Jersey Archives

Jersey Archives was established in 1993 part of Jersey Heritage, to hold Jersey historical documentation, some of the records they stored were State, Church, Clubs and Associations, Wildlife, Business, general, Police records. Some of the earliest records are from 1378, meaning that they are over 641 years old.

They also held records about what happened in The Second World War for example there is letters written by the bailiff of Jersey about the demilitarization of Jersey during the Second World War, they also have the terms of surrender from the 1st of July 1940. They also store occupation cards which every islander had to have above the age of 14. they also hold stories about the liberation of the island and also where some of the Germans stayed when they were in Jersey, Also they have Red Cross Letters however theses took up to a year to be delivered


German Registration cards:

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