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:FamilySearch microfilms include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/785731 Wills, 1756-1930 Jamaica. Supreme Court] and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AJamaica%20%2Bkeywords%3ARegistrar%20%2Bkeywords%3AGeneral records using keywords Jamaica. Registrar General], most of which seem to be available on home computers. There may be additional microfilms. See the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for information about microfilms and digitised microfilms.
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* Digitised records from the [https://eap.bl.uk Endangered Archives Programme] at the [[British Library]], London. Click on the map for items in the West India region. Note the digitised images are in TIFF format. If you cannot see the images you will need to download a plug-in, see [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books - Digital Library of India]] for suggestionswhich reads this format. Includes
**[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP148 Inventory of archival holdings in Jamaica (EAP148)] Includes
***[https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP148-2 Angela Reid Collection (Birth, Baptismal, and Death Registers) [1795-1965<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica records
***[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1013 Digitisation of Wills, Deed Books and Powers of Attorney for St Vincent, 1785-1865 (EAP1013)]. Related completed digitised projects are [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP345 EAP345], which includes one Book of Wills, and [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP688 EAP688] Deed Books.
***[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1251 Digitisation of the Historic Newspaper, The Barbadian (EAP1251)] (1822-1863) from Barbados.
*[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records Findmypast: Search A-Z of record sets] (located as an option under the Search tab). [[Findmypast]] is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Findmypast indicates that at least some of the Barbados records are sourced via the International Genealogical Index<ref>[https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-febraury-2629656939.html Findmypast Friday February 22nd [2019<nowiki>]</nowiki>].</ref> (from [[FamilySearch]]), although the databases themselves do not give this information. Some of the Jamaica databases are stated to be created through the International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) and it is possible that others (perhaps all) also come from FamilySearch. Depending where you live, these records will generally require what was previously called a findmypast World subscription, now called a Pro subscription, (however FamilySearch records are free on FamilySearch, see above).*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/cardcatalog.aspx Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases] (located as an option under the Search tab). Ancestry is a pay website. Use Search terms such as Caribbean, or individual island names such as Barbados, or Jamaica. Includes databases from the books ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857'' by David Dobson 1998 (there was subsequently a Volume 2 published in 2006, which appears '''not''' to be included in the Ancestry database, which is located in "Immigration & Emigration") and ''The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Caribbean Supplement 1611-1707'' by David Dobson 1999(located in "Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference"). See [[Scotland]] for some background about the Scottish diaspora.
*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk Kabristan Archives -Ireland -Ceylon -India Genealogy] Includes a Search, with a partial transcription of records. Search for free, then pay for a full record. Includes one database relating to Jamaica “Moravian Graveyards India and Jamaica 1755-1971” located under India & Nepal. Moravian missionaries were the first large-scale Protestant missionary movement.
