Guide To Cuban Genealogical Research Book

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Guide to Cuban Genealogical Research
Records and Sources
Author: Carr, Peter E.
Softbound    volume  totaling
104
pages. Book  is in excellent condition.  Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
What is a genealogist to do when his country of ancestry denies  him access to its records and when his country of residence lacks diplomatic  relations with his country of origin? Such is the predicament of persons of  Cuban ancestry living in the United States today, one that is compounded for  second, third, and later-generation Cuban-Americans who are further removed from  their immigrant ancestors than the exiles from Castro’s Cuba. Fortunately, as  Peter Carr points out in his guidebook to Cuban genealogy, the situation is far  from hopeless, and a determined researcher can accomplish a substantial amount  of Cuban genealogy from within the United States.
Guide to  Cuban Genealogical Research
touches on virtually every  facet of its subject. The author has prepared informative chapters on “getting  started,” Spanish surnames, and a history of Cuba, to set the stage for his  discussion of Cuban genealogical records. The meat of the book consists of  separate chapters devoted to each of these pertinent record categories: notarial,  land, census, passenger, slave, newspaper, commercial, military, consular, and  cemetery. As the reader will discover, there is a sizable body of published  literature devoted to Cuban research and records that may be obtained in the  United States or in other Spanish-speaking countries. Although Cuban public  records are not available to Americans, it may be possible to acquire Cuban  Catholic Church records by writing directly to the parishes. Mr. Carr reports  that his success rate at obtaining church records has ranged from 60 to 70%, and  he tells you how you can go about requesting them yourself. Still other chapters  list Cuban archives, libraries, and genealogical societies; maps and atlases;
papeles  procedentes de cuba
, and listings of streets and barrios in Havana. Complete  with a bibliography and subject index,
Guide  to Cuban Genealogical Research
is by all odds the place to start your  journey into Cuban family history.
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