Difference between revisions of "Channel Islands"

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Channel Islands Map (source: Wikipedia)

The Channel Islands are a group of 5 inhabited islands, namely Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm, situated between France and England on the edge of the English Channel. The Channel Islands have been a British Crown Dependency since 1066 and are known world wide for their locally grown flowers, their new potatoes and their cattle which produce the famous Channel Islands dairy products. The Islands are steeped in history, particularly as the Islanders are famous for their resistance during the German occupation in World War II, with remnants of that war very much in evidence. Liberation Day is still a very important day for the Islanders, and is commemorated with both sadness and optimism.

How to apply for Channel Islands Certificates

Register Offices

Jersey

R.J. Kerley,
The Superintendent Registrar,
10 Royal Square,
St. Helier,
Jersey
JE2 4WA.
Telephone (01534) 502335
Office Hours 9.30 a.m.to 12.30 p.m.

Guernsey

H.M. Greffier,
The Royal Court House,
St Peter Port,
Guernsey
GY1 2PB
Telephone (01481) 725277
Office Hours 9.00 a.m.to 5.00 p.m.

Links

Channel Islands FHS

Alex Glendinning's Channel Islands Website

Channel Islands Genealogy

The Channel Islands And the Great War

Channel Islands Surnames

1841 Census Channel Islands

Old Photos of the Channel Islands

Rootsweb Channel Islands History

Jersey

Family History in Jersey

Jersey Heritage Trust

The Société Jersiaise

Geoff Wright's Genealogy Pages

Jersey Family History

The Twelve Parishes of Jersey

Index to 1849 Map of Jersey

Jersey & My Family History

Jersey Names from the Past

Jersey Mariners

Jèrriais -Jersey language

A Jerrais/English Glossary

Jersey Law Reports

Al Beagan's Genealogy Notes

Island of Jersey Roll of Honour 1939-1945

Guernsey

Guernsey Island Archives
29 Victoria Road
St Peter Port
Guernsey
Tel: 01481 724512

