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2. EAP843/1/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP843/1/1
- Title:
- Libros de Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Baptismal Books for Brown and Black People)
- Scope & Content:
- Baptismal Registers for Brown and Black People were created by priests or scribes in order to record the event of baptism from free and enslaved people of African, Asian, or Indigenous descent. They are primarily written in Castillian Spanish with occasional insertions of Latin phrases or words....
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- Latin and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1737-1826
- Extent:
- 2887 TIFF images
3. EAP955/1/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP955/1/1
- Title:
- Bautismos de Color [1765-1895]
- Scope & Content:
- These bound volumes contain paragraph length entries for recording information of people who the Church classified "of colour." This was primarily a racial designation that was determined by skin color, the race of one's parents, and other factors. In Cuba, there were many ways to describe race ...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- Latin and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1765-1895
- Extent:
- 9319 TIFF images
4. EAP955/1/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP955/1/2
- Title:
- Bautismos de Blancos [1689-1874]
- Scope & Content:
- These bound volumes contain baptismal information on people that the church classified as "whites". All racial designations were inexact and contextually dependent assignation. In general, anyone born of white parents, whether on the Iberian peninsula, in Cuba, or elsewhere, was categorised as "...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- Latin and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1689-1874
- Extent:
- 5095 TIFF images
5. EAP955/1/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP955/1/3
- Title:
- Entierros de Color [1800-1887]
- Scope & Content:
- These bound volumes are chronologically arranged and contain information of the death and burials of individuals who the Church categorised as "of colour". Most people were classified as one of the following: de color, pardo, moreno, pardo libre, moreno libre, esclavo, indio, mulatto, etc. These...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- Latin and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1800-1887
- Extent:
- 1156 TIFF images
6. EAP955/3/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP955/3/3
- Title:
- Bautismos de Color [1809-1899]
- Scope & Content:
- These bound volumes contain paragraph length entries for recording information of people who the Church classified "of color." This was primarily a racial designation that was determined by skin color, the race of one's parents, and other factors. In Cuba, there were many ways to describe race t...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- Latin and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1809-1899
- Extent:
- 801 TIFF images
7. EAP971/5/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP971/5/2
- Title:
- Alexander Johnston Papers
- Scope & Content:
- A series of 148 files relating to the life, work and family of Sir Alexander Johnston (1775–1849), the third Chief Justice of Ceylon and a famous orientalist. Johnston was known for pursuing a number of administrative reforms within the British government including the introduction of trial by j...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
- Date Range:
- 1781-1983
- Extent:
- 10413 Tiff images
8. EAP981/1/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP981/1/1
- Title:
- Letters and Correspondence
- Scope & Content:
- This series contains letters and varieties of documents. They bear testimony of the activity and functioning of the Jaffna Diocese, also on pilgrimage and festivals, public instruction, various reports to the Bishop's office and to the government, purchase of land, schools etc. This series cont...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
- Date Range:
- 1857-1947
- Extent:
- 42,642 TIFF images
9. EAP981/1/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP981/1/2
- Title:
- Sermons Documents
- Scope & Content:
- This series contains preparatory copies for sermons, preaches for retreats, commentaries on Tamil writings. These writings are in French, often with Sinhala or Tamil terminology inside the French text. This series contains the following 37 files: EAP981/1/2/1: Sermons, prayers, retreats, descri...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
- Date Range:
- 1868-1934
- Extent:
- 8,613 TIFF images
10. EAP981/1/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP981/1/3
- Title:
- Register (Marriages and Baptisms)
- Scope & Content:
- This series contains matrimonial records on consanguinity and exemption of marriages celebrated by the Catholic church. This series contains the following 30 files: EAP981/1/3/1: Correspondence related the life and activities of missionaries and different missions by Batayron (1883-1884) EAP981...
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Languages:
- English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Tamil
- Date Range:
- 1847-1934
- Extent:
- 6,848 TIFF images
