Away Until May And Records for Puerto Rico

Currently there are two projects for Dominican Republic that Family Search is looking for volunteers to transcribe records for their free index. www.Familysearch.org provides free access to digitized records for the entire globe is looking for assistance wint transcribing records written in Spanish. To ensure that records are indexed correctly and accurately, they need our…

I had the most amazing 2015 in regards to genealogy.  I was able to find my great grandmother’s parents’ names thanks to her filing a Social Security application within 3 weeks of arriving in the USA in the 1940’s. She joined the ranks of working along with the many other immigrants that came to America. …

I updated this page on 1/2/2016 to add the entire list of digitized Books for La Altagracia church; scroll down to see those.  For the Catedral, I have not added any updates.  Both churches are in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.  However there are other churches that were not filmed.  One such church is…

The below list will get you to the San Fernando Parrish in Monte Cristi Baptism books.  I created this list to make my life much easier for researching ancestry and I’m now sharing. You can use the same instructions I provide here.  I thought I would share it with everyone to make their research much…

People tend to ignore the Boletins in Archives and I can tell you first hand, HUGE mistake!  One of the great things about the Boletins is the history it contains.  These little magazines speak to things that have occurred on the island as well as the collections the archives contain. This can help you immensely…

I am providing this post this one time in both English and Spanish in hopes to help others in their research. I have put together a family tree on Ancestry to help anyone with family with the Cabreja last name that comes from Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. If you do not have a paid account,…