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Index of Dissenter Births | Immigration | Index of Deaths | Marriages
Church of England | Diocese of Jamaica, Registrar | Parish Histories
Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Burials
Dissenter Marriage Register TranscriptsLocations referred to on this page:
Cayman Islands, Jamaica
Note: Contains an index of Dissenters births in Jamaica. Dissenters did NOT belong to the established Church of England, but were mainly Baptists, Presbyterians, Weslyan-Methodist and Moravian. The records are arranged by first letter of surname, generally the Christian name (but not always, sometimes the name of the mother), of which Parish, then book (liber) and page (folio) original record. The original records - of which this index is a key - do not appear to be available at this time.
Note: 1895 and 1909 missing.
Note: USE A HIGH MAGNIFICATION READER.
Contents Dates Film location area Film # Index of dissenter births 1844 - 1854 Latin America 1563555
Note: list of seamen aboard the ship Isabella Maria bound for Jamaica, No information about locality from which ship sailed nor the date of departure.
Contents Dates Film location area Film # - - US/Canada 1032475
Note: Surname indexes of the death registers for Jamaica, The registrar has assigned each parish a discrete letter code as follows:
A-Kingston; B-St. Andrew; C-St. Thomas; D-Portland; E-St. Catherine; F-St. Mary; G-St. Ann; H-Clarendon; I-Manchester; K-St. Elizabeth; L-Westmoreland; M-Hanover; N-St. James; O-Trelawny; P-Cayman Islands (which were under Jamaican jurisdiction until 1962).
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Contents Dates Film location area Film # A - O 1878 Latin America 1563504
item 1Oct. 1878
- Sept. 18791563504
item 2Oct. 1879
- Sept. 18801563504
item 31880 -1881 1563504
item 41881 - 1882 1563504
item 51882 - 1883 1563504
item 61883 - 1884 1563504
item 71884 - 1885 1563504
item 8A - P 1886 1563504
item 9A - G 1886 - 1887 vol. 1 1563504
item 10H - P 1886 - 1887 vol. 2 1563512
item 1A - P 1887 - 1888 1563512
item 2A -G 1888 - 1889 vol. 2 1563512
item 3A - P Oct. - Dec. 1899 1563512
item 4A - G
H - P1890 vol. 1
vol. 21563512
item 5A - P 1891 1563512
item 61892 1563512
item 71893 1563512
item 81894 1563513
item 1A - G
H - P1894 vol. 1
vol. 21563513
item 2A - P 1896 1563513
item 3A - G
H - P1897 vol. 1
vol. 21563513
item 4A - P 1898 1563513
item 5A - G
H - P1899 vol. 1*
vol. 21563513
item 6A - P 1900 1563514
item 1A - G
H - P1901 vol. 1
vol. 21563514
item 2A - G
H _ P1902 vol. 1
vol. 21563514
item 3A - G
H - P1903 vol. 1
vol. 21563514
item 4A - G
H - P1904 vol. 1
vol. 21563514
item 5A - G
H - P1905 vol. 1
vol. 21563514
item 6A - G 1906 vol. 1 1563514
item 7H - P 1906 vol. 2 1563533
item 1A - G
H- O *book spine gives date 1908 in error1907 vol. 1
vol. 21563533
item 2A - G
H - O1808 vol. 1
vol. 21563533
item 3-4A - G
H -O1910 vol. 1
vol. 21563533
item 5A - G
H - O1911 vol. 1
vol. 21563533
item 6A - G
H - O1912 vol. 1
vol. 21563553
item 1A - G
H - O1913 vol. 1
vol. 21563553
item 2A - G
H - O1914 vol. 1
vol. 21563553
item 3A - G
H - O1915 vol. 1
vol. 21563553
item 4A - G
H - O; *Kingston book lacks some pages1916 vol. 1
vol. 21563553
item 5A - G
H - O1917 vol. 1
vol. 21563554
item 1A -G
H -O1918 vol. 1
vol. 21563554
item 2A - G
H - O1919 vol. 1
vol. 21563554
item 3A - G
H - O1920 vol. 1
vol. 21563554
item 4A - G 1921 vol. 1 1855213
item 1H - O 1921 vol. 2 1855213
item 2H - O 1922 vol. 2 1855213
item 3A - G 1922 vol. 1 out of order 1855213
item 4A - G 1923 vol. 1 1855213
item 5H - O vol. 2 1855213
item 6A - G 1924 vol. 1 1855213
item 7H - O vol. 2 1855213
item 8A - G 1925 vol. 1 1855213
item 9H - O vol. 2 1855213
item 10A - G 1926 vol. 1 1855218
item 1H - O vol. 2 1855218
item 2A - G 1927 vol. 1 1855218
item 3H - O vol. 2 1855218
item 4A - G 1928 vol. 1;
*surname "A" is missing1855218
item 5H - O vol. 2 1855218
item 6A - G 1929 vol. 1 1855218
item 7H - O vol. 2 1855218
item 8A - O 1930 vol. 2;
*vol. 1 is missing1855218
item 10
Note: Same information as above, Church of England (Anglican).
