Dominica Church Records 1869 to 1934
One of the most confusing things to me as a kid was understanding that Dominica was a different country than the Dominican Republic. Why is that? Well, it may have to do with my neighbor across the street that would babysit me when my grandmother had errands to run. Somehow we got into discussing Dominica,…
Barbados Parochial Digitized Records 1849 – 1886
Many records are now being posted online which will benefit many doing research on their ancestors. While we all wish that all these records were available today, we have to sit patiently until they do become available. A lot of work goes into converting these microfilms into digitized records. Many of these records were filmed…
Barbados Civil and Church Records 1900 – 1930
In researching for records, I came across some more records for Barbados. Hopefully many will benefit from these available records. All links will open in a new windows so ensure that popup blockers are turned off for the website as all posts work in this manner on the blog. The following records are civil records…
Belize Digitized Death Records for Corozal District
While not all of Belize’s records are currently available online, it is only a matter of time for that to occur. In the meantime, I came across death records covering 1896 to 1919. So this post may be the beginning of many for the country. The records contain the following details. Date and place of…
Las Piedras and Juncos Digitized Church Records
Las Piedras which is located east of Juncos and San Lorenzo in Puerto Rico was founded in 1773. However, the earliest church records that have been filmed began in 1787 and can be located in the Juncos collection. Juncos, southeast from Gurabo, was later founded later in 1797. I recommend that if researching the area,…
PARES Migratory Movements Database
Spain’s archives, better known as PARES, has many surprises. One of their surprises is their databases that can help many throughout the Caribbean where Spain may have at one time claimed the land. This database is called Ibero-American Migratory Movements or Movimientos Migratorios. Many may not realize that this database exists but it is there…