Canarios in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
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. …
Traveling Puerto Rican and Dominican Families – Finding Your Ancestors
Happy 2016 everyone! Nothing like starting off the new year by celebrating our family and culture! One thing I have learned as well as many of you is that each of us carry DNA that is global. Our culture and islands have seen people from all over the world. So my next blog post is…
Cabreja Family from Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
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,…
Dominican Biography Dictionary for Genealogy Research
I am always seeking for documentation that isn’t easy to find and hoping that I will hit jackpot. One of these sources that is not well known is a Dominican Historian named Rufino Martinez. He was from Puerto Plata before leaving us in 1975 at the age of 82. Martinez left one important dictionary that…
PARES – Portal to Spain’s Archives – Part 2
So since I ended my prior post and didn’t go further into details, I’m going to explain one more piece that I didn’t elaborate when searching in PARES. You can check out my prior post at the below link. As a reminder, this entire blog works using pop-ups. Any link I provide always opens a…
PARES – Portal to Spain’s Archives
So I’m finally getting around to talking about PARES -Portal to Spain’s Archives. One of the most amazing and largest archives globally as well as one of the most difficult to navigate. Some of their archives go back as far as the 1400s. The archives are so vast that it is said that they have…