UTAH VALLEY FHC 044-001

CUBA

Ga~ERAl RESEARCH GUIDE

by

Dr. lyman De Platt

IGHL Research Series, Volume 17

Instituto Geneal6logico e Hist6rico Latino~ericano P.O. Box 2650 Salt lake City, Utah 84110-2650

1989 TABLE OF CctffEtfTS ,. POLlTlCAL HISTORY Christopher Columbus touched the land mass of Cuba during the Political History •• •••• 3 month of November 1492, but it was not until seventeen years later that Diego Velazquez de Cu~llar colonized the island. The Civil Registration • 4 first settlements were begun in 1511. The city of La Habana was establ ished in 1519. Ecclesiastical History • 4 The island was divided into two gobiernos in 1620. These were La Parish Registers · 4 Habana and Santiago de Cuba.

Fani Iy Sources • 7 Cuba was under the jurisdiction of the vjceroyalty of Hew Spain initially. In 1762 the English captured La Habana but it was Census Records • 9 restored to Spain the following year. In 1777 Cuba was elevated to a captaincy general within the colonial civil structure of Notarial Records • 9 Latin fRerica. Land Records •• • 10 In IB27 the Spanish government divided the island into civil departments under which it was adninistered until IB78. Military Records It Between 1868 and 187B there was a revolution on the island, but Fanily Histories 12 it finally ended without resolving anything. There was a lot of destruction caused by this revolution, both in lives and records. Other Genealogical Records 13 On June 9, 187B the island was divided into six provinces which Cemetery •• ••••••• 13 were Oriente, Canaguey, Las Villas, Matanzas, La Habana, and Pinar del Rio. In 1893 the island becane one province again, lrnmigration-Enigration~igration 13 with a captain general as the governor, and it was divided into four gobiernos or lieutenancies which were further sub-divided Civil-Criminal Cases •.•••. 14 into thirty one political districts. Once again, in 1895, there began another uprising which resulted in the Spanish-American War Latin American Research Series 15 of 1898. In 1901 Cuba adopted a constitution which relegated it to a protectorate of the United States. It finally declared its independence in 1940.

In 1975 the old 1878 provinces were sub-divided as follows: Oriente (Guantanano, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma, and Las Tunas), Canaguey (Canaguey, Ciego de Avila), Las Villas (Sancti Spiritus, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, and Villa). The other provinces remained undivided. Within all of these provinces, the areas are divided into municipalities.

- 2 - - 3 - The bapti~al transcriptions gi~e the n~e of the child, the date Ci~il Registration of baptism, some birthplaces of parents, n~es of parents, and On July 31, 1889, the Spanish civil code, which was promulgated the source of the reference. The marriage transcriptions give in 1888, was put into operation in Cuba. Since that time ci~il the nanes of the spouses, their parents, former marriage infor­ registration has technically been in effect throughout the mation, the date of marriage and the source reference. Sometimes island. Many areas, hOAever, have suffered severe losses because places of origin are also ~iven. The burial transcriptions are of the civil wars and revolutions waged on the island. mostly for adults and give the death date, to wh~ the deceased was married, s~e birthplaces and nanes of parents and the source Copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates can be obtained reference. Most of the records are recorded by parish, in semi­ by writing to Cuban municipal officials. The cost is i60.00 U.S. alphabetical order (by letter of principal surnane), but for each certificate. Correspondence has to be directed to the occasionally they have been extracted in chronological sequence. Cuban Mission in Washington, D.C. For the Cathedral of Havana and the church of Espiritu Santo (Sancti-Spiritus), c~plete runs of marriage books ha~e been ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY identified in these papers, although all entries were not extracted in the original transcriptions. The Diocese of 8aracoa, formed February II, 1517, was established at Baracoa, but by April 28, 1522, it was changed to a new head­ The follOAing is a list of the parishes for which there are some quarters at Santigo de Cuba. The new diocese was suffragan to tr anscr i pti ons. Seville until 1547 when it passed under the newly-organized Archdiocese of Santo D~ingo. tWiE OF PARISH RECORD TYPE(S) YEARS ClNERED Ql.WfflTY On September 10, 1787, the second diocese of Cuba was established C~aguey: at La Habana. On No~ember 24, 1804, the bishopric of Santiago de Cuba was elevated to the status of an archdiocese. Cathedral Marr i ages 1-9 1668-1874 1500 Wi lis 1620-1850 ca. 3000 Initially in Cuba there were four parishes including the present cathedral parish called San Crist6bal de la Havana, Soledad Marriages 1-8 1703-1852 1200 Remedios" Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus. Guanabacoa became a parish in 1607. Matanzas was founded in 1693, Cienfuegos in Cardenas Marriages 1805-1860 100 1819. Histories of all of the parishes of Cuba are being prepared by the CGS staff. HOAever, most records prior to 1700 Cienfuegos Marriages 1827-1902 100 ha~e ceased to exist for a ~ariety of reasons. Guanabacoa Nixed 1680-1790 100 Parish Registers La Habana: Transcriptions of the working papers of Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz y Mall~n include some parish register entries of bapti~s, Cal~ario Marriages, v.2 1775-1856 10 marriages, and burials fr~ a number of parishes in Cuba. These papers cane about through the work of a number of indi~iduals Cathedral Bapt isms 1705-1785 1300 (see CGS Revista 1:9-10). (f i1m Marriages 1622-1874 2000 1619-1867 2250 I 1162426) Burials

- 4 - - 5 - Guadalupe Harriages 1850-1890 150 lhe records for the Cathedral of Havana contained in the collection are not cOllplete for the early period. lhe first Jesds del Hontf Hi xed 1750-1870 200 book of baptiSlls and marriages (baptisns 1590-1600; lIarriages 1584-1622>, was published by Hidalgufa in Madrid in 1974 in Honserr atf Mixed 1700s-1800s Index alphabetical order. It is available on microfilll 973,150, itell 6 at the FaRily History Library. lhe Santa Cruz collaction Santo Ange I Harr iages 1694-1712 Index contains the foll~ing transcriptions:

