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:[https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591 ''The Royal Register and Jamaica Almanac, for the year 1810''] including [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n149/mode/2up "Jamaica"] page 134 and [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_royal-register-jamaica_octavo-6805-17591/page/n153/mode/2up "Jamaica Lists"] page 136. Archive.org
:[https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcscd.00411437553/?sp=9 ''Jamaica Almanac for the year 1846''] Ninth year of publication. Compiled by William Cathcart. Library of Congress loc.gov. [https://archive.org/details/jamaica-almanack-1846/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%22Handbook+of+Jamaica%22&sort=date ''The Handbook of Jamaica'' at Archive.org] broken range of editions from 1881 to 19201937. Archive.org. One of the editions catalogued 1908 is in fact 1903.
: Other sources: 1791, 1795 and 1798 editions are available on the library subscription website "Eighteenth century collections online". 1825 edition is believed to be on the Gale library subscription database "The Making of the Modern World". See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]].
*''The Grenada Handbook, Directory and Almanac''. [https://archive.org/details/grenadahandbook00unkngoog/page/n5/mode/2up 1897] compiled by Edward Drayton, Colonial Secretary. 1897. Second Year of Issue. [https://archive.org/details/grenadahandbook01unkngoog 1902] compiled by The Colonial Secretary. Seventh year of issue. Archive.org.
::Cambridge University holds (according to Library Hub Discover) 1898,1905-1906,1913-1916,1919-1920,1923-1930,1933-1936,1938,1940,1945-1947,1949-1950 and later editions. Yearbooks of 1926 to 1941 include a section on Barbados. Publication ended in 1969 with the 102nd issue.
:''The Creole Almanack for Trinidad and Tobago'' for the four years 1891-1894 is available on the library subscription website "Nineteenth century collections online"/Maps and Travel Literature. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]], section Caribbean publications. Also available at the British Library.
*[https://cdm16964.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dc Collection: Government Publications from National Library of Jamaica] on oclc.org . Consists of 4 editions of ''Blue Book'', ''Jamaica'' for 1852, 1853, 1866, 1867. (Mirror versions are available Archive.org, see next item).:''Blue Book. Island of Jamaica''. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Jamaica%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book+Island+of+Jamaica%22%29&sort=date ''Blue Book Island of Jamaica'' at Archive.org] Multiple volumes 18701852-1945;
: Google Books editions:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KRNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1870], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cAFOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1871], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9RJOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1873], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1896-97], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XxNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 1907-1908], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6_dRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1914-1915], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-1917], [https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=CWE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1916-1917 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LfhRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1917-1918], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=T_NRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1919-1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0hw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1920], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7vJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1920 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6Rw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1921], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FvZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1921 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DR0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 1922], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kvNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1922 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nfZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1923], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=m_VRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1924], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wvVRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA27 1925], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KvdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1926], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6fVRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1927], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BO9RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1928], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1929], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ePdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1930], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_fFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1932], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pPFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1933], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hfNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1934], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YvFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1935], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=evJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1936], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MvNRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1937], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=z_FRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1938], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2fJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1945]. All Google Books.
:Based on [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n5/mode/2up 1873 Archive.org] as an example: Each section is allocated a letter, and is '''separately numbered'''. For many sections, the details continue across two pages, '''however the two pages may not display side by side''', and it may be easier to use the single page viewing option. [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n7/mode/2up Contents]; Section L [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n119/mode/2up "Index to the Civil Establishment"] followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n143/mode/2up "Civil Establishment"]. Followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n235/mode/2up "Section M Return of Officers who have given security for the due discharge of their duties"]. Followed by [https://archive.org/details/blue-book-island-of-jamaica-1873/page/n245/mode/2up "Section N Pensions"].