Note: Brides 1890 missing, Parties 1913 - 1914 missing.A-Kingston; B-St. Andrew; C-St. Thomas; D-Portland; E-St. Catherine; F-St. Mary; G-St. Ann; H-Clarendon; I-Manchester; K-St. Elizabeth; L-Westmoreland; M-Hanover; N-St. James; O-Trelawny; P-Cayman Islands
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Contents Dates Film location area Film # Index of marriages 1871 - 1879 Latin America 1389020
item 1Brides
A -O; vol. 1
H -O; vol. 2
1880 -18861563437
item 1A - P; vol. 1
H - P; vol. 2Oct. 1880
- Sept. 18881563437
item 2A - P Oct. 1888
- Sept. 18891563437
item 3A - P Oct. - Dec. 1889 1563437
item 4A - P 1891 1563437
item 5A - P 1892 1563437
item 6A - F 1893 1563437
item 7G - P 1893 1563463
item 1A - P 1894 1563463
item 2Names of parties
A
18951563463
item 3A - H, vol. 1
I - P, vol. 21895 1563463
item 4A - P 1896 1563463
item 5A - H, vol. 1
I - P, vol. 21897 1563463
item 6A - P 1898 1563463
item 7A - P 1899, *some pages missing from front of book 1563463
item 8A - G, vol. 1
H - P, vol. 21900 1563463
item 9A - G, vol. 1
I - P, vol. 21901 1563463
item 10A - G, vol. 1
I - P, vol. 21902 1563463
item 11Bridegrooms
A -G, vol. 1
H - P vol. 2
1880 - 18861563486
item 1A - P Oct. 1886 - Sept. 1888 1563486
item 2A - P Oct. 1888 - Sept. 1889 1563486
item 3A - P Oct. - Dec. 1889 1563486
item 4A -P 1890 - 1894 1563486
items 5 - 9A -P 1895 - 1902 1563456 Names of parties
A - G, vol. 1
H - P, vol. 2
1903 - 19041563487
item 1A - G, vol. 1
H - O, vol. 21905 - 1906 1563487
item 2A - F, vol. 1
G - O, vol. 21907 - 1908 1563487
item 3A - G. vol. 1
H - O, vol. 21908 - 1910 1563487
item 4A - G, vol. 1
H - O, vol. 21911 - 1912 1563487
item 5A - G, vol. 1
H - O, vol. 21915 - 1916 1563487
item 6A - G, vol. 1
H - O, vol. 21917 - 1918 1563487
item 7A - G, vol. 1
H - O, vol. 21919 - 1920 1563505 A - G vol. 1 1921 - 1922 1855263
item 1H - O, vol. 2 1921 - 1922 1855263
item 2A - G, vol. 1 1923 - 1924 1855263
item 3H - O, vol. 2 1923 - 1924 1855263
item 4H - O, vol. 2 1925 - 1926,
vol. 1 missing1855263
item 5A - G, vol. 1 1927 - 1928 1855263
item 6H - O, vol. 2 1927 - 1928 1855263
item 7H - O, vol. 2 1929 - 1930, vol. l missing 1855263
item 8
Note: In 1824 the Diocese of Jamaica was established. In 1825 the office of the Register of the Diocese was established. Rectors sent copies of existing registers there and sent annual transcripts thereafter. The Parish register transcript recorded baptisms, marriages and burials. Birth and death registers were mandated by law in 1843 and kept for a few years, but the law was widely ignored and was repealed after a few years. Civil registration replaced this system in 1880.