Marianao Harriages 1871-1886 9 BAP1I St1S Vol. B 1705-1715 Vol. 14 1773-17BI Hatanzas Harrriages 1689-1850 400 Vol. 9 1716-1744 Vol. 15 17B1-17B6 Hi xed 1700-1850 500 Vol. 10 1745-1752 Vol. 16 17B6-1792 Vol. 11 1753-1763 Vol. 17 1792-1795 Relledios Marriages 1684-1751 300 Vol. 12 1764-1770 Vol. 18 1795-IBOO Vol. 13 1771-1772 Santa Clara Marriages 1690-IB80 400 ~RRIAGES Santiago de Cuba Harr i age notfs 1688-1715 400 Vol. 1 1622-164B Vol. 7 1771-1794 8urials 1678-18BO 100 Vol. 2 1649-166B Vol. B 1794-1B12 Vol. 3 1668-1708 Vol. 9 IB12-1B20 Sancti Spiritus Marriages 1-8 1674-1B91 750 Vol. 4 1709-1724 Vol. 10 IB20-1840 Vol. 5 1724-1753 Vol. 11 IB40-1B55 Vol. 6 1754-1771 Vol. 12 1856-1874 foll~ing lhere is a ledger for Sancti-Spiritus the same i alphabetical sequence of the records above, which includes BURIALS genealogical notes on births, lIarriages, burials, and civil, Vol. 1 1619-1649 Vol. 3 1679- ecclesiastical and military positions held, listed by age, year, Vol. 2 1649-1679 plaCf, etc. Volulle nUllbers are not given for the burial records after volulle lhe lIarriage records for Sancti Spiritus are a c~plete run as to 3, but the records are transcripted through 1871. lhese records volulles, even though all the records are not included. lhey are: for the Cathedral of Havana are all contained on microfilll 1,162,426 at the Fanily History Library. Vol. 1 1674-1724 Vol. 9 1814-1829 Vol. 2 1729-1744 Vol. 10 1829-1838 F{flI LYSOURCES Vol. 3 1744-1760 Vol. 11 183B-IB49 Vol. 4 1760-1772 Vol. 12 IB4B-1859 As genealogy is a study of faRily units, it stands to reason that Vol. 5 1772-1783 Vol. 13 IB59-1B72 the hOlle of the nuclear faRily and the hOlIes of children and Vol. 6 17B3-1794 Vol. 14 IB72-18B3 grandchildren of the nuclear couple, should contain the 1I0st Vol. 7 1794-1803 Vol. 15 IB83-1B91 extensive lIaterials available pertaining to the farnily's gene­ Vol. B IB03-1B14 alogy and history.

- 7 - - 6 - In Cuba, th~ b~st plac~ to b~gin all g~n~alogical inv~stiga­ If these materials are unavailable in the hone in question, then tions is ~ith th~ old~r family n~nb~rs and r~latives, and if the hones of friends, neighbors, and relatives should be visited, th~se ar~ dec~as~d, at th~ plac~(s) ~here they liv~d if possible. as should local libraries, archives, and museums. Fran this research it is usually possible to get sone names, dates, and family traditions or stories, sane of which nay extend Further information on this area of research can be found in the back as nuch as five generations. Invariably nuch of this i fo11~ing pub1ications: infornation will b~ found in no other place and when it is lost l! l! gone forever. Even though an ancestor nay have been dead Platt, Lyman De. Genealogical Historical Guide 1Q Latin Anerica. for twenty to fifty years, it is still a good policy to go to Detroit, Michigan, 197B. Spanish edition: Una Gula Geneal6gico­ where they lived and find out what still exists in the ninds of Hist6rica d~ Latinoan~rica. Ramona, California, 1978. others about then and their family. Because so nany of Cuba's living citizens have been displaced and are presently in the In Chapter 1 of this book, entitled ·Res~arch Standards,· there United States, it is inp~rative that the older g~neration record is a section on Family Sources which identifies these sources and what it kn~s concerning ancestral places of residence, family describes them in detail. traditions, names, dates, etc. Ryskamp, George R. Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage. Riverside, Alnost every family has sonething of value to give to the California, 1984. diligent researcher. Care should be taken in the approach that is used, h~ever. 11any individuals, in an effort to obtain in­ Section I of this book, entitled ·Techniques and Principles· formation, and before establishing trustworthy relationships with includes several areas of interest to family research. newly-met or 1ittle-kn~n relatives, have asked questions which are too personal, or asked to borr~ pictures, letters, docu­ These books also contain detailed information on sone of the ments, etc., that are very valuable to the owner. Apreviously records listed in the sections below. establish~d rapport through lett~rs, phone calls, or visits, many times provides treasures of information that otherwise would have CENSUS RECORDS remained hidden, and then destroyed or thr~ away at the death of that individual. Even kinship is not a pre-requisite to success The civil census records of Cuba are on~ of its richest archi­ in this area, if proper deference to and respect for age is val treasur~s that has been lost for the most part. As far as cultivated. can be determined the 1899 and 1907 censuses taken by the Unit~d States were destroyed by an act of congress. Later censuses may A carefu 1 inves tiga t ion will uncover sone, j f not all, of the still exist in Cuba. At the national archives, there are at foll~ing types of genealogical and family history material: least thirty-one bundles of census records under Censos for the colonial p~riod. vital records legal papers church records military documents NOTARIAL RECORDS photographs school records picture albums work records After the records already mentioned, the notarial records are the biographies diplonas most informative and important. Public or legal naterial pertain­ citizenship papers newspaper clippings ing to individuals that was recorded during the colonial period di ar ies fanlily histories usually found its way into the notarial books. These books (called protoc010s) include wills, land transactions, dowry in­ formation, contracts, bonds, p~ers, mortgages, complaints, charges, and parnents. - 8 - - 9 - • • Some notarial records have been destroyed for a variety of Also. at the Nation~l Archives is a section called Tierras t reasons, but for the nost part they are still available in the Propledaded. It IS probably sinilar to other archival original archives of the notary that created then, in a special collections in Latin Anerica and will contain information on notarial archives, in the provincial archives, or in the Archivo colonial land distribution and ownership. There is also a Nacional in Havana. collection called Solicitudes de Tierras.

