The Jersey Archives were established as a part of Jersey Heritage in 1993. These archives are the island’s national repository holding archival material
With collections recognised by UNESCO, the Jersey Archive is the Island’s national repository holding records on all aspects of Jersey’s history. Researchers can use archive resources to trace their family history, the story of their house or street and to find out more about the German Occupation of Jersey during the Second World War.
In 2017 the archive team launched thousands of images from the Jersey Evening Post photographic archive. These are now available to view online.
The archive catalogue can be found online. The online catalogue includes images of a number of documents including Occupation Registration Cards, will and testaments and transcriptions of early baptism, marriage and burial registers. Documents can be downloaded through an annual subscription or on a pay per view basis. Information leaflets are available on a variety of subjects. Staff at Jersey Archive can assist with legal and property research enquiries, offer advice about preservation, and give talks, tours and education services. Jersey Archive also holds the collections of the Channel Islands Family History Society.
The Jersey archives were awarded Accredited Archive status in 2014.
Our visit to the Jersey archives gave me a good insight into how I can use archives into my own work and how they can be helpful with looking at something with a historical subject matter. Below I have some photographs of some of the documents that we were lucky enough to be able to look through and gather information on, from letters between Jersey and England during the war to identification cards that were used throughout on the island.
