Genealogy in a Spanish Sea, the Caribbean Debbie Gurtler, AG® Familysearch Dsgurtler@Familysearch.Org

Genealogy in a Spanish Sea, the Caribbean Debbie Gurtler, AG® FamilySearch [email protected]

This series of presentations will demonstrate and discuss family history research resources for Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. You will learn about online resources as well as archive holdings for these beautiful island nations. These presentations are for more advanced researchers.

PUERTO RICO Originally called Borinquén, Puerto Rico was first discovered in 1493. The first settlement was established in 1508. Through 1526 it was under the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of Santo Domingo. In 1527 it was placed under the Viceroyalty or Audiencia of Nueva España. Following the Spanish-American war in 1898 it became a U.S. territory. Principal records on FamilySearch include civil registration, Catholic Church records, census records, and much more. Puerto Rico is included in the U.S. Federal Census beginning in 1910. There was a special census taken in 1935. There are also several other censuses which can be located using Census records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States by Lyman D. Platt. Bibliography Archivo Histórico Nacional, Sección de Ultramar, I. Inventario de la Serie Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Madrid: 1972; II. Inventario de la Serie Fomento de Puerto Rico. Madrid: 1972; III. Inventario de la Serie Gracia y Justicia de Puerto Rico. Madrid: 1975; IV. Inventario de la Serie Fomento de Puerto Rico. Madrid: 1979; V. Inventario de la Serie “Oficios de Guerra” de Puerto Rico. Madrid: 1980; VI. Planas y Mapas de Puerto Rico. Madrid: 1987. Guide to Puerto Rican Records in the National Archives. New York City. August 2013. https://www.archives.gov/files/nyc/finding-aids/puerto-rican-records-guide.pdf Cifre de Loubriel, Estela. Catálogo de extranjeros residentes en Puerto Rico en el siglo XIX. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1962. FHL INTL Book 972.95 W2c. Located in the Hispanic Reference section. Cifre de Loubriel, Estela. La inmigración a Puerto Rico durante el siglo XIX. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1964. FHL INTL Book 972.95 W2ci. Located in the Hispanic Reference section. National Archives and Records Administration. Enumeration of the Inhabitants of Puerto Rico: The Federal Census, 1910-1930 and the 1935 Special Censuses of Puerto Rico. Washington, D.C.: August 2006. United States Censuses for Puerto Rico from 1910 to 1935 are entirely in Spanish. Puerto Rico Hispanic Genealogical Society http://sites.rootsweb.com/~prhgs/ Rodríguez León, Mario A. Los Registros Parroquiales y la Microhistoria Demográfica en Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, 1990. FHL INTL Book 972.95 X4r. Includes a list of Catholic parishes with details on the origins of each and a chart of the sacramental registers housed in their respective archives. Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía https://www.genealogiapr.com/ Explore additional links under the tab Recursos. Sotomayor, Antonio. “Challenges and Alternatives to Caribbean Family History and Genealogy: Archives and Sources in Puerto Rico” in Who Are We Really? Latin American Family, Local and Micro-Regional Histories, and Their Impact on Understanding Ourselves. Papers of the Fifty- Ninth Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. Salt Lake City, Utah May 10- 14, 2014. Roberto C. Delgadillo, Editor. SALALM, Inc. 2016.

