African Slavery in the Caribbean & South America
One of the most important things that have made me very successful in my research is reading history. Reading history provides me with clues of where to look next. While the genealogy community has taken a stronghold of dipping into DNA testing, it has opened the door to a lot of misconceptions. Note that this…
Finding Your Ancestors in Abricots, Haiti
I selected the featured image of a beautiful flower because this flowers actually grows in Haiti. I always advise people that you should never believe what is put before you but always look beyond. What the media or the government may say about a country or place may not be the full true picture of…
Baptisms, Marriages, & Deaths in Jamaica with Haitian Connection
I enjoy when I come across records that can help someone in their research. This collection will help those researching their ancestry in Jamaica and Haiti. The burial collection from 1795 to 1799 contains records on the individuals’ name, age, nationality, their place of origin, residence and their next of kin. There are only 52…
Cap-Haitien Civil Birth Records 1827 to 1917
While in the 5th grade, I came home one day not happy in seeing a boy in the class being picked on due to his accent. His name was Adrienne, a triplet, but the only one of the three in my class. The reason he was being picked on was that he was Haitian. It…
Slavery in the Caribbean
It took me a long time to write this as it was hard to read some of the stuff. While I provide many references at the bottom, please take breaks from reading them, which is what I did. Please feel free to comment below as I would love to hear feedback from all. Researching slavery…
Santiago Margarida – 8 Years Old Facing Slavery
While digging through records for Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico in search of my own African ancestors, I came across a record at the end of the book that caught my attention. Another baptism, but a baptism of an African child. I had previously posted about discovering a record of a 10 years old girl from…