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  2. Land registration - Wikipedia

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    The Registry of Deeds has since 1708 dealt with the registration of wills, marriage settlements, title deeds, mortgage documents and other documentation concerning granting of title over land. It was originally set up to enforce the legislation regarding ownership of land by Catholics. A registered deed took precedence over an unregistered deed.

  3. Walter Augustus Feurtado - Wikipedia

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    Walter Augustus Feurtado (1839 – 23 November 1910) was a Jamaican accountant, freemason, genealogist, and author whose biographical guide to the Official and Other Personages of Jamaica, from 1655 to 1790. (Kingston, 1896) has become an important source of biographical information for Jamaica.

  4. Jamaica Archives and Records Department - Wikipedia

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    The department was created in 1955 from the archives section of the Island Records Office which itself was established by the Islands Records Law (Law 6 of 1879) when it took over the functions of the Island Secretary's Office. [2] [3]

  5. Recorder of deeds - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Frederick Douglass in the D.C. Recorder of Deeds Building. Frederick Douglass was the first recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia.. Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over ...

  6. Parishes of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The parishes of Jamaica are the main units of local government in Jamaica. They were created following the English settlement of Jamaica in 1655. This administrative structure for the Colony of Jamaica developed slowly. However, since 1 May 1867, Jamaica has been divided into the current fourteen parishes. These were retained after independence ...

  7. Embassy of Japan, Kingston - Wikipedia

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    The Embassy of Japan in Kingston is the official diplomatic mission of Japan in Jamaica, and is also accredited to Belize and The Bahamas. Its current ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary is Yasuhiro Atsumi. [1] The embassy sponsors cultural events such as cosplay competitions [2] and film festivals. [3]

  8. City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality - Wikipedia

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    The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseGoli) is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite services for the city.

  9. King's House, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    By the year 1690, the first official residence in Jamaica (for use by the governors of Jamaica) was in Port Royal. Another was constructed in Spanish Town in 1762. [ 1 ] When Kingston became the capital of Jamaica in 1872, a new official residence (called King's House) was constructed at the former home of the Anglican lord bishop of the ...

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