Angela Reid Collection (Birth, Baptismal, and Death Registers) [1795-1965]
Scope & Content:
The collection comprises ecclesiastical records held by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica since 1795. It contains information on burial, baptismal, confirmation and marriage for the period 1795-1823. The collection also includes baptismal certificates of enslaved, free black and...
Baptisms, Marriages, Burials and Confirmations [1804-1807]
Scope & Content:
This section refers mainly to the St Domingue refugees - name, place of residence and birth, sponsors and kin. This book is a part of a book entitled, "Kingston Funerals, 1795-"
Register lists name, gender, nationality, residence, next of kin and in the case of an enslaved person, it lists the owner's information on the individual being baptised.
The New Orleans Collection comprises a special folio of bound baptism, marriage and funeral records in one mixed volume. The volume organized by archivists in a special interest group of New Orleans.
Jamaica Archives: The Office of the Island Secretary of Jamaica Collection, Central Government [1659-1879]
Scope & Content:
The collection contains 24 series and comprises information on some administrative and corporate bodies. It also contains documents such as topographical maps, vital statistics and legal papers pertaining to land, population, slavery, corporate accounts (business) and government.
The Manumission of Slaves registers contain certificates (deeds) of freedom for free people of “colour” (black or mixed-race). According to Jamaican law, “free people of colour” had to prove their freedom from slavery. This information was recorded in the Manumission Registers in the Island Secre...