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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. EAP981/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/4
Title:
Account Books
Scope & Content:
The account books in this series present detailed explanations of the income and different expenses related to the missions, churches and cathedral, daily accounts of the expenditures on different chapters like school, orphanage, and charity. This series contains the following 41 files: EAP981/...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1868-1940
Extent:
8,015 TIFF images

9. EAP981/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/5
Title:
Attendance Registers
Scope & Content:
This series contains registers and attendance of confession, communion, and confirmation of various churches of Jaffna. This series contains the following 13 files: EAP981/1/5/1: Register of confirmations, island of Delft (1904-1920) EAP981/1/5/2: Register of the status of the souls in the Miss...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Tamil
Date Range:
1879-1955
Extent:
2,332 TIFF images

10. EAP981/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/6
Title:
Missionary Journals
Scope & Content:
This series contains daily journal of activities of different missions and missionaries of Jaffna, descriptions of Church activities and other related events. This series contains the following 22 files: EAP981/1/6/1: Codex Historicus and daily activities of the Nallur Mission (1940-1946) EAP98...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1845-1978
Extent:
6,431 TIFF images