Surnames

Guides to Jamaican surnames: where they came from, how planters’ names passed to the people they enslaved, and how to research a family name.

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Wills, Ledgers and UCL Data: What Scots in Jamaica Left Behind

Archival records—wills, probate inventories and UCL data—trace how Highland Scots turned Jamaican sugar into estates, surnames and cultural marks. Read…

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Did Scotland Colonize Jamaica? What the Scots Did There

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Why Do Jamaicans Have Scottish Surnames? History and Records

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