Caribbean slavery shaped the region’s demographics, economies, and record-keeping systems for centuries. This section explores slavery across Spanish, British, French, Dutch, and Danish colonies and highlights the records created during enslavement and emancipation, including slave registers, plantation inventories, manumission documents, church records, and compensation archives.
The British Library is preserving books that are in danger of disappearing. It was nice to see that they have digitized for Santa Clara de Asis records. The church is a cathedral located in Santa Clara, in the province of Villa Clara. Finally, the collection from this church includes records for Blacks, Browns, and Whites….
The collection may seem familiar to some. This has to do with the post previously done in 2017. Subsequently, I removed the post to avoid confusion since it had 4 books. Therefore, this post will contain all the references from that post as well as the new content added.
There are so many resources available for genealogical research for Puerto Rico. Some are out of reach of many family genealogist. However, we do have some great researchers that are willing to share their research. We can thank Rachel Rose for her continue contribution by providing Trujillo Bajo tax records from 1824 to 1828. If…
As promised, I will be adding content as they become available. With this post I am now sharing transcribed records for Arroyo, Cayey & Mayaguez church records. There will be additional posts of many more records as there are also slave census records that have been transcribed. A huge undertaking that is truly appreciated. These…
Locating records online is difficult for many due to unavailable digitized records. With the COVID pandemic, it has delayed project completion of records digitization. There are some project teams that I am familiar with that are just beginning to attain access to equipment to start the process after two years of no access. Luckily, the…
The Cuba church indexes were made possible by the Cuban Genealogical Society. These indexes are an amazing way of being able to locate ancestors for those researching the island. The Cuban Genealogical Society published a quarterly Revista (magazine) beginning in 1988. To provide more context on Cuba church indexes, while provided in the opening images,…
One thing I have learned is that people within the Caribbean tend to move around a lot. Whether for land, jobs, enslavement, or dissents. It has happened and quite often. We are aware of the dissents that left Saint Domingue during the years leading up to the independence of Haiti. A theme that many will…
Wanting to give Saint Vincent some time as this is the first time posting about this island. There are so many islands and content to share but never enough time. At times I wish there was a copy machine so I could split myself into multiple people so I can accomplish all of the things…
I had a cousin that recently complained to me that he couldn’t find Santiago de Cuba records. Like many others, the complaints are valid as research is limited. What adds to this? For one thing, the city faces the Caribbean Sea. And another is that it is an important city port and open to attacks….
Cuba is one of the most difficult Caribbean islands to research. This has to do with the lack of access due to embargoes and the fact that is a communist country. Currently the Cuban people are under severe oppression based on what we see on social media. Many of us realize that we have ancestors…
This find seems to be the very last census take of Saint Domingue before the revolt and freedom of 1804. The 1803 Cap-Haïtien Census is one of the last great source for information during this era. Cap-Haïtien had a couple of prior names which includes Cap-Français. To read further on it in English, you review…
Another great source of information is the home registry for Cap-Haïtien. This is truly another good resource in trying to locate your illusive ancestors. The documentation in the book is for 1787 which helps build that family tree. While there are only 20 pages to this book, it does help in your research. I hope…