | ||
Districts | Districts are identified at the beginning of each film. Be sure to identify the correct district. Looking at actual records one will find individual certificates. | ||
Civilly registered vital record certificates | Civilly registered vital record certificates are identified by two separately stamped character groups that together comprise the civil registration number. Civil registration numbers are alphanumeric codes, for instance: KAC8538. The first part is a two- OR three-character alphabetic code, often stamped in an oval border, where the first character represents the parish and the second (and third) represent the district. The second part of the number is a sequentially assigned one- to five-digit registration number. FamilySearch indexing project examples misidentified the numeric part of the civil registration number on certificates as "page numbers" for some projects, resulting in faulty arbitration and meaningless pagination in some of its indices; sequential page numbers were written on some slip bundles in the upper right-hand corner, but not in all parishes and not by all parish clerks. | ||
Occasionally record slips will be found with both handwritten and stamped numbers. It appears that these records are reproductions or reconstructions from lost records. In such cases the handwritten rather than the stamped number probably represents the correct registration number. | Occasionally record slips will be found with both handwritten and stamped numbers. It appears that these records are reproductions or reconstructions from lost records. In such cases the handwritten rather than the stamped number probably represents the correct registration number. | ||