- St. Andrew - original parish
- St. Ann - original parish
- St. Catherine - original parish
- Clarendon - original parish
- St. David - original parish, absorbed by St. Thomas in the East, 1866
- St. Dorothy - Separated from Clarendon, 1675; absorbed by St. Catherine, 1866
- St. Elizabeth - original parish
- St. George - original parish, absorbed by Portland, 1866
- Hanover - Separated from Westmoreland. 1723
- St. James - original parish
- St. John - original parish; absorbed by St. Catherine, 1866
- Kingston - separated from St. Andrew, 1693
- Manchester - created from St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and Vere, 1814
- St. Mary - original parish
- Metcalfe - created from St. George and St. Mary, 1841; absorbed by St. Mary, 1866
- Portland - created from St. George and St. Thomas in the East, 1723
- Port Royal - original parish, portion absorbed by Kingston and the rest by St. Andrew, 1866
- St. Thomas in the East - original parish, portion absorbed by Portland, 1866
- St. Thomas in the Vale - separated from St. Catherine 1675; reabsorbed by it, 1866
- Trelawny - separated from St. James, 1770
- Vere - separated from Clarendon, 1673; reabsorbed by it , 1886
- Westmoreland - separated from St. Elizabeth 1703
BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, BURIALS
The registers are arranged in five series:
- 1) Copy registers of individual parishes, early ca.1825;
- 2) Parish registers, transcripts compiled by the Diocesan Office. 1826 - 1850, 1860 - 1871;
- 3) Parish registers, new series , 1849 - 1860;
- 4) Law 6 registers, [refer to law 6 passed in 1871];
- 5) Birth and Death registers 1844 - 1851. Entries for parishes are combined in all but the first series.
There are indexes for each parish covering the first three series of registers, a separate but incomplete index for the period 1800 - 1871, and a separate index for Law 6 registers.
Entries for the different events were carried to a succeeding register at different times. Consequently, the inclusive dates of an individual vol. may overlap with another vol. For example the inclusive dates for a vol. may be 1822 - 1844, representing baptisms 1822 - 1833 and marriages 1822 - 1844 and burials 1822 - 1840; and the inclusive dates for the next vol. 1834 - 1855 representing baptisms 1833 - 1855, marriages 1844 - 1855 and burials 1840 - 1855. Volume numbers indicated are the listings of those assigned by the archives.
Contents Dates Film location area Film # Kingston Parish
Baptism Index vol. 1 - 4
Marriage index, vol. 1 - 6
1722 - 1871Latin America 1291761 Burial Index, vol. 1 - 4 1722 - 1871 1291762 Baptisms vol. 1 - 2
Marriages vol. 11722 - 1825 1291763 Burials vol. 1- 2 (=Vol.6)
Baptisms, Marr. Burials Vol. 1 (=Vol. 6)1722 - 1825
1851 - 18591291764 vol. 2 - 3
vol. 41837 - 1843
1842 - 18481291765 vol. 5
vol. 71846 - 1851
1858 - 18711291766 vol. 8 *includes baptisms for Vere 1867 - 1871
1866 - 18681291767 Port Royal Parish, *[titleboard on film incorrect]
Baptism, marr, burial index vol. 1 - 21728 - 1868
1291768
vols. 1, 2 1725 - 1868 1291769 St. Andrew Parish
Bapt. mar. by. index. vol. 1 - 3
vol. 1
1664 - 1870
1664 - 18071291698 vol. 2 1807 - 1826 1291699 St. Thomas parish
Bap. mar, by. index
vol. 1 - 3
vol. 1
1708 - 1871
1708 - 18171291700 vol. 2 - 3 1817 - 1841 1291701 Portland parish
Bap. mar. by. index
vol. 1
1807 - 1871
1804 - 18251291709 St. Catherine parish
Baptism index vol. 1
Marriage index vol. 1
Burial index vol. 1
Baptisms, marriages
by Index vol. 2
Bap. bur. Index vol. 3
1668 - 1848
1668 - 1850
1671 - 1847
1847 - 1871
1866 - 18711291723 Bap. mar. by. vol. 1 - 2 1699 - 1825 1291724 St. Mary parish
Bap. mar. by. Index
