TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Jamaican Vital Statistics Collection. 1786-1950.

Manuscript Collection No. 465



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Collector: Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-1995
Title: Jamaican Vital Statistics Collection
Dates: 1786-1950
Quantity: 1.2 linear feet
Abstract: Photostatic copies of birth, marriage, death, circumcision and other vital records of Jews in Jamaica and Saint Thomas (Virgin Islands).
Collection Number: MS-465
Language: Collection material in English.

Scope and Content Note

Photostatic copies of birth, marriage, death, circumcision and other vital records of Jews in Jamaica and Saint Thomas (Virgin Islands).


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Jamaican Vital Statistics Collection is open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Property rights belong to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the creator of the material and its designees.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Alternative Forms of Collection

The Jamaican Vital Statistics Collection is available in microfilm (MF-3002 to MF-3004) and may be lended through interlibrary loan.

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Jamaican Vital Statistics Collection and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-465. Jamaican Vital Statistics Collection. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

Provenance unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the American Jewish Archives's online catalog.

Subjects

Jamaica
Jews -- Jamaica -- Statistics, Vital.
Jews -- Saint Thomas Harbor (V.I.) -- Statistics, Vital.
Saint Thomas Harbor (V.I.)