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From: "Winston Holmes" <>
Subject: Re: [JAMAICA] Jamaica family research -- was JAMAICA Digest, Vol 4,Issue 9
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:04:58 -0500
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I have to give a thumbs up to the Gleaner as well. I have been told that all
Holmes in Jamaica are related but gaps in reference data has limited
actually proving it.

Especially since some relatives say look to Ireland and others swear by
Scotland.

Regard,

Winston Holmes

----- Original Message -----
From: "E-Traveller" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [JAMAICA] Jamaica family research -- was JAMAICA Digest, Vol
4,Issue 9


> If I may chime in here, I have been looking for my Saunders and Phillippo
> ancestors in the 1850 - 1900 area and have run into (not run into?)
> missing
> records. However, I was able to fill in some blank spots through the
> archives of the Jamaica Gleaner. Not as good as an official record, but a
> lot better than nothing.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynn Teague" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAMAICA] Jamaica family research -- was JAMAICA Digest, Vol
> 4,Issue 9
>
>
>> There are many deeds and wills in Jamaica that are not available on
>> microfilm from the LDS. Getting them is difficult.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> On Jan 26, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Vic wrote:
>>
>>> I too would be interested in this as I have run all kinds of
>>> searches on LDS
>>> for my William Townson Mayne Esq., of Mandeville, Jamaica without any
>>> success!
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jane in snowy and very cold
>>> Ottawa ON, Canada
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [mailto:jamaica-
>>> ] On
>>> Behalf Of Chris
>>> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:07 PM
>>> To: ; Caribbean List
>>> Subject: Re: [JAMAICA] Jamaica family research -- was JAMAICA
>>> Digest, Vol 4,
>>> Issue 9
>>>
>>>
>>> I have always wondered. Does the LDS have everything theat the
>>> registrar's
>>> office has?
>>>
>>> This of course would more convenient and potentially more timely if
>>> so. I
>>> thought I read that the registrar never released or shared all
>>> their docs,
>>> so LDS has only a fragment of the information.
>>>
>>> Let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Dorothy Kew" <>
>>>
>>> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:38:49
>>> To: <>; Caribbean List<>
>>> Subject: Re: [JAMAICA] Jamaica family research -- was JAMAICA
>>> Digest, Vol 4,
>>> Issue 9
>>>
>>>
>>> Folks, I would like to make a suggestion regarding Jamaican
>>> genealogical
>>> research:
>>>
>>> I got started in genealogy by asking questions of my family,
>>> especially my
>>> parents and aunts and uncles. Unfortunately by the time I got
>>> going with it
>>>
>>> my grandparents were dead. I always advise beginning genealogists
>>> to start
>>> by getting the family stories from any member of the family they can,
>>> especially the older ones. Now, it's likely that sometimes these
>>> stories
>>> aren't completely accurate, but they do give you a starting point,
>>> and then
>>> the next step is to try to verify what you've been told by
>>> searching for
>>> supporting documentation. If you are able to find copies of birth,
>>> marriage
>>>
>>> and/or death certificates that members of the family may have kept, or
>>> baptismal certificates, then that's a great start!
>>>
>>> I've been able to do most of my research right here in Canada by
>>> using the
>>> facilities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
>>> (LDS), aka
>>> Mormons. They have microfilmed thousands of records for Jamaica
>>> and these
>>> can be accessed on their Family History Library Catalogue online at
>>> http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp The
>>> microfilms themselves are stored in Salt Lake City, but can be
>>> borrowed by
>>> interlibrary loan to your nearest Family History Centre. To find a
>>> Family
>>> History Centre close to you go to the main page of their website,
>>> Family
>>> Search, at http://www.familysearch.org/ . The LDS have microfilmed
>>> the
>>> civil registration for Jamaica from 1878 to 1930 for births, 1878
>>> to 1990
>>> for deaths, and 1880 to 1950 for marriages. As well they have
>>> microfilmed
>>> the Church of England parish registers from earliest records to
>>> 1871. The
>>> Law 6 records cover 1871 to 1877. They have also microfilmed the
>>> Supreme
>>> Court Wills and Dissenter marriages from 1824 to 1871.
>>>
>>> With reference to your own family name I would suggest you take a
>>> look at
>>> Jamaican Family Search, a subscription website run by Patricia
>>> Jackson, at
>>> http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/index.htm . This website contains a
>>> considerable amount of data from the Jamaica Almanacs and other
>>> sources
>>> including Jewish, Roman Catholic and Methodist records.
>>>
>>> We start with family stories and from there we do the research, as
>>> much as
>>> we can. It's a lot of work but believe me, it is very rewarding
>>> when you
>>> find that elusive ancestor you were looking for. I have presented
>>> a brief
>>> workshop on getting started in Jamaican genealogical research and I
>>> would be
>>>
>>> happy to send anyone, who is interested, the text of that
>>> presentation off
>>> list.
>>>
>>> Dorothy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: A Flash
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:19 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [JAMAICA] JAMAICA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 9
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Chris
>>>
>>> Thankyou for replying. My Grandmother Helen Bucknor (nee) Campbell
>>> was born
>>> 1910. So we are looking at the late 1800. My mom told me today
>>> that my
>>> grandmother had a Aunt in Panama she used to call her Aunt Concey,
>>> not sure
>>> of the spelling.
>>>
>>> She said the children used to call my Great Great Grandmother Johnson
>>> 'Nana'. I also know of my moms Great Grand dad his name was John
>>> Campbell.
>>>
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