Although some of the more conscientious notaries made indexes to In the book by J.C. Prince, entitled Cuba Illustrated, (New York, their protocolos, most did not. More of these records began to 1893, 6th edition), pages 125-174, there is a list of sugar be indexed following the independence period, however, as local plantations in alphabetical order, noting where they were located officials realized the absolute value of the infornation on the island, and the nane and address of the owner of each. contained therein. MILITARY RECORDS The nost-looked-for document in notarial records is the will and for this reason some believe that wills are only found in There was no standing army as such in Cuba until the mid-1700s. notarial records, but this is not true. They are also found in During the early colonial period, the major mil itary efforts ecclesiastical archives, nunicipal archives and if they are consisted of protection provided by militia units conscripted holographic (written in the hand of the testator), they may be in from the estates and various Spanish settlements. fanily archives, museuns, and other public archives. There were four nain groups of nilitary personnel included in the In the National Archive there is an index to the 284 bundles of designation of "military." These groups were: 1) veteran Spanish protocol os for the years 1842-1890 housed at the Archive. This soldiers assigned for short duration throughout the viceroyaltYj index was published in the Bolet1n of the National Archives in 2) veteran Spanish troops assigned permanently to a given areaj volumes 8-11, but included only 275 of the 284 bundles. 3) provincial nilitia unitsj and 4) urban militia units.

At Canaguey, there is a card index in private hands of over one Military records for the colonial period are found in several million cards, for the notarial collection there. Many of these archives under varying classifications, the nost connon of which records have been transcripted and are in the hands of CGS and are: 1) troop lists, 2) connission records, 3) service records, are being published in the Revista. 4) conscription records, 5) reginental register sheets, 6) petitions of soldiers for permission to narry, and 7) petitions lAND RECORD for pensions.

Of all the records best suited to genealogical and historical At the National Archives in Havana there is a collection called reseach in Cuba, those that deal with land are found in more Comisiones militares, consisting of 133 bundles for the years assorted places than any other. 1825-1869. The biographical information contained in these records is about nilitary nen receving connissions on the island At the National Archives in Havana there is a collection of during that time. records called Realtngos, consisting of ninety-eight bundles for the years 1782-1850. The material is concerned with the adninis­ There are many nilitary records on Cuban officials and soldiers tration of royal lands. In the Bolet1n, volumes 8-12, there is in Spain at the Archivo Militar in Segovia and at Simancas. an alphabetical I ist of properties and persons concerned with 8ecause Cuba was a province of Spain much longer than other Latin this set of documents. American countries, this is a particularly valuable source.

- 10 - - 11 - • • Films 1,156,324 through 1,156,329 at th~ Family History library Santa Cruz, Francisco X. Historia de Fanilias Cubanas. contain service records for Spanish and Cuban military men from 1786-1800. An index to thes~ r~cords is avai Jable in: Viller~, Sidney Louis. The Canary Islands Migration to louisiana, 1778-1783. This book is mostly about those who left louisiana Patronato Nacional de Archivos Hist6ricos. CatAlogo XXII del for Cuba. Archivo de Simancas, Secretarla de Guerra (siglo XVIII> , Hojas de Servicios de America. Valladolid, Spain: Patronato, The end result of the family history project of IGHl and CGS is 1958. to compile an index to all of the family histories that have b~en publish~d. There is so much that is available in th~se histories Military records for all of the regiments at Havana, Bayamo, that cannot be us~d by most individuals simply becaus~ it is not Cuatro Villas, Matanzas, Puerto Principe, Santiago de Cuba, and ind~xed. Ther~ are many int~rr~lat~d famili~s in Cuba that are Trinidad are included. dupl icating research efforts, and in som~ cases this duplication extends to oth~r latin America countri~s. It was not unusual for an emigrant family to spilt up and go into th~ various countries F#\IlY HISTORIES of South America, C~ntral America, Mexico, and th~ Caribbean, ~stablishing branches of the fanily that lost contact with each IGHl Research Series, Volume 15, entitled latin American Family other. Records, has over 3,500 family histories and genealogies listed in it. Over 300 of th~s~ are for Cuban families. B~sid~s thes~ OTHER GENEALOGICAL RECORDS individual titl~s to specific surname histories, the following publications hav~ be~n indexed by CGS and IGHl that pertain in There are many other records besides the ones mentioned pre­ whole or in part to Cuba. viously, that have value in doing genealogy or family res~arch. The following are some of the more important ones. AlmeJa, Juan. Guh de Persona~ m cult ivan l! Historia de America. Cemetery Records

Burkholder, Hark A. Biographical Dictionary of Audi~ncia Minis­ On Harch I, 1784, King Charles IV. ordered the establishment of ters In 1hi Americas, 1687-1821. cemeteries in the urban areas of the main cities of the i latin America. This was follwed by an order of April 3, 1787 Calcagno, Francisco. Diccionario BioQrifico Cubano. outlining that cemeteries were also to be constructed in the outside environs of the cities. With this order all church Cuban Genealogical Society. Revista. cemeteries were supposedly closed. However, the order was re­ issued in 1804, shwing the resistence of the parish priests. Lohmann, Guillermo. los Americanos ~ l!i Ordenes Nobiliarias. Many tombstone inscriptions and some cemetery burial books exist Mahy, Jos~ Antonio. Testamentos de Camaguey. and can provide additional information not found in church or civil death records. Nieto, Rafael. Dignidades Nobiliarias en Cuba. Immigration-Emigration-Migration Records Peraza, Fermin. Diccionario BiogrAfico Cubano. There were strict rules for controlling population movements Rodriguez, Emilio. Familias Hispanoam~ricanas. during most of the colonial period. All persons traveling to

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- 2 - - 3 - Rl!gistro Civil HISTORIA POLJTJCA En 31 dt julio dt 1889, tl. c6dlgo civil npatlol, qut fut Crist6bal Col6n II.g6 a la isla de Cuba durante el aes de pr~ulgado tn 1888, st hizo tftctlvo tn Cuba. D.sd. 'ntonc.s tl novieabre de 1492, pero no fu. hasta dieelsiet. alos despuls que registro civil hi tstado operatlvo par toda II Isla tecnlcal­ Diego V,lizquez de Culilar eoloniz6 a la isla. La prigera lIente. Sin flbargo, lIuchos lugar.s has sufrldo pfrdidas por causa poblaei6n se hizo en 1511. La eiudad de La Habana fue estableeida de las guerras civiles y las revolucionl!s que han destrozada la en 1519. Ish.

