Where the records of Jamaica are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 2,318,034 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.
This atlas holds no source of its own for Jamaica yet. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Jamaica without a subscription.
No national archive is recorded here yet, which is a gap in this atlas and not a statement about Jamaica. FamilySearch has 5 collections covering it, running 1590–2000, 2,318,034 indexed records. No jurisdiction region covers Jamaica yet, so this atlas cannot say whose archive held this ground in a given year — and it will not guess.
14 places placed, 0 volumes walked. Not one of them has had its paper counted yet, so treat the shelf here as a list of somewhere to look rather than a list of what survives. Open Jamaica on the map, or tell us what is missing.
5 FamilySearch collections
Grouped by the ground each one covers, province by province, with the nationwide indexes last. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.
- Caribbean, Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928 ↗ 1590–1928 44 records
- Caribbean, Deaths and Burials, 1790-1906 ↗ 1790–1906 6,598 records
- Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920 ↗ 1752–1920 280,346 records
- Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 ↗ 1664–1880 618,236 records
- Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1878-2000 ↗ 1878–2000 1,412,810 records
1 more collections, contributed
A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.
- Jamaican Family Search Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Jamaican Family Search 1700–2026 mixed
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Jamaican Family Search. Transcriptions of Jamaican parish registers, civil directories, slave registers, and almanacs.
- Jamaican Family Search Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Jamaican Family Search 1700–2026 mixed
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Jamaican Family Search. Transcriptions of Jamaican parish registers, civil directories, slave registers, and almanacs.
- Jamaican Family Search Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Jamaican Family Search 1700–2026 mixed
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Jamaican Family Search. Transcriptions of Jamaican parish registers, civil directories, slave registers, and almanacs.