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Hi Katie,
Good to hear from you.
Unfortunately "accountant" and "McLennan" did not bring up any more finds on the www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com site.
There are no BMD records as such on the site, just individual excerpts of Parish Records per church or per parish. It's a kind of site where the owner has done her own research and added more bits in that she has received from others along the way. So there's no real pattern to the information and the search mechanism is pretty basis. After you find a document, you have to use the CTRL F function to search it for the names etc. But hey, if you hit the rose then it's worth it!
I ended up contracting another genealogist who costs USD 155 for one day and about USD 380 for a week. She was going to do a day's research for me this week, so I'm hoping to hear back from her this weekend. She is the same genealogist who did the research for Ainsley Harriet in the BBC WDYTYA programme. Her name is Dianne Frankson. If you google her you will find her website. I am unable to comment on the quality of her work until I hear back from her.
In the meantime I also heard back from:
The Jamaica Archives & Records Department
Corner of King & Manchester Streets
Spanish Town
St Catherine
Telephone: (876) 984-2581
Website: www.jard.gov.jm
E-Mail: [email protected]
They have traced the marriage of my 3x gr grandparents and the birth + baptism of my 2x gr grandmother! And all totally free of charge! I was amazed and very thankful. They sent me a very detailed mail on all the volumes they had searched etc. So I really think it's worth sending them a mail with a kind request if they could find information for you. I'm sure you will be able to obtain your gr grandmother's name - John McLennan's mother - in this manner, as you have John's exact birth date and place. They will easily be able to find his birth/baptism which will at least give you her forename. You could at the same time ask them to look for the marriage between William McLennan (John's father) and his mother, supposing they married in Jamaica.
Let me know if you're successful (via personal mail) in due course - I do like a celebration ;>)
Best wishes,
Rebecca
PS If you've not heard back from Rose, you might want to send her a personal mail by clicking on her name in the thread. She may not be following the thread anymore as it's been a little time since your last message. It was just by chance that I'd kept it so long in my bookmarks.
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I am hoping that someone out there may be able to help me with research of my Father's side of the family. I have very little information on him as he and my Mother were not married, but will list what I have below.
His name was Eric Roy Record and he was born on 31st March 1928. However, during a phone call to the RGD a lady informed me that he was born on 30th April 1928. She said that his parents were not married at the time of his birth and in those times if the parents were not married a birth certificate could not be issued. His Mother's name was May Howell and she died at the age of 36 (not sure what year this was) and Eric was raised by his Grandmother. Her name was Mrs Lily Palmer and she lived on Somers Town Road, Port Antonio. Eric came to England in the late 1940's. He joined the RAF (I'm not sure whether this was in England or Jamaica). He married in Manchester, England in 1950 - his marriage certificate lists his Father's name as Philip Record.
I should be grateful if anyone has any knowledge of my Father or his family if they would get in touch or let me know what they think I should do next.
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Lynne,
You need to start your own thread. This one is over 2 years old.
Rose
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Hi Kate,
do you know if John Constantine met up with other McLennans In London?
I am trying to trace a John C McLennan who bought a car belonging to my McLennan family in in 1934.
Regards,
Sonia McLennan
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Sonia, these are very old postings and KAtie may not be looking back on here for replies. Click on the "send message" button under her name to try contacting her that way.
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