Searching and Viewing Puerto Rico Church Records
POST UPDATED ON 7/30/2017 WITH CORRECTED LINKS Currently, a portion of Puerto Rico’s Roman Catholic Church records is available to be viewed online. Another portion is only available by visiting the local Family History Library (FHL) near your home. With so many locations available throughout the world, it can be an inexpensive or free way…
Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Immigrant Entry Database – Entradas de Inmigrantes
The last segment that I want to cover is the best of all the catalogs available on the Dominican Republic’s National Archives by far that can be found here. I love this database because it contains people from all over the world who visited, stayed to live, or maybe have left. I have found people…
Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Archivo General de la Nacion – Part 5 – Revista Clio
The next post is truly a short one if you have been following my blog posts about Dominican Republic’s National General Archive also known as the Archivo General de la Nacion (agn.gov.do). In my prior post I spoke about the Archivo’s Boletin and the Revista Clio functions in the same manner that the Boletins do.…
Dominican Republic Genealogy – Where to Research
So today I finished up another semester in school and I’m celebrating it with sharing some information on Dominican Republic or like many of us call it; Quisqueya. A word that the indigenous people on the island called it; the Taino Indians. Much of their language still exist today and many don’t realizes that they…
So Why Do Genealogy?
This is a question many ask those who actually do the research. There isn’t a “one answer fits all approach”. In my path of researching genealogy, I have come across many who are doing it for many different reasons. I’m sure there are plenty more beyond what I’ve listed below. They want a sense of…