vol. 1 *[vol. 2 missing]
Bap. mar. bur. vol. 1
1752 - 1847
1752 - 18421291702 Metcalf parish
Baptisms, marriages by Index vol. 11843 - 1867 1291676 St. Ann Parish
*vol. 1 missing
Baptisms, marriages by index vol. 2
Baptism index vol. 3
Births vol. 4
Baptisms vol. 4
Marriages vol. 4
Burials vol. 4
1836 - 1868
1860 - 1871
1765 - 1825
1768 - 1826
1768 - 1839
1768 - 18261291703 Clarendon parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 3
Baptisms vol. 1
Marriage vol. 1
Burials vol. 1
1683 - 1869
1666 - 1837
1693 - 1823
1805 - 18251291704 Manchester Parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2
Baptism index vol. 3
Marriage vol. 1
Baptism vol. 1
Burials vol. 1
Baptisms vol. 1
Marriages vol. 1
1816 - 1871
1860 - 1871
1817 - 1825
1816 - 1825
1817 - 1836
1826 - 1836
1826 - 18361224313 St. Elizabeth Parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2
Bap. mar. index vol. 3 [p. 17 -18 of vol. 1 between p. 136 - 137 this vol]
Baptism index vol. 4 - 5
1707 - 1850
1837 - 1871
1851 - 18691224314 Marriage index vol. 6
Burial index vol. 6
Bap. mar. by. vol. 1 - 21845 - 1863
1851 - 1863
1707 - 18251368561 Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 3-4 1835 - 1859 1223998 Baptism vol. 5
Bap. mar. by. vol. 61845 - 1859
1860 - 18711223999 Westmoreland Parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 3
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1
1739 - 1871
1858 - 1871
1739 - 18251224000 Hanover parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2
Baptisms vol. 1
Marriages vol. 1
Burials vol. 1
Baptisms, marriages, burials {slaves}
1725 - 1867
1725 - 1839
1725 - 1825
1725 - 1825
1817 - 18251224327 St. James parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1 {see Trelawny Parish for years 1770 - 1774}
Baptisms vol. 2
Marriages vol. 2
Burials vol. 2
1770 - 1871
1770 - 1809
1810 - 1841
1810 - 1825
1810 - 18251224328 Trelawny parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1 { includes St. James Parish 1770 - 1774}
1771 - 1870
1791 - 18391291671 St. David parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1
Bap. mar. by vol. 1
1794 - 18601794 - 1845
1291672 St. Dorothy parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1
Index vol. 2
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1
1693 - 1849
1839 - 1867
1693 - 18261291673
St. George parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 2
Baptisms vol. 1
1806 - 1865
1836 - 1866
1806 - 18401291674 St. John parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 2
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1
1751 - 1860
1842 - 1866
1751 - 18251291675 Vere parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 3
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1
(*see Kingston for baptisms, 1866 - 1868)
1707 - 1869
1694 - 18251291677 St. Thomas in the Vale parish
Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1-2
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1
1816 - 1869
1816 - 18261291678 Parish Registers - New Series
Clarendon, St. Andrew, Metcalf, St. George:
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1
1848 - 18611291753 St. Mary, St. Catherine, Hanover, St. Ann, St. John:
vol. 21848 - 1860 1291754 St. John, Trelawny, St. James, Manchester, Westmoreland, St. Dorothy, St. Thomas in the East:
vol. 31849 - 1854 1291755 St. Thomas in the Vale, Manchester, St.Ann, Westmoreland, Portland, St. Dorothy:
vol. 41850 - 1859 1291756 St. Andrew, St. George, Hanover, Trelawny, Westmoreland, St. Dorothy:
vol. 5
Clarendon, St, Thomas in the East, St. David, Vere:
vol. 61849 - 1862
1851 - 18591291756 All Parishes
Baptisms
vol. 7, p. 1 - 300
vol. 7 - 8
vol. 8, cont.
