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

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…

By Anna Bayala September 15, 2019 0

Challenging Relationships with Our Ancestors

While I haven’t posted in quite awhile, I thought today would be the perfect time to update my blog. We all face challenges in our relationships with our spouses, significant other, our family members, and friends. One of the things I have discovered is that our ancestors are truly no different than any of us…

By Anna Bayala December 15, 2016 2

Dominican Blog In Spanish But Worth Reading

One of the best blogs out there about Dominican culture,our African roots and indigenous Taino culture is done by someone by the username Lemba. I’ll refer to him this way to maintain his privacy since he is known as Lemba in many DNA and ancestry communities. The name of the blog is Cultura Campesina Del…

By Anna Bayala July 19, 2016 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