CUBA Carr, Peter E. Guide to Cuban Genealogical Research: Records and Sources. San Bernardino, California: Cuban Index. 1991. FHL INTL Book 972.91 D23c. Located in the reference section. Carr, Peter E. Censos, padrones y matrículas de la población de Cuba, siglos 16, 17 y 18. San Luis Obispo, California: Cuban Index, 1993. FHL INTL Book 972.91 X2c. Colonial Office in Madrid. Spanish Rule in Cuba, Laws Governing the Island. New York. 1896 Cuba Genealogical Society. Alphabetical Index of the Parish Registers of Habana, Cuba: [Guanabacoa, Marianao, La Habana]. FHL INTL Book 972.9124 K22c. Alphabetical transcription by surname of some parish registers from the Cathedral of the city of Guanabacoa, the city of Marianao, and the parish of Espíritu Santo in La Habana, Cuba. Includes surname, name, sex, date of event, type of event, and source number. The transcriptions listed on this index were published in several issues of the periodical magazine REVISTA, a quarterly publication of the Cuban Genealogical Society, since 1988. The source number on the index relate to the issue of the REVISTA. On the issue of the REVISTA you will find all the members of the family as an entry. Cuban Genealogy/Genealogia Cubana Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/268579533222473/ Very helpful people who answer questions about research in Cuba. Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami https://cubangenclub.org/ Many useful links. Cuban newspapers are described in Batista Villareal, Teresita. Catálogo de publicaciones periódicas Cubanas en la Biblioteca Nacional. See also Newspapers in Microform for specific foreign countries. Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza Collection of Cuban Genealogy https://dloc.com/iFiuHurtado Instituto Hispano Cubano de Historia de América. (Fundación Rafael G. Abreu). Catálogo de los Fondos Cubanos del Archivo General de Indias. Tomo I, Consultas y decretos, 1664-1820. Madrid, 1929-1930 (2 vols.); Tomo II, Expedientes diarios. 1642-1799. Sevilla, 1935; Tomo III, Expedientes dimanados de cartas, 1681-1800. Sevilla: 1983. Martin Leiseca, Juan. Apuntes para la Historia Eclesiástica de Cuba, Habana: 1938. Contains a list of all Catholic parishes in Cuba with historical descriptions including starting dates, earlier jurisdictional boundaries and physical damages to the churches, such as from earthquakes and hurricanes.

Nieto y Cortadellas, Rafael, Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente de, and Instituto Luis de Salazar y Castro. Genealogías habaneras. Madrid, Spain Hidalguía, 1979-1996. 4 v. FHL INTL Book 972.91 D2n. Platt, Lyman D. Guía general de investigaciones genealógicas para Cuba. Salt Lake City, Utah: Institute of Genealogy and History for Latin America. 1991. FHL INTL Book 972.91 A1 no. 5. Santa Cruz y Mallen, Francisco Xavier de. Extractos de registros de la Catedral de La Habana. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmado por la Sociedad Genealógica de Utah, 1984. FHL INTL Book 972.91 K28s. Extracts of parish registers from the cathedral of Havana. Contains a partial listing of those registers. Santa Cruz y Mallen, Francisco Xavier de. Historia de familias cubanas. La Habana, Cuba: Edit. Hercules, 1940. 9 v. FHL INTL Book 972.91 D2s. Index is in a separate volume. Slave Societies Digital Archive https://www.slavesocieties.org/ Records for Cuba, Brazil, Colombia and Spanish Florida. Stibi, Ferdinand. El "Libro de Barajas" de la Catedral de la Habana. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmado por la Sociedad Genealógica de Utah. 1975. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library. FHL INTL Film 973150, Item 6. Alphabetical index of the first parish register for the cathedral of Havana, Cuba, which contains marriages 1584-1622 and baptisms 1590- 1600.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Archivo General de la Nación de la Republica Dominicana. http://agn.gob.do Benzo de Ferrer, Vilma. Pasajeros a la Española 1492-1530. Santo Domingo. República Dominicana: 2000. Datos y Fuentes de Genealogía de la Republica Dominicana http://genealogiadominicana.com/ contains a large list of resources for genealogy in the Dominican Republic. Genealogia Dominicana. Many resources and genealogies for the Dominican Republic. https://genealogiadominicana.com/ Instituto Dominicano de Genealogia also has resources and publications to help you with your research in the Dominican Republic. https://www.idg.org.do/ Larrazabal Blanco, Carlos. Familias Dominicanas. 9 volumes. FHL INTL Book 972.93 D2L. Malagón Barceló, Javier. El distrito de la Audiencia de Santo Domingo en los siglos XV a XIX, Santiago de los Caballeros. Dominican Republic: Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. 1977. FHL INTL Book 972.93 P3m. The district of the Audiencia de Santo Domingo from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Includes a catalog of documents dealing with the Audiencia de Santo Domingo for the period 1708-1800 which are housed in the Archivo Nacional de Cuba: p. [107]- 258. Rodriguez Demorizi, Emilio. Familias Hispanoamericanas. FHL INTL Book 972.93 D3r. Rodriguez Demorizi, Emilio. Hojas de servicios del ejército dominicano, 1844-1865. 2 volumes. FHL INTL Book 972.93 M2r. Rodriguez Demorizi, Emilio. Los Dominicos y las Encomiendas de Indios en la Isla Española. FHL INTL Book 972.93 F3r. Contains a copy of 1514 census.