Printed Materials

Monumental Inscriptions
 
An important source of information on birth and death is an inscription on a tombstone or memorial tablet in a church or synagogue. There are a number of printed works which list these.

Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica  by Philip Wright  (1966)contains records on inscriptions on graves and monuments for the period up to 1878.
Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies by James Lawrence Archer (1875)  is also a useful sources of information.
A Record of Jews in Jamaica by Jacob Andrade (1941)  lists 23 burial places of Jews in Jamaica
The Jews of Jamaica: Tombstone Inscriptions 1663 – 1880 by R.D Barrett’s and Philip Wright (1997) contains 1,456 inscriptions

Names of officials and other persons

Jamaica Almanacks – These give an overview/description of the
physical, political, economical and social structure of the island for a given year.  Years in the collection are 1796, 1798, 1798-1799, 1801, 1806, 1813, 1818, 1821-24, 1832,1846, 1872 and 1878 and for each parish, lists are given of estate owners and the names of the estates.  These books list the names of regiments and officers serving in Jamaica as well as the names and offices of public officials.

Blue Books with listings of names of civil servants