Hello,

It would be very useful to fellow researchers if a list was compiled
of where the most useful genealogical tools for West Indian research
could be found.

I am willing to compile this list for researchers of Jamaican
genealogy - would anybody be interested in doing similar for other
West Indian areas?

If you are able, please add to the following list and return it to me.

Thank you.

Sally


Where to find Jamaican Genealogical Information.
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Church of the Latter Day Saints: Microfilmed Parish Records and Books 

Location: UK
a)Hyde Park  Family History Centre, 64-68 Exhibition Road, London. SW7
2PA. (Tel: 0171 589 8561) [plus other regional centres]

Location: Jamaica
a) Family History Centre, St Andrew, 46 Gore Terrace, Kingston
10,  Jamaica. (Tel: 809-922-0620).

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Six volumes of  "CARIBBEANA" by Vere Langford Oliver (published in
1909 by  Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke). The LDS have microfilmed Vols
1-3 and Vol 5. 

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 
c) British Library, London (Tel: 0171 636 1544) 

Location: USA

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"Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies" by Vere Oliver Langford

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

Location: USA

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"Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica" by Philip Wright

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

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"In Old St James" by Joseph Shore, 1911

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

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 "Official and Other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790" by
Walter A. Fuertado

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). ?
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel: 809-922-0620).

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Who's Who (from 1916)

Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel 809-922-0620).

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"Historic Account of Jamaican Freemasonry" by F.W. Seal Coon, 1976

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

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"Directory of Emigrant Scots" by Dobson (USA shelves)

Location: UK
Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 

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 "Dictionary of Place Names in Jamaica" by Temple Hall

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 

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Almanacks, Directories and Handbooks

Location: UK
a) Society of Genalogists,  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road,
London. EC1M 7BA (Tel: 0171 251 8799). 
b) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

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Old Photographs

Location: UK
a) Royal Commonwealth Library, Cambridge University, Cambridge
(Tel: 01223 333198) 

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Newspapers

Location: UK
a) Collindale Newspaper Library, London

Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel 809-922-0620).

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Maps

Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London. (Tel: 0181 876 3444)

Location: Jamaica
a) National Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East
Street, Kingston, Jamaica. (Tel: 809-922-0620).

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Original Documentation: Lists of indentured servants

Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London (Tel: 0181 876 3444)

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Original Documentation: Slave returns

Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London (Tel: 0181 876 3444)

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Original Documentation: Colonial Correspondence

Location: UK
a) Public Records Office, Kew, London (Tel: 0181 876 3444)

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