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Publications: Genealogical Helpers - Family Histories - Census Indices
Place Names
Parish Registers of the Channel Islands
Who can help with research enquiries?
Where do I get birth, marriage and death
certificates from?
How advanced is the indexing programme?
Would my Ancestor have left a Will?
Is there an Archives Service and what are
their specialities?
What Channel Islands records are available
abroad?
Where are Property Transactions kept? Other
Records at the Jersey Public Registry.
I have Channel Island silver heirlooms,
how can I find out more about them?
What Merchant Seamen's Records are available?
Are there other sites on the Net dedicated
to Channel Islands Research and Information?
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BooksThe Eye on the Past series (Jersey and Guernsey)
Did Your Ancestors Sign the Jersey Oath of Association Roll of 1696?
Visit the West Park Pavilion site and see if you can help me
Here are the addresses of all the Mormon Family History Centres in the UK, all the Mormon Family History Centres in the US and the Mormon Family History Centres in the rest of the world.
The Jersey Family History Centre of the L.D.S. Church is located on La Rue de La Vallée, St Mary, Jersey JE3 3DL
My Own Projects
The
Jersey Datestones Register
Guernsey Datestones | Livres
des Perchages: Guernsey
Old Maps of the Channel Islands from 1683 and 1784
Historical Descriptions of the Channel Islands
from Grose's The Antiquities of England and Wales, published in 1777 - also
includes maps
An Early Attempt at Immigration Control: The
Constables Records of St Peter Port - 19th Century Strangers Lists |
Guernsey's Poorhouse: St Peter Port Town Hospital
Journals - from 1743.
Channel Islands History and Heritage Links
CI Maritime Group Database | Nick Joualt's Local and Maritime History Pages (including Le Gros and Le Dain) and Jersey Wreck List | A Memorial to Lou LeBoydre 1939-1999 - the Le Boydre Family Site is now being maintained by his son | Edward Clarke's Jersey Channel Islands - he is a fan! | The Guernsey Society | Stephen Foote's Index of 'Guernsey As It Used To Be' by G.W.J.L. Hugo (St Peter Port 1865-1880) | Freddie Cohen's Makers and Dealers of Channel Islands Silver and Their Marks | Société Jersiaise History Group Site: Black History in Jersey | Doug Ford's Patrimoine des Côtes - a Martime History | Jersey Heritage Trust Online Historical Resources Centre containing items about the Occupation, Politics, the Militia, Jews in Jersey, Silver and more - mostly PDF Files | This is Jersey: A News and Current Affairs Site, which promises more historical background in due course | Guernsey Museums | Norman Wood's Histories of the Four Channel Islands Militias (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark) | Bob Sanders' Merchant and Naval Mariners Research Links and Researching Jersey Mariners and Ships by James Brannan | The Godfray Map of 1849: An Index of House Owners by Roland de Caen | Stephen Foote's Guernsey Crew Lists Index includes the following ships and voyages: Costa Rica Packet 1875-1877; Dispatch 1849-52, 1854-60, 1863; Herradura 1871-74; Lady of the Lake 1845; Water Witch 1845 . He is inviting contributions so the page may expand - in fact it has been updated w.e.f. August 17 1999 | Richard Huelin's Ecrehous 1884 History Page | The Jersey Heritage Trust Index Page (for Jersey Museum details) | Family and Friends: The Guernsey Press Online Forum | Quaker Family History Society page on surviving Quaker Channel Islands Records | Société Jersiaise Events Page | Colin Faed's Home Page two of his uncles painted Jersey and some examples of their work are included | The Société Jersiaise Website | Lé Jèrriais by Geraint Jennings is now at the Société site | The Battle of Jersey
Books and Booksellers
The very excellent Seaflower site featuring Books about the Channel Islands | Thesaurus (my favorite bookshop) | Boydell & Brewer, publishers of St Peter Port 1680-1830 : The History of an International Entrepôt by Gregory Stevens Cox | Sonia Hillsdon's Home Page (Local History Author) and Local History Books for Children written by Sonia Hillsdon and illustrated by Geraint Jennings | Heritage Books: publishers of Marion Turk's Quiet Adventurers Series (two books about American and Canadian families with Channel Islands roots)
Methodists
Names mentioned in the book Methodism in the Channel Islands by R.D. Moore (1952), which goes up to just beyond 1945. This page has a list of ministers, with dates of ministries, and islands in which they were ministers from the appendix of "Histoire du Methodism dans les Iles de la Manche" by Matthieu Lelievre (1885) and covers the period from 1784 to 1884.
Links to Churches
All about St Andrew's Church (St Helier, Jersey) | Channel Islands Methodist District | St John's Parish Church, Jersey
Sites about the Occupation
The Guernsey
Occupation Society | Brian
Read's Pages have been overhauled and now include The
German Occupation of the Channel Islands and A
Jersey Schoolboy Remembers the Occupation | The German
Underground Hospital | The
Occupation Tapestry
Emigration
The Ellis Island Search Site | Channel Islanders New Zealand Bound by Olwyn Whitehouse | Martha Costello's Gaspé Genealogical Register | Al Beagan's Ships Connected to Newfoundland | Richard Kane's transcripts of the Diaries of Rev. George Milne of the Gaspé (1860-1878). Example entry: Oct. 23rd, 1863 - Buried at St. Peters Ch. Pasp. Anna Maria SCOTT of Cox, wife of John GALLIE of Cox, farmer, she died at 2 a.m. of the 21st in her 64th yr. Nov. 17th, 1863 - Mr. GALLIE called & I wrote out an inscription for his late wife's gravestone, which he is sending to Jersey for.
Pictures
Guernsey's Postal Service on Postcards | The Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive page | Simon Guettier's Jersey pages | John Scholefield's Jersey Picture Gallery | Martin Spirit's Jersey Galleries | HK Fear's Jersey Photos Page | Have a look at the work of Jersey's Victorian Photographers
Glossaries
The Jersey Evening Post Visitors Guide Glossary
Maps
Perry's Guides: The Channel Islands' Modern Map Makers | Interactive Map: Jersey Tourism | Interactive Map: Guernsey Tourist Board
Politics
St Helier Deputy Jennifer Bridge's Home Page
e-mail: glen@itl.net | Alex Glendinning's Home Page