Anybody know anything about Jamaican genealogy?

[liverpool annie]

http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/

Annie 

[liverpool annie]

I came across this .... the same John Salmon you found .... but I didn't note the resource - I'll have to go back and find it !! 

John Salmon and his wife Emily Margaret Senior according to their son's marriage certificate John was a Sugar Planter. Edward Vidal Salmon was born 1854 at St Elizabeth - not known when they left Jamaica, but Edward married 31.10.1892 Winton Queensland Australia, Ida Emily Tompson Bode, they had at least 2 sons, Jack and Dudley

 

[goggy]

'Ere,'Ere,Ere!
Let's not forget that there are a few Salomon/Salmon's in  Ireland.The Frenchified mob were probably in disguise!
That should do your head in Kev?
                  ;DGoggy.

[Kevwood]

Thanks Cas, tried it and nothing

Annie, been to that site and considering subscribing, hoping that maybe someone has and can let me know if its worth it.
Thanks for your help


Goggy, pack that in!! can you imagine the accent on an irish, jamaican frenchman!!


Kev.

[Suffolk Mawther]

In the latest series of Who Do You Think You Are from BBC TV - the British/Welsh athlete Colin Jackson traces his family history in Jamaica.

There are several references to sources and research places, I think the main Record office for Jamaica was The Islands RO.

You may be able to find more on the web site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/

Best wishes,
SM ...

[Kevwood]

Thanks SM

I watched that one and thought it was very good.

I am trying to convince the wife to come on a trip to Jamaica so i can have a look in the records office, it seems to be harder than i thought it would be!!

Kev.

[DCS]

While we are on about Jamaican genealogy, has anyone seen anything about the Channer family - George Channer I think it was - who had a plantation in Black River Jamaica in about 1807 when he married a Mary Weller.

[ShaunJ]

It's well worth paying $8 (US) for a one month subscription to http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/ They have masses of useful stuff - BMD's, directories, newspapers, inscriptions etc. I just did a search on that site for Salmon and came up with hits in 260 separate document databases (only 10 for Channer though).

Don't be put off by the slightly cumbersome subscription process - it is a good service.

I just got this email from Patricia on the latest updates to the site:


"New pages have been added at jamaicanfamilysearch.com.
 
1.  The List of Proprietors and Properties from the 1821 Almanac.  This continues the "filling in" process of putting all these lists online.
 
2.  Inventories and Appraisals of the personal estate and rights of selected deceased individuals for 1747-1879.  Inventories include the names of the deceased, their administrators or executors, the appraisers, and the names of hundreds of slaves and of persons who were indebted to the deceased for goods purchased, services rendered, or  notes issued.
 
3.  Roman Catholic burials 1814-1818 in Kingston.  This completes a gap in the transcriptions from Volume 4 (which contained nearly 600 pages).
 
4.  The wills of 7 individuals who lived in Jamaica, from wills in the National Archives in England. They include Duncan Campbell and Alexander McCallum.
 
5.  Excerpts from letters written by Duncan Campbell 1766 to 1797.
 
6.  A photograph of the memorial in the Lucea churchyard to the children of Alexander McCallum"

[Janice M]

Not sure if this site can help or not, but thought it was worth listing.

National Library of Jamaica

http://www.nlj.org.jm/docs/Natis.htm

Here is a link that lists different book sources.
http://users.pullman.com/mitchelm/sources.htm

This link shows other interests in your line.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/jamaica/

My niece's husband has an interest in Jamaica, through his Turner line.

Janice