Jerripedia

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Jerripedia

Jerripedia is an initiative to collect and share knowledge about Jersey's people, places and heritage. Although Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands, it is still only a 45 square mile rock in the English Channel. It has a fascinating history for a place so small and islanders have spread their influence throughout the world over the centuries. Please take a look around this site to learn more about Jersey, its history, local families whose names can now be found across the globe and much, much more. This site is growing all the time and anyone is welcome to make a contribution - see the box below to find out how to go about editing and adding articles of your own.

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Main subjects

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Donkipedia

Visit our sister site, Donkipedia dedicated to the history of the island of Guernsey. You will find similar information to that contained in Jerripedia and many of the family pages and other information are common to both sites to make life simpler for those researching their family trees in both islands. Donkipedia also covers the islands of Alderney and Sark, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

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Contribute to Jerripedia

You can help Jerripedia grow

Everybody can contribute to Jerripedia and help this Channel Island history resource keep growing. You can add new pages, edit existing pages (with the exception of a few which are protected) and leave comments about content. Go to the Community Portal for general advice on how to become involved with Jerripedia and also look at information on how to go about adding your family tree to those already on the site. Site policies.

COPYRIGHT

All material added must be copyright free. If anyone has any concerns about the copyright of material on the site, please read our copyright notice to find out how to draw these concerns to an administrator's attention.

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Family research

Tracing your ancestors in Jersey

Jerripedia is dedicated to helping those whose ancestors come from Jersey to trace their family's history. Visit our Family research section to discover your ancestry. Over 200 Jersey families are profiled, with hundreds of family trees, baptism listings and other valuable resources. You will find a guide to researching your family trees in Jersey (essential reading for newcomers to family history reseach) lists of hundreds of family trees, links to other genealogy sites, a guide to the derivation of Jersey surnames dating back to the Middle Ages, articles on common baptismal names, some Fascinating ancestries of island families tracing island lineages back to famous figures of the past, an index of over 30,000 Victorian baptisms in St Helier, and much, much more ...

This section now includes an 1815 'Census' of all men liable for militia service. There are nearly 6,000 names of islanders of all ages, giving their age, rank and parish of residence

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Feature article

Changes in 19th century Jersey

Jersey underwent a population explosion in the first half of the 19th century. Within only 30 years the population doubled as new residents arrived by the boatload from England, seeking their fortunes in a bustling community, or simply hoping to eke out their pensions in an island with a pleasant climate and low taxes. This population growth in Victorian Jersey brought about dramatic changes in an island which had previously spoken French and had an entirely different lifestyle to the towns of England. The language changed, the currency changed, thousands of new homes were built, and the immigrants did not always get on well with the longer-established residents.

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