La isla .staba dividida .n dos gobiernos en 1620. Estos .ran La Cop 115 of c.rtiflcados dt nacillil!ntos, latrillonios, y defuncionts Habana y Santiago de Cuba. se pUl!dl!n obttnl!r al Iscriblr al Embassy of thl! CZl!choslovak Socialist Rl!publlc, Cuban Intl!rl!sts Section, 2639 16th Strl!l!t, Cuba estaba baJo la jurisdieei6n del Virr.inato de Nu.va Espana N.W. Washington, D.C., 20009. El costa es dt t60.00 U.S. para inlcialaent.. En 1162 los Ingl.ses Invadi.ron a La Habana p.ro cada certlflcado. fue restaurada a Espafta el ano siguiente En 1117 Cuba fu. elevada a capitanla gen.ral dentro de la .structura colonial civil de HISTORJA ECLESIASTJCA Latinoaillriu La Di6cesls de Baracoa, foraada In II de fl!brtro de 1511, fue En 1821 el gobl.rno espanol dividi6 la isla en depart.entos establtclda en Baracoa, pero tn 28 d. abrll de 1522, canbl6 su civiles bajo 105 cual.s fue adlipistrado hast a 1878. cabeetra a Santlgo dt Cuba. La nUl!va dl6cl!sis fue sufraginea a Sevilla hasta 1541 cuando pas6 a II nueva Arquidi6cesls de Santo Entre 1868 y 1818 habla una revoluci6n sobre la isla que finaliz6 Omingo. sin resolver nada. Habla Rucha destrucei6n eausada por la revoluci6n, en vidas y registros. En 10 de setlflbre de 1187, la segunda dl6cesls de Cuba fUI! establecida en La Habana. En 24 de novitllbre dl! 1804, el En 9 de junio de 1818 la Isla fue dividida en s.is provlncias obispado de Santiago dt Cuba fue II.vlda a arquidl6cesls. que eran Oriente, C.aguey, Las Villas, Hatanzas, La Habana, y Pinar del Rio. En 1893 la Isla II.g6 a ser una provincia otra Iniclallent. en Cubl habfan cuatro parroquias incluytndo la vez con capitin g'Reral CORO el gobernador, y fue dlvidida en prts.ntt eattdra1 dt San Crlst6bal de la Havana, Regl!dlos, cuatro gobi.rnos or t.nenclas que fu.ron sub-divididas en treinta Trinidad y Sanctl Spiritus. Guanabacoa III!g6 a sl!r parroquia en y un distritos politicos. Una vez gis, en 1895, habla otra 1607. Hatlnzas fue fundada I!n 1693, Cienfuegos en 1819. rlbeli6n qUI result6 en la Guerra HispanoaRericana de 1898. En Historlas de todas las parroquias de Cuba se estin preparando por 1901 Cuba adopt6 una constltucl6n que la releg6 a un prottctorado CGS. Sin tRbargo, la mayorfa de los reglltros de las parroquial de los Estados Unidos. Finalaente, declar6 su independencia en de Cuba han cesado dl! exlstlr antes d! 1700 por una variedad de 1940. razonn.

En 1915 las provincias antiguas de 1818 fueron sub-divididas en Registros Parroqulalts la forga siguiente: Oriente (Guantanallo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, GraRRa, y Las Tunas), Callaguey (C.aguey, Ciego de Transcripciones de los papeles de Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz Avila), Las Villas (Sanctl Spiritus, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, y y Hal1fn incluyen algunos r.glstros parroquilles: bautismos, Villa). las otras provincias quedaron sin dividirs•• En todas natrlnonlos, y d.funclones d' varlas parroquias de Cuba. Estol estas provincias, los territorios estaban sub-divididos en papeles fueron e!crltos por un n~ero dl! Individuos. (vlasl! CGS lIunlcipios. Revlsta 1:9-10). - 4 - - 5 - Las' transcrlptclones bautlsmales dan el nombre delillo, la fecha del bautlsmo, los nombre de 105 padres, a veces sus lugares de PARROOUIA TIPO DE REGISTRO AIDS CUOIERlOS rmT IDAD naclalento, y la fuente de referencia. las transcripclones de ------aatrilonio dan los nombres de los contrayent'I" sus padres, HOM.rrat. Hlxtos 17005-10005 Indict inforRacion sobre Ratrimoniol anteriores, la fecha de .atrilonio,

y la fuente de referencia. AVICtS lugares de origin tambi.n I Santo Angel Hatr Ilion 105 1694-1712 Indin estin incluidos. Las transcriptiones de Intlerro'son en 5U .ayorta de adultos y dan la fecba de .uerte, a quien.1 Ruerto Harlanao Hatrlnonio 1071-18B6 9 era casado, a veees lugares de naciml.nto y los nombres de padrls y la fuente de referencia. La layorta de los rlgistros .stin "ahnzu Ha tr I"on i05 1689-1850 400 organizado por parroqula, in orden 5eli-alfab.tlco (por letra del Hlxtos 1700-1850 500 apellido principal>, p.ro a veces .xtraldas en ord.n crono16gico. ReR,dios Hatr htolli os 1684-1751 300 De la Catedral de La Habana, y la iglesia del Sanctl-Spiritus, txtraetos d. latriRonio cubren .1 titapo completo indicado abajo. Sanh Clara Hatr h'on I05 1690-1880 400 Santiago d, Cuba Hatr. (notls> 1688-1715 400 MRROOUIA llPO DE RE6JSTRO AlOS CUBJERlOS CftlTlDAD Entiuros 1678-1880 100 ------CilIaglltY: Saneti Spiritus Hatrh'onlos 1-8 1674-1891 750 Cat.dnl Ha tr ilIon ios 1-9 1668-1874 1.500 Hay un 1,gaJo d, Sanetl Spiritus sigui,ndo .1 "ismo orden T.stamentos 1620-1850 ca. 3.000 altabltieo d, 105 otr05 registros, que ineluy, notas gen,a16glea5 Sohdad HatriRonios 1-8 1703-IB52 1.200 de naci"iento, "atri"onio, enti,rro, posicion" "ilitar,s, y .elesi'stleas, por orden de ,dad, alo, lugar, etc.tera. CArd.nas Hatriraonios 1805-1860 100 los latri"oniol de Sanctl Spiritus ineluyen referencias para Clenfuegos Ha tr ilIon ios lB27-1902 100 todos los alos aunquI no todas las partidas est'n ineluidas. Son: Guanabacoa Hixtos 1680-1790 100

