Dominican Republic Voter Registry

So what does Dominican Republic voter registry have to do with genealogy? Well plenty! You would be surprised the many places you can locate family. The great thing about voter registries is that it helps you locate the men that registered to vote. Things like their name and the Cédula number! If you are not familiar with Cédulas, well let me continue to explain that a bit.

Dominican Cédulas is where the United States obtained the concept of Social Security numbers. Cédulas are assigned to Dominicans and those that are legally in the country. So yes, Dominicans have contributed to the United States in multiple ways. While people associate Dominicans as being baseball players as it is the country’s number one sport, there is so much more this small country has to offer. I, being Dominican by my mother, enjoy sharing content from this island whenever I come across content.

Unfortunately, Dominican Republic digitized records are hard to come by. For such a large island there is rarely available records. So having Dominican Republic voter registry is definitely huge. So let us dig in.

Dominican Republic Voter Registry & Cédulas

So how can a Cédula assist you ? Well for one thing, Lots of content is stored with it includes date of birth, place of birth, where they lived, whether they actively voted, who their parents are, and where parents were from. In the capital, Santo Domingo, you will discover that there is the Unidad de Archivo de Cédula Vieja in the capital. This is an archive that stores old Cédulas. I have provided the map below for any of you that plan to visit the island.

While not all records contain Cédulas, other contain their age, occupation, marital status, and indication if they knew how to read and write. Lastly, hop around the images and you will notice that there are many towns under these headers as the headers are actually provinces. For example, if you look at Santo Domingo, you will notice Villa Mella, La Victoria, Guerra and Monte Plata election records.

For the 1942 election, women were allowed for the first time to vote. This is where you will also find Cédulas. This is where hopefully you will be able to locate maternal last names which are usually missing from mary records.

Voter Registry