Hi Peter: If you are close to a Family History Centre of the Latter-day Saints (LDS) where you live you could order in microfilms of Jamaican records, many of which have been microfilmed by the LDS (aka Mormons). Based on the Gleaner article on the trial of Edwin Hale it appears that the family lived in the parish of St. Elizabeth, as the murder in question took place on Biscany estate, which is in that parish. I would therefore order the index of births for St. Elizabeth parish to see if Arthur Hale shows up there. (It seems unlikely to me that he would have given evidence at age six, so his birthdate may be incorrect.) A search on Jamaican Family Search brought up Arthur Diddam Hale, a merchant, who was born in Sav-la-Mar, which is in the parish of Westmoreland, so that might also be worthwhile checking. Each parish in Jamaica, and in this time period there are 14, has its own birth index, so it helps to be able to narrow down the possible places to search. I hope this helps! Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Hyde" <phyde67@bigpond.com> To: <CARIBBEAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 3:52 AM Subject: [Carib] HALE in Jamaica > Hi all > I am looking for Arthur Albert HALE, born (he says on his Australian > marriage cert) 15 Jan 1894 to Edwin Harvey HALE (son of Arthur Diddam > HALE) and Agnes ALBERGA. > > I have found Jamaica Gleaner articles relating to the births, marriages or > deaths of his siblings and half siblings, and a reference to him as a > witness at his father's murder trial in 1900 (although 6 seems to be very > young to be giving evidence). I have (repeatedly) e-mailed the Registrar > General's office requesting a paid search for his birth record but have > received no reply. I have gone through the JamaicaFamilySearch site and > have also received a lot of help from Terry at CaribbeanAncestry.com, but > I really need confirmation of Arthur Albert's birth as the next reference > to him is in Wales, getting married and then joining the merchant navy and > claiming to be born in Wales. Confirmation of his Jamaica birth would > dispell the notion of two different Arthur Albert's. > > If anyone living in Jamaica would be willing to try personally to go and > get his birth cert I would be happy to hear off-list from you; and if > anyone can suggest other lines of enquiry I would like to hear them. > > Regards > Peter Hyde > South Australia > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Dorothy Many thanks for that - I had figured that I would probably have to do the LDS route and you have given very helpful signposts as to which films I will need to order. I found the catalogue on the LDS London site ( http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?p=Caribbean,Jamaica ) easier to follow that the one on the Salt Lake Site. Not being sure of the birth location makes it difficult when there isn't a central registry. Are the films indexed, or does one have to go through them page-by-page, church-by-church, year-by-year to find a particular name? Regards Peter Hyde South Australia (wet, windy, 15 degrees)