La Habanu Vol. I 1674-1724 Vol. 9' 1814-1829 Vol. 2 1729-1744 Vol. 10 1829-1838 Calvario Hatrh.onios v.2 1775-1856 10 Vol. 3 1744-1760 Vol. 11 1838-1849 Vol. 4 1760-1772 Vol. 12 1848-1859 Catedral Bautismo5 1705-1785 1.300 Vol. 5 1772-1783 Vol. 13 1859-1872 (filllina HatriRonlos 1622-1874 2.000 Vol. 6 1783-1794 Vol. 14 1872-1883 1162426) Entierros 1619-1867 2.250 Vol. 7 1794-1803 Vol. 15 1883-1891 Vol. 8 1803-1814 Guadalupe HatriRonios 1850-1890 150 J. d.l Honte Hixtos 1750-1870 200 - 6 - - 7 - Los rlgistros para la Catedral dl La Habana contlnidas en la En Cuba, el mejor lugar donde cOlenzar las investigaciones colecci6n no Ist'n completas para el perlodo inicial. EI primer genea16gicas IS con los mie.bros y parientes mis viejos de la libro dl bautiSRos y matrimoniol (bautiSRos 1590-1600; matrimo­ familia, y si Istos est'n muertos, en los lugares donde vivieron. nios 1584-1622), fue publicado por Hidalgufa In Hadrid In 1974 en De Istas investigaciones usualmente es posible sacar algunos orden alfabltico. Est' en micropllfcula 973,150, itlm 6 en la nombres, datos, y tradiciones 0 historias familiares, quiz's Biblioteca de Historia Familiar. La collcci6n dl Santa Cruz Ilevando uno hasta cinco generaciones atr!s. Invariablemente contiene las transcripciones siguientes: mucha de esta informaci6n no se encontrar' en otro lugar y cuando se pierde 11 !! para siempre. Aunque un antepasado haya estado BAUTl5tlOS muerto por veintl a cinquenta ·aftos, es bUlna costURbre ir donde Vol. 8 1705-1715 Vol. 14 1773-1781 vivla para ver 10 qUI todavfa Ixiste acerca de ellos y sus Vol. 9 1716-1744 Vol. 15 1781-1786 familiares en las mentes dl otros. Porque tantos de 105 Vol. 10 1745-1752 Vol. 16 1786-1792 ciudadanos de Cuba han salido del pais y viven en 105 Estados Vol. II 1753-1763 Vol. 17 1792-1795 Unidos, 15 sURilente importantl que la generaci6n vieja registra Vo1. 12 1764-1770 Vol. 18 1795-1800 10 que sabe de los lugares ancestrales de residencia, Vol. 13 1771-1772 nacimientos, matrimonio, defuncion; de tradiciones familiares, nombres, fechas, .tc.tera. HATRIH~IOS Vol. 1 1622-1648 Vo1. 7 1771-1794 Casi cada familia ti.nl algo d. valor para dar al investigador Vol. 2 1649-1668 Vo1. B 1794-1812 diligentl. Sin embargo 51 debl usar mucho cuidado en COlO Vol. 3 1668-1708 Vo1. 9 1812-1820 clXlienn. Huchos individuos, al iniciar h pequiu, y sin antes Vol. 4 1709-1724 Vol. 10 1820-1840 establecer amiltades de conflanza con reciln conocidos, 0 Vol. 5 1724-1753 Vol. 11 1840-1855 parlentes poco conocidos, han hecho prlguntas muy personales, 0 Vol. 6 1754-1771 Vol. 12 1856-1874 han pedido prestar fotos, cartas, docURentos, etcltera, que tiene mucho valor para su dueno. Es bueno establecer un ambiente EHTIERROS mediante Ilamadas telef6nicas, cartas, 0 vlsitas, y este funda­ Vol. 1 1619-1649 Vol • 3 1679- mento muchas veces proveeri tesoros de Informaci6n qUI de otro Vol. 2 1649-1679 modo hubiera quedado escondidos, y entonces destruidas 0 echadas a la basura con la muertl del aquel individuo. A6n el parentesco Los ndmeros dl vol6Renel del los entierros no se dan despuls del no es un pr.-rlquisito al 'xito dl este modo, si el debido vol6Ren tres, plro los registros est'n transcritos hasta 1871. respeto a la edad y situaciones del individuos se tlXlan en cuenta. Estos registros de la Catedral de La Habana est!n todos en la mlcropelfcula 1,162,426 en la 8iblioteca de Historia Familiar. Una investigaci6n cuidadosa delcubrir' algunos, Ii no todos, de los siguientes tipos de material genea16gico y familiar.

FUEHTES FANILIARES registros vitales papeles legales r.gistros eclesi'sticos docURentos militares Siendo que la genealogfa es ,I estudio de familias, es obvlo que fotogriffu registros escolares ,1 hogar de la familia nucl,ar y los hogar,s de los hljos y 'lbURes de fotol registros de trabajo nietos de la pareja nuclear, deben contlner el material mis biograffas dipllXlu Ixtensivo que existe sobre esa familia en cuanto a su geneal091a papeles de ciudadanla recortes de peri6dicol , historia. dlirios historlas familiares

- 8 - - 9 - durante la epoca colonial, usualaent. se Incuentra en los libros SI IstOs aaterialls no 51 Inculntran en II hogar nucllar, notariales. Estos libros (ilalados ,rototolol) incluyen testa­ entoncis los hogarls dl IIIg05, vicino', Y pariente, deben mentos, codicilios, tutelas, cartas de dote, ventas de bienes visltarse, camo tambitn blbliotlcas, archlvos y lU510S locales. rafces y otras propiedades, hipotecas, poderes, pagos, etcftera.