vol. 9-10
1852 - 1856
1852 - 1857
1858 - 1860
1856 - 1863
1291758
1291759
1291680
item 1
1291760Parish Registers
Misc. bapt. index
Misc. marr. index
Misc. burial. index
Baptisms
vol. 1 - 2
vol. 3a
vol. 3b
vol. 4 - 7, p.196
vol. 7 - 8, p.167
vol. 8-9
vol. 10
vol. 11 - 12
vol. 13 - 14
vol. 15
vol. 16 - 17
vol. 18 - 19
vol. 20 - 21
1860 - 1869
1860 - 1871
1860 - 1861
1826 - 1834
1835 - 1836
1845 - 1849
1843 - 1845
1840 - 1848
1840 - 1851
1844 - 1849
1846 - 1850
1859 - 1866
1861 - 1867
1863 - 1871
1681 - 1871
1860 - 18711291710
1291711
1291712
1291713
1291714
1291715
1291716
1291717
1291718
1291719
1291720
1291721
1291726Law 6 Registers
Baptism index
vol. 1 - 3
Baptisms
vol. 1
vol. 2 - 3
vol. 4 - 5
vol. 6
1871 - 1877
1870 - 1874
1872 - 1874
1874 - 1877
1876 - 1879
1291705
1291706
1291707
1291708
1291722Marriage Registers
vol. 1 - 2
vol. 3 - 4
vol. 5 - 6
vol. 6a, 6b, 8
1826 - 1839
1838 - 1855;
1840 - 1853
1842 - 1864;
1845 - 1863
1841 - 1871
1291727
1291728
1291729
1291730Law 6 Registers
Marriage index vol. 1
Marriage vol. 1
vol. 2 - 3
vol. 4
1871 - 1879
1871 - 1876
1871 - 1878
1291725
1291739Parish Registers
Burials vol. 1-2
vol. 1. p. 359-370
vol. 3 - 4
vol. 5 - 6
vol. 7 - 8
1829 - 1836;
1836 - 1844
1841 - 1859;
1844 - 1863
1847 - 1849;
1864 - 1871
1860 - 1871
1291731
1291680
item 2
1291732
1291733
1291734Law 6 Registers
Burial Index vol. 1
vol. 1
vol. 2a-2b
1871 - 1877
1871 - 1847
1873 - 1880
1291741
1291742Parish Registers
Births
vol. 1 - 2
vol. 4
Deaths
vol. 1 - 3, p. 137
vol. 3 - 4
1844 - 1846
1847 - 1851
1844 - 1850
1846 - 1854
1291735
1291736
1291737
1291738
Dissenter Marriage Register Transcripts
Note: These registers have their own indexes, which do NOT lead to a specific page. Instead, search for the name and location of the chapel in which the marriage was performed, (provided in earlier indexes). Locality is repeated numerous times in each volume. Later indexes give no help.
Contents Dates Film location Film # Marriage index for
vol. 16-20;
Index for vol. 16-20,
- another copy1870 - 1880 1291751
item 2
1389221Back
vol. 1
vol. 1&2, p. 1 - 164
vol. 1&2 - 4, p. 153
vol. 4 - 7a, p.172
there is no vol. 6
vol. 7a - 9, p. 116
vol. 9 - 11
vol. 12 - 14, p. 35
vol. 14 - 16. P 306
vol. 16 - 18
vol. 19
vol. 20
1818 - 1840
1835 - 1841
1835 - 1843
1841 - 1850
1848 - 1850
1850 - 1853
1861 - 1871
1842 - 1862
1860 - 1871
1854 - 1871
1860 - 1878
1865 - 1879
1867 - 1880
1291743
1291744
1291745
1291746
1291747
1291748
1291749
1291750
1291751
item 1
1291752
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