Chris is correct. There are a number of photos also available through Flickr. I was disappointed in what was actually available on the NLJ website. Chris, if you are looking for estates and properties, take a look at Madeleine Mitchell's Genealogy of Jamaica webpage where she has some great maps from 1927 which can be zoomed and which have numerous properties listed. It's at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jamwgw/jammaps.htm Scroll down the page till you get to the list of 1927 maps, which are divided up various parishes. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "CM Codrington" <cmcod@optimum.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] National Library of Jamaica Gone Digital > Hi Dorothy and all > > I don't know if anyone has tested the NLJ site but in a brief test of the > "estate maps" database presumably on line it is clear the digitization > project is far from complete. > > And does not come close to containing the huge collection of maps and > surveys in their collection. So if searching by this means keep in mind it > is incomplete. I ran tests on several key properties in Portland and St > Thomas which I know to be on various well known survey maps of the 19th > century and some yield data and some do not. > There are also no call numbers coming up. > > Researcher beware.... > > Cod > > *************************** > 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 and Chris and list Thanks for the enthusiastic pointer to the Zoomable maps on the WorldGenWeb Jamaica site, Dorothy. I unfortunately have not put up the Eastern part of the island yet, which I am sure is the focus of Chris' interest. (Portland, St Thomas in the East). I am not at home right now but in MA visiting my sister so cannot get right to it and finish the writing of the code. But I will get to it as soon as I get back. Madeleine E. Mitchell Dunnellon, FL 34432-2795 Home Page:http://users.pullman.com/mitch elm/jamaica.htm, World GenWeb Jamaica Page:http://www.rootsweb.com/~jamwg w/index.htm ________________________________ From: Dorothy Kew <dkew@cogeco.ca> To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, July 10, 2010 8:52:02 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] National Library of Jamaica Gone Digital Chris is correct. There are a number of photos also available through Flickr. I was disappointed in what was actually available on the NLJ website. Chris, if you are looking for estates and properties, take a look at Madeleine Mitchell's Genealogy of Jamaica webpage where she has some great maps from 1927 which can be zoomed and which have numerous properties listed. It's at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jamwgw/jammaps.htm Scroll down the page till you get to the list of 1927 maps, which are divided up various parishes. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "CM Codrington" <cmcod@optimum.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] National Library of Jamaica Gone Digital > Hi Dorothy and all > > I don't know if anyone has tested the NLJ site but in a brief test of the > "estate maps" database presumably on line it is clear the digitization > project is far from complete. > > And does not come close to containing the huge collection of maps and > surveys in their collection. So if searching by this means keep in mind it > is incomplete. I ran tests on several key properties in Portland and St > Thomas which I know to be on various well known survey maps of the 19th > century and some yield data and some do not. > There are also no call numbers coming up. > > Researcher beware.... > > Cod > > *************************** > 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 *************************** 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 Madeleine and Dorothy Oh boy goodies to look forward to! I wish I could tell you just how much I have gleaned over the years from maps..... Always surprises me that some of the museum collections have not exploited their maps collections for income by offering marked and digitized versions on-line... British Museum and PRO could easily offer such things in superb form . it's all about those hard to maintain budgets I'm afraid. Cod