Infomaci6n adic lonal sobre uta foraa dl buscar puede. Incon­ Algunos registros notarial.s han sido destruidos par uRa variedad trarse en las publicaclones sigulentes. de razones, pero .n su layorfa estin aSlquibles y en buenas condiciones en los archivos originalls dl los notlrios qUI los Platt, LYllan Dt. GennloQical Historical Guide to Latin (uerica. crearon, In un archivo notarial especial, en los archivDs Detroit, Michigan, 1978. Edici6n en espalol: Una Guia provinciales, 0 en el Archivo Nacional In La Habana. Genea16glco-Hist6rlca de latlnoaltrica. Rllona, California, 1978. Aunque algunos de los notarios mis concienzudos hicierDn fndices En e' capitulo uno de este Ilbro entltulado 'Horaa de a sus protocolos, la nayorfa no 101 hicierDn. Sin embargo, nis Investigaciones Genla16gicas,' hay una seccl6n sobre Fuentes ~e estos. rlgistros rlcibilron indices desputs de la faliliares que identlfica nis detalladllente a est as fuentes Independencla, cuando oficlalts localls realizaron el valor flliliarts. absoluto de la Informaci6n contlnida en ellos. Ryskllp, George R. lracing ~ Hlstanic Heritagt. Rivenide, EI documento·.is buscado .n los rlgistros notarialls IS .1 testa­ California, 1984. mento y por .sa raz6n algunos han cr'ido qUI los testamentos solamente se !ncuentran In los rlgistros notarialls, pero no es Secel6n J de este libro entitulada 'lechnlques and Principles' ver~a~ •. TiRbl'~ Sl Inculntran In archivos de la iglesia, los incluye varios puntos de interls' las Investigaciones munlclplos Y Sl son hologriflcos (escrito In la mano del glneal6gicas. tlstador), pu,dln Istar to archlvos p6blicos 0 con la familia.

Estos Ilbros tamblln contienen infornacl6n nis detallada sobre En el Archivo Nacional hay un fndici a 284 legaJos dl protocolos algunos de los otros reglstros descrltos ., segulr. archivado allf para los aftos 1842-1890. Estl fndice fue publicado In ,I Boletfn del Archivo Nacional en los vol6Renes 8­ II, plro incluia solamentl 275 de los 284 IlgaJos. CENSUS RECORDS i En Camaguey, hay un fndie. tn lanOl prlvadas de nis de un ail160 El censo civil de Cuba IS uno de sus tlsoros archivflcos ais de tarjetas, de los r.glstros notarial.s del Cilaguey. Muehos de ricos qUI 51 ha perdido en 5U nayoria. De 10 qUI se puede estos r.gistros se han transerlto y Istin en nanos de CGS y 51 deteminar, ·105 censos dl 1899 y 1907 tamados por los Es\ados estin publicando en su Revista. Unldos fueron destruldos por acta del congrlso dl 105 Estado Unldos. Clnsos tamados nls tard,s todavia puedan Ixlstlr en RE6ISTROS DE TIERRAS Cuba. En II archlvo national, hay por 10 nenos trelnta y un llgajos de c,nsos bajo ~ para la Ipoca colonial. De todos los rlgistros usados IA la glnealogfa y las investi­ gaciones hist6ritas d, Cuba, los dl tilrras 51 Incu,ntran en mls RE6JSlROS N01ARJALES . lugares de cualquier otro. Desputs dl los registros ya Istudiados, los registros notarlales En el Archivo Nacional dt La Habana hay una coleccl6n de son los nls InforRatlvos e IRportantls. lodo dl naturaleza rlgistros 11amados ·11&1'lgDI, conslltiendo de novtnta y ocho p6blica 0 legal p,rtenecilntl a Indlviuduos, qu, fu, rlgistrado - II - - 10 - legaJos para los aIDs 1782-1850. El nat,rlal s, trata d, la registros coneierne a nilitares reelbi.ndo ealisiones en la isla adlinlstraei6n de tierra reales. En ,1 Bole\ln, vol6menes 8-12, durante los aIDs indicados. hay un Indiee alfabltleo de las propledades y personas que estin Ineluidas en es\OI docu.entos. Hay auchos rlgistros nilitar.s de ofieiales y soldados Cubanos en Espafta .n .1 Archivo "illtar de Segovia y en Sinancas. A causa Tmblln en el Arehivo Naclonal hay una seeel6n nlllada Tlerras I d. que Cuba fue provincia de Espafta por un ti,npo nucho ais largo Propledaded. Es probable que 'I slnllar a otras eol,etlones en que otros paises Latinomericanos, esta fuente .s particularnente Latinolllrica y contendr' Inforlael6n sobre la dlstrlbuel6n y de valor a Cuba. duelos de tlerras coloniales. Hay tamblln una eolecei6n lillada Hicropellculas .,156,324 al 1,156,329 en la Biblioteca de Solicitudes de Tlerras. Historia Fmillar contl.n.n hojas dt servlclo para los nllitares En el llbro de J.e. Prince, entitulado Cuba Illustrated, (NfW de Espafta y Cuba que slrvleron en Cuba durante 1786-1800. Un York, 1893, 6a edleI6n), piglnas 125-174, hay una llsta de Indlce a estos r.glstros 51 .ncuentra ,n: plantaelones de azdear en orden alfabltlco, notando donde eada uno est' en la Isla, y el nambr' y dlreeei6n del duelo de eada Patronato Nacional de Archivol Histdrlcos. Cat"ooo XXII dtl Archlvo de Slaancas, S.cnhrh d. Guerra (siglo XVI1J>. Hojas de una. Servlclos de Amtrica. Valladolld, Espafta: Patronato, 1958.

