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Updated 29 July, 2008

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 Transcripts

Locations referred to on this page:
Cayman Islands, Jamaica

 INDEX OF DISSENTER BIRTHS

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

 

 IMMIGRATION

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

 

 INDEX OF DEATHS

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 1
	Oct. 1878 - Sept. 1879		1563504 item 2
	Oct. 1879 - Sept. 1880		1563504 item 3
	1880 -1881		1563504 item 4
	1881 - 1882		1563504 item 5
	1882 - 1883		1563504 item 6
	1883 - 1884		1563504 item 7
	1884 - 1885		1563504 item 8
A - P	1886		1563504 item 9
A - G	1886 - 1887 vol. 1		1563504 item 10
H - P	1886 - 1887 vol. 2		1563512 item 1
A - P	1887 - 1888		1563512 item 2
A -G	1888 - 1889 vol. 2		1563512 item 3
A - P	Oct. - Dec. 1899		1563512 item 4
A - G H - P	1890 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563512 item 5
A - P	1891		1563512 item 6
	1892		1563512 item 7
	1893		1563512 item 8
	1894		1563513 item 1
A - G H - P	1894 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563513 item 2
A - P	1896		1563513 item 3
A - G H - P	1897 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563513 item 4
A - P	1898		1563513 item 5
A - G H - P	1899 vol. 1* vol. 2		1563513 item 6
A - P	1900		1563514 item 1
A - G H - P	1901 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563514 item 2
A - G H _ P	1902 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563514 item 3
A - G H - P	1903 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563514 item 4
A - G H - P	1904 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563514 item 5
A - G H - P	1905 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563514 item 6
A - G	1906 vol. 1		1563514 item 7
H - P	1906 vol. 2		1563533 item 1
A - G H- O *book spine gives date 1908 in error	1907 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563533 item 2
A - G H - O	1808 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563533 item 3-4
A - G H -O	1910 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563533 item 5
A - G H - O	1911 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563533 item 6
A - G H - O	1912 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563553 item 1
A - G H - O	1913 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563553 item 2
A - G H - O	1914 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563553 item 3
A - G H - O	1915 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563553 item 4
A - G H - O; *Kingston book lacks some pages	1916 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563553 item 5
A - G H - O	1917 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563554 item 1
A -G H -O	1918 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563554 item 2
A - G H - O	1919 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563554 item 3
A - G H - O	1920 vol. 1 vol. 2		1563554 item 4
A - G	1921 vol. 1		1855213 item 1
H - O	1921 vol. 2		1855213 item 2
H - O	1922 vol. 2		1855213 item 3
A - G	1922 vol. 1 out of order		1855213 item 4
A - G	1923 vol. 1		1855213 item 5
H - O	vol. 2		1855213 item 6
A - G	1924 vol. 1		1855213 item 7
H - O	vol. 2		1855213 item 8
A - G	1925 vol. 1		1855213 item 9
H - O	vol. 2		1855213 item 10
A - G	1926 vol. 1		1855218 item 1
H - O	vol. 2		1855218 item 2
A - G	1927 vol. 1		1855218 item 3
H - O	vol. 2		1855218 item 4
A - G	1928 vol. 1; *surname "A" is missing		1855218 item 5
H - O	vol. 2		1855218 item 6
A - G	1929 vol. 1		1855218 item 7
H - O	vol. 2		1855218 item 8
A - O	1930 vol. 2; *vol. 1 is missing		1855218 item 10

 

 MARRIAGES

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 1
Brides A -O; vol. 1 H -O; vol. 2	1880 -1886		1563437 item 1
A - P; vol. 1 H - P; vol. 2	Oct. 1880 - Sept. 1888		1563437 item 2
A - P	Oct. 1888 - Sept. 1889		1563437 item 3
A - P	Oct. - Dec. 1889		1563437 item 4
A - P	1891		1563437 item 5
A - P	1892		1563437 item 6
A - F	1893		1563437 item 7
G - P	1893		1563463 item 1
A - P	1894		1563463 item 2
Names of parties A	1895		1563463 item 3
A - H, vol. 1 I - P, vol. 2	1895		1563463 item 4
A - P	1896		1563463 item 5
A - H, vol. 1 I - P, vol. 2	1897		1563463 item 6
A - P	1898		1563463 item 7
A - P	1899, *some pages missing from front of book		1563463 item 8
A - G, vol. 1 H - P, vol. 2	1900		1563463 item 9
A - G, vol. 1 I - P, vol. 2	1901		1563463 item 10
A - G, vol. 1 I - P, vol. 2	1902		1563463 item 11
Bridegrooms A -G, vol. 1 H - P vol. 2	1880 - 1886		1563486 item 1
A - P	Oct. 1886 - Sept. 1888		1563486 item 2
A - P	Oct. 1888 - Sept. 1889		1563486 item 3
A - P	Oct. - Dec. 1889		1563486 item 4
A -P	1890 - 1894		1563486 items 5 - 9
A -P	1895 - 1902		1563456
Names of parties A - G, vol. 1 H - P, vol. 2	1903 - 1904		1563487 item 1
A - G, vol. 1 H - O, vol. 2	1905 - 1906		1563487 item 2
A - F, vol. 1 G - O, vol. 2	1907 - 1908		1563487 item 3
A - G. vol. 1 H - O, vol. 2	1908 - 1910		1563487 item 4
A - G, vol. 1 H - O, vol. 2	1911 - 1912		1563487 item 5
A - G, vol. 1 H - O, vol. 2	1915 - 1916		1563487 item 6
A - G, vol. 1 H - O, vol. 2	1917 - 1918		1563487 item 7
A - G, vol. 1 H - O, vol. 2	1919 - 1920		1563505
A - G vol. 1	1921 - 1922		1855263 item 1
H - O, vol. 2	1921 - 1922		1855263 item 2
A - G, vol. 1	1923 - 1924		1855263 item 3
H - O, vol. 2	1923 - 1924		1855263 item 4
H - O, vol. 2	1925 - 1926, vol. 1 missing		1855263 item 5
A - G, vol. 1	1927 - 1928		1855263 item 6
H - O, vol. 2	1927 - 1928		1855263 item 7
H - O, vol. 2	1929 - 1930, vol. l missing		1855263 item 8

