Ramon Soiza Ortiz
Ramon Soiza Ortiz is not a direct ancestor of mine but he is related to me. He is actually my 4th great grand uncle. He is also the son of Ignacio Soiza del Carmen and Casimira Cerefina Ortiz de la Cruz. One of the things I found quite interesting is that although he was born…
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…
Anastacio Soiza Montanez
This record is on the death of Anastacio Soiza Montanez who passed at the age of 70 in Dos Bocas, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. The cause of Anastacio’s death was cardiac arrest. He was already a widower due to his wife’s death; Juana Matos. His death occurred on March 28th, 1944. In 1944 the death…
Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Immigrant Entry Database – Entradas de Inmigrantes
The last segment that I want to cover is the best of all the catalogs available on the Dominican Republic’s National Archives by far that can be found here. I love this database because it contains people from all over the world who visited, stayed to live, or maybe have left. I have found people…
Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Archivo General de la Nacion – Part 3
So before I begin, I recommend that you check out Parts 1 and 2 if you’re just arriving at this blog. Below I’ve provided links to each to help you walk through this website. They will open each in their own window so you won’t lose your place. Navigating the AGN for Dominican Republic –…
Who was Juan Bayala Montañez? – A Passage to Miguel Bayala Gero
I find that looking through census records to be very interesting. One thing I’ve noticed was that people who were hired to take the census was either illiterate or just plain dumb when it came to capturing data. The spelling of names were atrocious and to top it off the indexing of records is truly…