REGISTROS HILITARES Registros ailitares para los regialentos estaclonados tn Havana, Baymo, Cuatro Villas, Hatanzas, Puerto Principe, Santiago de No habia un ejtrelto eamo tal tn Cuba hasta nedlados del slglo Cuba, y Trinidad estian incluldos. diecloeho. Durante la epoea colonial, las necesldades nllitares eonslstleron de proteeel6n nilielana empleadas de las haciendas y HISTORIAS FAHILIARES varlas poblaelones espalolas. Hubleron euatro grupos prlnclpales de personal Ineluldas en la La Serle de Investigaciones Genea16gicas del IGHl, voldRen IS, deslgnael6n de militar. Estos grupos faeron: 1) soldados Historlas Filillares ~ Latlnoll4rlca, contiene ais de 3.500 veteranos espalol,s asignados por duraelones eortas al historias fmillares y genealoglas. Huchas d, Istas son de vlrreinato; 2) soldados veteranos espaftoles asignados pernanente­ fmilias Cubanas. Adeais de Istos tltulos a historias de n,nt, a un lugar espeelfieo; 3} nil lela provincial; y 4) nilieia apeliidos tspeclficos, las siguitntes publicacion,s han sido ,studlado por CGS y 16Hl y un Indice hecho de elias. urbana. Reglstros nllitares para la epoca colonial se ,ncuentran en Alnela, Juan. Gula ~ P,rsonas !!! cultivan l! Historia de nuchos archlvos baJo varlas claslflcaclones, las nis camunes Merica. slendo: 1) llstas de tropas, 2) reglstros de eamlslones, 3) hoJas de s,rvlclo, 4) r,gistros de eonscrlpelones, 5) hoja, Burkholder, Hark A. Biographical DictionarY of Audiencla Hinis­ reglnentales, 6) petielones de soldados para casarse, Y 7) t,rs in !h! An,ricas, 1687-1821. petlciones de p,nsl6n. Calcagno, Francisco. Dicclonario Biogrifico Cubano. En el Archivo Naclonal de La Habana hay una col,ccl6n llamada Camisiones nilltares, conslstlendo de 133 legajos para los aIDs Cuban Genealogical Society. R,vista. 1825-1869. La Infornacl6n blogrifica contenida en estos

- 12 - - 13 - 11 ordln fUI publitldo de nUlvo In 1804, mostrlndo que hlbfl LomanR, 6ullltmo. Los tneritlnos !! hs Ordenes Noblliarlas. resistentia de los padres parroqulalls. Haby, Jolt Antonio. lest.entos de C.aoun. Huthls instriptlon,s dl lipidls y Ruthos Ilbros de entierro de tlRenterios ,xist,n y pu,den prOYIlr InforRlcI6n adicional que no Nieto, Rafael. Olonidades Nobillarlas!! Cuba. se ,ncu,ntra en la Iglesia ni In los certlficados tivills de defunt i6ll. Peraza, FerRtn. Dlcclonarlo Blogriflco Cubano. Registros de IRRigrati6n-Ellgraci6n~igraci6n Rodrtguez, ~illo. Filillas Hlspano.erlcanas. Hubieron reglas .strictas plrl controllr 11 Rovi.iento de II Sanh Cruz, Francisco X. Hhtorla de Fanillas Cublnas. pobllci6n durant. 11 mayor plrte del perfodo colonial. Todl p.rsona viajando a Cuba debertan tener permiso de 11 Clsa de Villtr', Sidney Louis. Tbe Canary Islands Higratlon to Louisiana, Contrataci6n en Sevilla. 1778-1783. Este libro trata dt fllilias que salieron dl luisiana para Cuba. El AGI en Sevilla Isti publicando lis listls de plsajeros a latinoamfrici. Estos Ixisten de 1509-1790 en AGI, Contrataci6n. El resultado final del proyecto de hlstoria familiar del JGHl y Sietl vol6mtnes de Istas Ilstls han sido publicados para la epoca CGS es compllar un tndice de todas las blstorlas fanillares qUI colonial. se han publlcado. Hay tanto que Ixlstl ,n Istas hlstorlas qUI no Isti aSlquible al Indlvlduo slaplementl porqul no hay tndlcl a los archivos de Espafta estin Ilenas de pruebls de eRigraci6n 1110. Hay Ruchas fllilias Intlrrllacionadas In Cuba y In los aasiva a Cuba. los registros tratando este asunto se hillan en Estados Unidos de rafces cubanas , que tstin trabaJando, archivos notariales, In palaportes, In padronls de hidalgufa, y dupllcando sus esfuerzos, y en algunos casos esta dupllcacl6n st en Ruchos Ills. extlende a otros patses latlnollericanos. No es fuera del nOMlal para una fllllia emigrantl de Espafta aandar hlJos I Sudlltrlca, Casos Civiles-Crillinal,s Centroamtrica, y H'xico, estableclendo ast ramas de 11 fllilia que plerden contacto II uno al otro tras las generaclones. En .'1 Archivo Nacional d. La Habana hay 14.000 ',gajos de estos reglstros trantindose d, los tilmpos colonialls y modernos. OTROS REGISTROS GENEAlOGJCOS AunquI no tientn fnditl ni Istin bien cltalogados contitnen un ttsoro d, informaci6n sabre luchos individuos. ' Hay auchos otros reglstros fuerl de los yl aencionldos, que ti,n,n valor para la genealogta 0 la histurla fllillar. los slguient,s son algunos d, los ais Inportantes.

Reglstros de Pante6n En primero de narzo de 1784, el Rey Carlos IV, ordenO ,1 estableclalento de cenentlrios en ireas urbanas de las cludades principales de Cuba. Esto fue s,guldo con orden del tres de abrll de 1787 Instruyendo que estos c'Renterlos d,berlan construlrse In las afueras de las cludades. Con este orden todos los cemet,rios d, las Iglesias deberlan cerrarse. Sin enbargo, - 15 - - 14 - LOCALITY ANALYSIS FOR CUBA

By George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG BYU Department of History

Locality analysis plays an essential part in detennining the objectives for family history research. It should be done as soon as a specific new place of origin or residence is identified, and, of course, must be completed before step two of the records analysis can be completed.

Locality Analysis involves two processes. The first is to locate the exact place or places from which one's ancestors came and detennine the various jurisdictions to which that place belonged. (This is, in effect, an answer to one of the initial questions asked in the People Analysis: Where did the ancestor live?) The second goal of Locality Analysis is to learn as much about that particular place as one can. This includes not only the physical location and the geographical features of the place, but, to better understand the life of the ancestor, also requires a knowledge of its history and physical appearance.