 

 CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Diocese of Jamaica, Registrar

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.

Parish Histories:

• 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 - 1871	Latin America	1291761
Burial Index, vol. 1 - 4	1722 - 1871		1291762
Baptisms vol. 1 - 2 Marriages vol. 1	1722 - 1825		1291763
Burials vol. 1- 2 (=Vol.6) Baptisms, Marr. Burials Vol. 1 (=Vol. 6)	1722 - 1825 1851 - 1859		1291764
vol. 2 - 3 vol. 4	1837 - 1843 1842 - 1848		1291765
vol. 5 vol. 7	1846 - 1851 1858 - 1871		1291766
vol. 8 *includes baptisms for Vere	1867 - 1871 1866 - 1868		1291767
Port Royal Parish, *[titleboard on film incorrect] Baptism, marr, burial index vol. 1 - 2	1728 - 1868		1291768
vols. 1, 2	1725 - 1868		1291769
St. Andrew Parish Bapt. mar. by. index. vol. 1 - 3 vol. 1	1664 - 1870 1664 - 1807		1291698
vol. 2	1807 - 1826		1291699
St. Thomas parish Bap. mar, by. index vol. 1 - 3 vol. 1	1708 - 1871 1708 - 1817		1291700
vol. 2 - 3	1817 - 1841		1291701
Portland parish Bap. mar. by. index vol. 1	1807 - 1871 1804 - 1825		1291709
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 - 1871		1291723
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 - 1842		1291702
Metcalf parish Baptisms, marriages by Index vol. 1	1843 - 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 - 1826		1291703
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 - 1825		1291704
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 - 1836		1224313
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 - 1869		1224314
Marriage index vol. 6 Burial index vol. 6 Bap. mar. by. vol. 1 - 2	1845 - 1863 1851 - 1863 1707 - 1825		1368561
Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 3-4	1835 - 1859		1223998
Baptism vol. 5 Bap. mar. by. vol. 6	1845 - 1859 1860 - 1871		1223999
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 - 1825		1224000
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 - 1825		1224327
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 - 1825		1224328
Trelawny parish Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 2 Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1 { includes St. James Parish 1770 - 1774}	1771 - 1870   1791 - 1839		1291671
St. David parish Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 Bap. mar. by vol. 1	1794 - 1860 1794 - 1845		1291672
St. Dorothy parish Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 Index vol. 2 Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1	1693 - 1849   1839 - 1867 1693 - 1826		1291673
St. George parish Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 2 Baptisms vol. 1	1806 - 1865   1836 - 1866   1806 - 1840		1291674
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 - 1825		1291675
Vere parish Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1 - 3 Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1 (*see Kingston for baptisms, 1866 - 1868)	1707 - 1869   1694 - 1825		1291677
St. Thomas in the Vale parish Baptisms, marriages, burials Index vol. 1-2 Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1	1816 - 1869   1816 - 1826		1291678
Parish Registers - New Series Clarendon, St. Andrew, Metcalf, St. George: Baptisms, marriages, burials vol. 1	1848 - 1861		1291753
St. Mary, St. Catherine, Hanover, St. Ann,  St. John: vol. 2	1848 - 1860		1291754
St. John, Trelawny, St. James, Manchester, Westmoreland, St. Dorothy, St. Thomas in the East: vol. 3	1849 - 1854		1291755
St. Thomas in the Vale, Manchester, St.Ann, Westmoreland, Portland, St. Dorothy: vol. 4	1850 - 1859		1291756
St. Andrew, St. George, Hanover, Trelawny, Westmoreland, St. Dorothy: vol. 5 Clarendon, St, Thomas in the East, St. David, Vere: vol. 6	1849 - 1862           1851 - 1859		1291756
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 1291760
Parish 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 - 1871		1291710           1291711 1291712   1291713 1291714 1291715 1291716 1291717 1291718 1291719 1291720 1291721 1291726
Law 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 1291722
Marriage 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   1291730
Law 6 Registers Marriage index vol. 1 Marriage vol. 1 vol. 2 - 3 vol. 4	1871 - 1879 1871 - 1876 1871 - 1878		1291725   1291739
Parish 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   1291734
Law 6 Registers Burial Index vol. 1 vol. 1 vol. 2a-2b	1871 - 1877 1871 - 1847 1873 - 1880		1291741   1291742
Parish 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 copy	1870 - 1880		1291751 item 2   1389221
Back 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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