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*Also see External links and Historical books online, below.
*Also see [[General Register Office]] [United Kingdom] for general information about birth, marriage and death records for British nationals abroad.
*FamilySearch, a free website, contains transcribed records relating to the Caribbean, and in addition many images. From the list of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list Historical Record Collections], use the filters on the left hand side of the webpage to select "Caribbean and Central America". Note there are some overall Caribbean databases, and also specific country databases. There may be additional databases found by [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ Searching the Catalog]. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Records/ Search page], first click on Browse Places, then click on the map for the Caribbean/West Indies area, and select a country. However, check that the overall Caribbean databases are also included through the specific country pages.:Historical Images, reached from FamilySearch/Search/Images is an alternative way of accessing records available as images on your home computer, but will not access databases only available as transcribed indexes, or records which are only available at Family History Centres, or FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries. :Also see External records below for the FamilySearch Wiki page.
: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.
:Note, you must be signed in to FamilySearch to view the records.
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