Modern Atlases and Maps

Atlas de Cuba. La Habana : Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia, 1978. (G 1605 .15 1978) (FHL film 1162487 item 2)

Nuevo atlas nacional de Cuba. La Habana : Instituto de Geografia de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, 1989. (BYU Maps G 1605 .N83x 1989)

Gazetteers

Gazetteer of Cuba, Vol I &11. 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency, 1991. (F 1754 .G39 1991)

Locality guide for Cuba. compiled by Mayra F. Sanchez-Johnson. Salt Lake City Cuban Genealogical Society, 1992. (FHL)

Historical Atlases, Maps and Materials

Atlas of ports, cities, and localities of the island of Cuba. Washington, D.C. : Norris Peters Co., 1898. (BYU G 1605 .U5 1898)

Atlas geografico de Espana, islas adyacentes y posesiones espanoles de ultramar. Madrid : Gaspar y Roig, 1864. (FHL film 0897114 item 1)

Ecclesiastical Directories

Apuntes para la historia eclesiatica de Cuba by Juan Martin Leisaca. Habana: Talleres Tipograficas de Carana, 1938. (U. of Florida 282.72 L532)

Encyclopedias

La Enciclopedia de Cuba. por Vicente Baez, ed. Madrid: Playor, S. A., Santa Polonia, 1973.

These are examples available from six major categories of books that can be valuable in completing a locality analysis for this country.

1. Atlases and Maps. Individual atlases that exist for most Hispanic countries can help locate ancestral towns and establish the proximity of ancestral towns to other towns found during the research. Typical of these is one for Mexico, Nuevo Atlas Porma de la Republica Mexicana (Editorial Porrua: Mexico, D.F., 1980), available in many local libraries. This small volume contains maps of each state, historical maps, ad a general country-wide index, as well as various geographical entity lists. Maps in these should be in a scale of at least 1:250,000.

Another useful geographical tool for the Latin American genealogist will be the Index to the Map of Hispanic America, published by the American Geographical Society. (Washington: 1945). As this is an index to a collection of maps, scale 1: 1,000,000, it will generally only be found in a large public or university library. It covers all Latin American countries in good detail.

Also of value for locating especially small hamlets and for recreating geographical details of local life are the Untied States Army Map Service Select Series and Topographical Maps produced for all of these countries. Any place, no matter how small, will appear on these detailed maps (scale 1:50,000). Unfortunately, these maps have no direct index, and locating places can only be accomplished by using latitude and longitude references in the gazetteers such as those published by the U.S. Office of Geography. (See the following section on gazeteers).

Maps and atlases are being digitalized for computer storage at an incredible rate. As that process continues these will become increasingly available on CDROM and on the Internet and World Wide Web. Currently, for example, the University of Texas at Austin Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection has placed many atlases and maps from the CIA on the Computer Internet. Check with the library for the current address and the countries available.

2. Gazetteers. Gazetteers are long lists of place names with a minimal amount of information to identify and locate each particular place. Since many of these gazetteers list geographical subdivisions smaller than the parish or municipality, and other features such as rivers and mountains, they can be of great help when the particular place to be located does not appear in the atlases or geographical dictionaries available to the researcher. Many countries also publish postal guides and political divisions guides.

Gazetteers, such as the Untied States Board on Geographical Names Gazetteer, prepared by the Office of Geography of the Department of the Interior, are frequently more readily obtained in the United States than local geographical dictionaries and detailed atlases of Hispanic countries. The Hispanic countries covered by the U. S. Board on Geographical Names series and their numbers in that series are:

Argentina, 103 Honduras, 27 Bolivia, 4 Mexico, 15 Brazil, 71 Nicaragua, 10 Chile, 6 Panama, 110 Costa Rica, 7 Paraguay, 35 Cuba, 30 Puerto Rico, 38 Dominican Republic, 33 Spain and Andorra, 51 Ecuador, 36 Spanish Sahara, 108 EI Salvador, 26 Uruguay, 21 Guatemala Venezuela, 56

For a number of Hispanic countries there are updated versions of these gazeteers published by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA). These are included under each country in the last section of this chapter. These gazeteers have now been placed by the DMA (in collaboration with the U.S. Board of Geographic Names on the computer Internet ubder the title GEOnet Names Server.

3. Geographical dictionaries. These vary in size, from one and two volume dictionaries to large series containing sixteen to twenty volumes. In the United States, those covering Hispanic countries are generally found in the Family History Library Catalog or in large public or university libraries which have map collections. Nearly every country has at least one such dictionary, although these can vary dramatically in the amount of detail they contain. Some of the large countries such as Mexico even have state or regional geographic dictionaries. Whether national or regional these are most helpful in locating a particular town, and usually provide a written description of the town, or other geographical unit. These descriptions, as well as individual place name entries, can be used to identify the larger geographical unit (where records would usually be found) to which a smaller unit, whose name is the only one the family remembers, belongs. Figure 7- ,a page from Volume I of the Diccionario geografico de Guatemala, illustrates this principle, showing the caserios of Guatemala. These dictionaries also often provide information in developing the history of the ancestral locality as a background to the family history.

4. Ecclesiastical guides and directories. Many Catholic dioceses, publish directories listing the various parishes, seminaries, and convents which make up the diocese. These directories always include the names of local parishes and the priests who serve there. They also may contain maps and other aids, and interesting and pertinent information about local history, including even local jurisdictional changes. Many of these are available through the LDS Family History Centers and in libraries having the CIDOC Collection of Latin American Church documents on microfilm. For at least four countries, Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Argentina, such guides exist which also indicate at least the beginning date for parish registers in nearly every parish in the country. 5. Historical Atlases, Maps and Materials. In the chart in the last section of this chapter a special category has been created for geographic reference tools that were printed before 1900 but are still widely available or were written to deal with geography during an historical period, most often the collonial period. The use and format of these materials parallels that of their contemporary counterparts described in other sections above.

6. Local histories. As the name implies, these are histories that deal entirely with a particular town or region, found bothe as books and as articles in periodicals. Scholarly historical journals such as The Americas and Hispanic American Historical Review are particularly valuable. These do not help in locating exact places, but can be extremely valuable in helping to understand the history of that locality, and especially to trace its jurisdictional changes. Other Resources: Cuba

Cuba Map http://geology.com/world/cuba-satellite-image.shtml

Cuba GenWeb http://www.cubagenweb.org/

Cuban Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utcubangs/

University of Miami – Cuban Heritage Collection http://www.library.miami.edu/chc/

Deaths in Santiago de Cuba (July 1898‐May 1902) http://www.hijadelmaryelsol.com/muertes_en_santiago_de_cuba.htm

Vanderbilt University – Ecclesiastical Sources for Cubans of African ancestry http://lib11.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib/esss.pl