Month: July 2015

Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Archivo General de la Nacion

Dominican Republic is well known for being very much into its history and attempting to document as much as possible. There are some amazing libraries (known as bibliotecas in Spanish) in this country. One of the great things I’ve heard about Dominican Republic’s Archivo General de la Nacion (Archives of the Nation) is that they…

By Anna Bayala July 24, 2015 0

The Cartagena and Marun family – Familia Dominicana

I wanted a way of communicating our history with the family in a much easier format. The opening beach scene is from Florida’s west coast and other beach scenes are from Dominican Republic.  I hope that you enjoy and thank you to all of those who contributed in the creation of this video; my family.…

By Anna Bayala July 23, 2015 0

Puerto Rican and Dominicans – Getting Your DNA Tested for Genealogical Purposes

I had to think over who I wanted to write about and drew a blank because there are so many I’d like to write about. Since I’m still working on both my Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry, I figured I’d talk about the benefits of having your DNA tested. First I recommend an Autosomal DNA…

By Anna Bayala July 22, 2015 5