Category: Hispaniola

Dominican Military Service Records

One of the most frustrating places to research is the Dominican Republic. Why? The lack of digitized records available. In addition, the country is not serious about digitizing and preserving records. Many of these books sit in humid buildings with no air conditioning. Some have attempted to share content but it seems rare to see…

By Anna Bayala July 24, 2021 0

Indexing Project for Dominican Republic Underway – Assistance Needed

Currently there are two projects for Dominican Republic that Family Search is looking for volunteers to transcribe records for their free index. www.Familysearch.org provides free access to digitized records for the entire globe is looking for assistance wint transcribing records written in Spanish. To ensure that records are indexed correctly and accurately, they need our…

By Anna Bayala July 18, 2016 0