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EAP148/2
- Record Id:
- 032-002793982
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002793982
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023507571.0x00000e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP148/2
- Title:
- 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 mixed race peoples, including materials before 1823. There were several priests and religious leaders responsible for sacraments before 1823, including Father Anthony Quigly, Father Peter Francis (also known as Joseph) De L’Espinasse, Father William LeCun, Friar Juan Jacinto Rodrigues d’Araujo and Father Benito Fernandez.The records have been organized by the Chief Archivist, Father Gerard McLaughlin, S.J. McLaughlin named the collection of early birth, baptismal and death records after Angela Reid, a former student of the Master of Heritage studies at the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica). Reid helped him to organize the collection. She also transcribed a significant portion of the early collection, so that documents could be searchable.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Inventory of archival holdings in Jamaica
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002793982", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP148/2: Angela Reid Collection (Birth, Baptismal, and Death Registers) [1795-1965]" },{ "id" : "040-002793983", "parent" : "032-002793982", "text" : "EAP148/2/1: Burials [1795-1799]" },{ "id" : "040-002793984", "parent" : "032-002793982", "text" : "EAP148/2/2: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials [1798-1804]" },{ "id" : "040-002793985", "parent" : "032-002793982", "text" : "EAP148/2/3: Baptisms [1800-1814]" },{ "id" : "040-002793986", "parent" : "032-002793982", "text" : "EAP148/2/4: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials and Confirmations [1804-1807]" },{ "id" : "040-002793987", "parent" : "032-002793982", "text" : "EAP148/2/5: Baptisms [1832-1836]" },{ "id" : "040-002793988", "parent" : "032-002793982", "text" : "EAP148/2/6: New Orleans Collection [1795-1823]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002793982
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP148/2/1 : Burials [1795-1799]
EAP148/2/2 : Baptisms, Marriages, Burials [1798-1804]
EAP148/2/3 : Baptisms [1800-1814]
EAP148/2/4 : Baptisms, Marriages, Burials and Confirmations [1804-1807]
EAP148/2/5 : Baptisms [1832-1836]
EAP148/2/6 : New Orleans Collection [1795-1823]
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP148/2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002793982
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP148/2
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 457 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP148-2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French
Latin
Portuguese
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1795
- End Date:
- 1965
- Date Range:
- 1795-1965
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- In 1516, the Spanish Crown established an Abbacy in Jamaica. English forces captured Jamaica in 1655, thereafter, establishing a number of Anglican churches. While the Catholic churches on Jamaica received the support of King James II and of Spanish, Irish, and French minorities. By the 1720s, Roman Catholics were forced to practice their faith in secrecy. In 1790, Jamaica’s Catholic jurisdiction was reassigned and came under the auspices of the Apostolic of the London district, Rt. Rev. John D. Douglass. During the Haitian Revolution (1791-1803), many French and Creole persons fled the colony of St. Domingue to Jamaica thereby increasing the Catholic population. The earliest material held by the Archdiocese of Kingston dates back to 1791. They include baptismal, death and marriage registers. In 1837, a newly formed Vicariate of Jamaica was sanctioned by Rome. The Vicariate also received the ecclesiastical responsibilities of British Honduras and the Bahamas.
- Arrangement:
- There are indices for several Registers. There are indices for baptisms performed from 1800-1817, 1808-1812 and 1890 onwards to the present.
- Information About Copies:
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston, Archdiocese of Kingston, Chancery Office
- Information About Originals:
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston, Archdiocese of Kingston, Chancery Office
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)