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| View 440 years of BROMFIELD and 160 years of REIMANN/RYMAN
genealogy. Special "Thanks" to Ivor Brown and Jeff Wedemire for sharing with me the names of many German families of Seaford Town! |
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BROMFIELD FAMILY |
This area devoted to the history and
memorabilia of the "Bromfield" family which settled in the parish of St.
Elizabeth, island of Jamaica in the early 1770's. Follow the story
of their descendants who are now settled in three continents of the globe!
Stay tuned for new additions! |
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| RESEARCH SERVICES FOR JAMAICA |
Read about and commission some
"affordable" and reliable research at the Archives in Jamaica.
Thanks to your support we are expanding our research efforts!! ------------------ NEW!! - You can now commission a search of DEEDS & WILLS at the Island Records Office in Jamaica |
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| A LOOK AT JAMAICA IN 1887 | Conservative and erudite British historian James Anthony Froude visited the West Indies in the late 1800's and commented on the political, social and physical conditions he observed . His book, The English in the West Indies was published in 1888 and some sections concerning the island of Jamaica are excerpted here. I have compiled a list of topics which have been "linked" to the appropriate excerpt. While one may not always agree with Froude's point of view, the work is invaluable for the "first-hand" view which it gives of the island and its' inhabitants! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A HALLOWEEN TREAT ! ANNALS OF JAMAICA (1828) |
If you think "ghoulish" crimes happen
only in the 20th century, think again!! The following excerpt from the 1828 book Annals of Jamaica by the Reverend George Wilson Bridges describes the gruesome crimes of a "property owner" named "Hutchinson" who murdered a succession of "unwary" travelers in the parish of St. Ann before he was captured in 1773! |
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| THE PLANTER 'POINT OF VIEW' CIRCA 1790 'Times of the Seasons' in Jamaica |
Excerpts from a book written by one of the 'wealthiest'
and most 'influential' Planters in the island of Jamaica. William Beckford's A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica was published in London in 1790. It contains the 'predominant' Planter point of view on many matters, a few of which are included here. |
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| JAMAICAN PEOPLE AND AFFAIRS CIRCA 1752 to 1831 |
A brief description of important people and affairs in the life of Jamaica for the period 1752 to 1831. Excerpted from the book Biographical Annals of Jamaica published in 1901 by the well-known Jamaican archivist Frank Cundall, F.S.A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAP OF JAMAICA - 1848 | A Map of Jamaica:
"compiled chiefly from manuscripts in the Colonial Office and Admiralty by
John Arrowsmith (1848)." - a good source for property names!
The West section of the map includes a miniature sketch showing the Wesleyan
Mission Stations in the island.
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WILL
INDEX - SURNAMES
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Index of Jamaica Supreme Court Wills (1725-1882) compiled from Mormon LDS film# 1937926. Item number refers to one of five different sections of the film and sequence number refers to the order of Wills within that section. If interested in a particular surname one can order the above film at any local Mormon Family History Center and read the corresponding Will in its' entirety. |
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| SEAFORD
TOWN RESIDENTS (1836-1837) SURNAMES:
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Names of the original settlers of the German township of Seaford Town (1836-37) in the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica. Two hundred and forty nine settlers arrived in Jamaica from Germany on board the ship 'Olbers" in December 1835. Their names were recorded in the 'Seaford Town Record Book' (MS-92, Institute of Jamaica) beginning in January 1836 and at subsequent intervals thereafter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GERMAN EMMIGRANTS TO JAMAICA 1834/1835 SURNAMES:
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Germans wishing to emigrate in the 1800's were required by law to obtain permission: their names would then be recorded in regional emmigration lists. The names of 247 German emigrants from the province of Westphalia "bound for Jamaica" are listed here for the years 1834 and 1835. The list was compiled from one of three volumes of the German periodical, "Beitrage zur Westfalischen Familienforschung" with the subtitle "Westfalische Auswanderers". (or Contributions to Westphalian Genealogy - Westphalian Emmigrants). The publisher is "Aschendorff" of Munster and the volume is #38-39 (1981) which covers the MINDEN region of Wesphalia. |
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| PROPERTY OWNERS ST. ELIZABETH PARISH JAMAICA (1816-1830) SURNAMES
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An
alphabetical list of property owners transcribed from the Jamaica Almanac and
Registry for the years 1816, 1818, 1821, 1825 and 1830
for the parish of St. Elizabeth in the island of Jamaica. The list
is sorted by name of owner, year tabulated, and name of property. Each entry lists
numbers of slaves and livestock owned, and in some cases total acreage of holding.
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| PROPERTY OWNERS ST. ELIZABETH PARISH JAMAICA (1838) SURNAMES
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An alphabetical list of property owners transcribed from the Jamaica Almanac and Registry for the year 1838 for the parish of St. Elizabeth in the island of Jamaica. This post-emancipation list is courtesy of Joyce Falink who has diligently recorded all the names as they appear in the Almanac for that year: they include Proprietors, Properties and Apprentices for all submissions containing 20 or more Apprentices. Combined with the previous Jamaica Almanac Lists they offer an uprecedented view of property ownership in the parish for the period 1816 to 1838! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROPERTY OWNERS WESTMORELAND PARISH JAMAICA (1816) SURNAMES:
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An
alphabetical list of property owners transcribed from the Jamaica Almanac and
Registry for the year 1816 for the parish of Westmoreland
in the island of Jamaica. The list is sorted by name of owner, year tabulated, and
name of property. Each entry lists numbers of slaves and livestock owned, and in
some cases total acreage of holding. |
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| PROPERTY OWNERS WESTMORELAND PARISH JAMAICA (1838) SURNAMES:
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An alphabetical list of property owners transcribed from the Jamaica Almanac and Registry for the year 1838 for the parish of Westmoreland in the island of Jamaica. This post-emancipation list is courtesy of Joyce Falink who has diligently recorded all the names as they appear in the Almanac for that year: they include Proprietors, Properties and Apprentices for all submissions containing 20 or more Apprentices. Combined with the previous Jamaica Almanac Lists they offer an uprecedented view of property ownership in the parish for the period 1816 to 1838! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARLY ROADS IN JAMAICA | A look at the paths taken by early roads in Jamaica from three different maps dated 1756, 1775 and 1780. All excerpted from: Goodwin, William B., Spanish and English Ruins in Jamaica. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THARP ESTATES PSAPER JAMAICA |
The Tharp Estates Papers are "one of the few that have survived for 18th century Jamaica," and the index to these documents is presented here by courtesy of Edward Crawford of Brunel University, United Kingdom. A word search of the index could uncover names, places and "associations" that may be of value in your genealogy search. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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