Candie
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
Tel: 01481 721998

This is Guernsey

Bailiwick of Guernsey

The Resource Zone

History of Guernsey Butchers

Guernsey's Official 1204 Website

Guernsey Museums & Galleries

Dgernesiais -Ancestral Norman Language of Guernsey

Welcome to Guernsey Scenes

Guernsey Genealogy

Priaulx Library

La Société Guernesiaise

Guernsey Churches

Alderney Sark and Jethou

Alderney Society and Museum

Alderney Genealogy

Map of Alderney

Research in the Channel Islands: Sark Ancestry

A Short History of Sark

Sark Datestones

A Description of Sark from Kelly's Post Office Directory, 1857

Jethou

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+The Channel Islands are a group of 5 inhabited islands, namely Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm, situated between France and England on the edge of the English Channel. The Channel Islands have been a British Crown Dependency since 1066 and are known world wide for their locally grown flowers, their new potatoes and their cattle which produce the famous Channel Islands dairy products. The Islands are steeped in history, particularly as the Islanders are famous for their resistance during the German occupation in World War II, with remnants of that war very much in evidence. Liberation Day is still a very important day for the Islanders, and is commemorated with both sadness and optimism.
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 ==Register Offices==
-:'''Jersey'''
+'''Jersey'''
-:R.J. Kerley,
-:The Superintendent Registrar,
-:10 Royal Square,
-:St. Helier,
-:Jersey
-:JE2 4WA.
-:Telephone (01534) 502335
-:Office Hours 9.30 a.m.to 12.30 p.m.
-:'''Guernsey'''
+R.J. Kerley, <br>
+The Superintendent Registrar, <br>
+Royal Square, <br>
+St. Helier, <br>
+Jersey <br>
+JE2 4WA.<br>
+Telephone (01534) 502335 <br>
+Office Hours 9.30 a.m.to 12.30 p.m.<br>
-:H.M. Greffier,
-:The Royal Court House,
-:St Peter Port,
-:Guernsey
-:GY1 2PB
-:Telephone (01481) 725277
-:Office Hours 9.00 a.m.to 5.00 p.m.
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Guernsey'''
+H.M. Greffier, <br>
+The Royal Court House, <br>
+St Peter Port, <br>
+Guernsey <br>
+GY1 2PB<br>
+Telephone (01481) 725277<br>
+Office Hours 9.00 a.m.to 5.00 p.m.<br>
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 *[http://members.shaw.ca/Jerseymaid/ 1841 Census Channel Islands]
-*[http://www.ahier.demon.co.uk/ Brian Ahier Homepage]
 *[http://oldukphotos.com/channel_islands.htm Old Photos of the Channel Islands]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~egreef/channelislandshistory.htm Channel Islands History]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~egreef/channelislandshistory.htm Rootsweb Channel Islands History]
 ==Jersey==
+*[http://www.thisisjersey.com/code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000184 Family History in Jersey]
-*[http://www.thisisjersey.com/code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000184 This is Jersey - Living in Jersey - History & Heritage - Family History]
+*[http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org/ Jersey Heritage Trust]
-*[http://www.gov.je/LeisureCult/Libraries/ JERSEY LIBRARY]
+*[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/_pages/_family_history.html The Société Jersiaise]
-*[http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org/ Jersey Heritage Trust]
+*[http://www.avoncliffe.com/genealogy/jersey/ci-index.htm Geoff Wright's Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://jerseyfamilyhistory.co.uk/ Jersey Family History]
-*[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/_pages/_family_history.html The Société Jersiaise - Jersey, Channel Islands]
+*[http://www.parish.gov.je/index.asp The Twelve Parishes of Jersey]
 *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/ci/1849map/intro.html Index to 1849 Map of Jersey]
-*[http://www.gov.je/HomeAffairs/Police/History/ Police History in Jersey]
+*[http://perso.orange.fr/jbrannan/jersey.htm Jersey & My Family History]
-*[http://perso.orange.fr/jbrannan/jersey.htm Jersey and my family history]
 *[http://user.itl.net/~picus/names/index.htm Jersey Names from the Past]
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 *[http://user.itl.net/~geraint/jerrinav.html Jèrriais -Jersey language]
-*[http://www.jerseylegalinfo.je/Home/W...w/default.aspx Jersey legal system and some relatively recent law reports]
+*[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/langsec/vocab.txt A Jerrais/English Glossary]
-*[http://www.thisisjersey.com/hmd/index.html Holocaust Memorial Day and Channel Islands Occupation Memorial]
-*[http://users.adelphia.net/~abeagan/jersey.htm Al Beagan's "Genealogy Notes"]
+*[http://www.jerseylegalinfo.je/Judgments/JerseyLawReports/JLRHomePage.aspx Jersey Law Reports]
-*[http://www.thisisjersey.com/hmd/pageviewer2.pl?Autoincrement=000082 The Second World War - 1939-1945 'Islanders who fell in the service of their country']
+*[http://al_beagan.tripod.com/start.htm Al Beagan's Genealogy Notes]
+*[http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk/sites/goldsworthparkcommunityassociation/memorials/rolljersey Island of Jersey Roll of Honour 1939-1945]
 ==Guernsey==
-*[http://user.itl.net/~glen/archgsy.html Guernsey Island Archives]<br>
+[http://user.itl.net/~glen/archgsy.html Guernsey Island Archives]<br>
 Victoria Road<br>
 St Peter Port<br>
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-*[http://www.priaulx.gov.gg/ Priaulx Library]<br>
 Candie <br>
 St. Peter Port<br>
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 Tel: 01481 721998<br>
-*[http://www.societe.org.gg/sections/familyhistorysec.htm La Société Guernesiaise]
 *[http://www.thisisguernsey.com/ This is Guernsey]
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 *[http://www.theresourcezone.org.gg/ The Resource Zone]
-*[http://history.foote-family.com/butchers/index.htm#intro History of Guernsey Butchers]
+*[http://history.foote-family.com/butchers/index.php History of Guernsey Butchers]
 *[http://www.1204.gg/ Guernsey's Official 1204 Website]
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 *[http://www.museum.guernsey.net/ Guernsey Museums & Galleries]
-*[http://user.itl.net/~panther/dguern.htm Dgernesiais - Guernsey Norman French]
+*[http://user.itl.net/~panther/dguern.htm Dgernesiais -Ancestral Norman Language of Guernsey]
 *[http://www.cwgsy.net/private/BAF/index.htm Welcome to Guernsey Scenes]
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 *[http://www.eogen.com/gsygen Guernsey Genealogy]
-*[http://www.genealogy.guernsey.net/Stranger.html The Stranger Cemetery - Guernsey]
+*[http://www.priaulx.gov.gg/ Priaulx Library]
+*[http://www.societe.org.gg/sections/familyhistory.php La Société Guernesiaise]
 *[http://www.islandlife.org/churches_gsy.htm Guernsey Churches]
-==Alderney and Sark==
+==Alderney Sark and Jethou==
 *[http://www.alderneymuseum.org/index.html Alderney Society and Museum]
 *[http://www.islandlife.org/genealogy_ald.htm Alderney Genealogy]
+*[http://www.flora.org.gg/alderne.gif Map of Alderney]
 *[http://user.itl.net/~glen/sark.html Research in the Channel Islands: Sark Ancestry]
-*[http://www.sark.gov.gg/static/history.htm A Short History of Sark]
+*[http://www.sark.info/static/government/old_website/static/history.htm A Short History of Sark]
 *[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/alexgle/stonesark.html Sark Datestones]
+*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/vichome.htm A Description of Sark from Kelly's Post Office Directory, 1857]
 *[http://www.faed.net/cfaed/jethou/jethou.htm Jethou ]
-*[http://www.flora.org.gg/alderne.gif Map of Alderney]
+<br><br>
-Back To [[Channel Islands and Crown Dependencies]]
+Back To [[World Index Page]]