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To find church, civil or other records for your ancestor in Cuba you will need to know the various levels of jurisdictions (government or religious administrative) in Cuba. Only three locality levels are normally used. The country of Cuba is divided into provinces (provincias), municipalities (municipios), and cities, towns, villages, etc. | To find church, civil or other records for your ancestor in Cuba you will need to know the various levels of jurisdictions (government or religious administrative) in Cuba. Only three locality levels are normally used. The country of Cuba is divided into provinces (provincias), municipalities (municipios), and cities, towns, villages, etc. | ||
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Places are usually written from smallest to largest on a family group record. | Places are usually written from smallest to largest on a family group record. | ||
City/town, Province, Country | |||
In order to locate civil registration records you will need to know which municipality the town belongs. When you write localities on your family group sheet, the municipio is not listed. | In order to locate civil registration records you will need to know which municipality the town belongs. When you write localities on your family group sheet, the municipio is not listed. | ||
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When you want to include the parish, which is especially important in large cities, in your locality field you would write it in the following manner: | When you want to include the parish, which is especially important in large cities, in your locality field you would write it in the following manner: | ||
Parish, City/town, State, Country | |||
The parish of ?? is located in the city of ?? | The parish of ?? is located in the city of ?? | ||
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== Records from FamilySearch == | == Records from FamilySearch == | ||
FamilySearch does not have access to original images of parish or civil registration records. There are some extracted parish records and/or indexes for the cities of Camaguey Havana, Remedios, Sancti Spiritus, Santa Clara, Guamutas, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, and Santa Clara. You will find them in the FamilySearch Catalog under the name of the town. These books are found at the | FamilySearch does not have access to original images of parish or civil registration records. There are some extracted parish records and/or indexes for the cities of Camaguey Havana, Remedios, Sancti Spiritus, Santa Clara, Guamutas, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, and Santa Clara. You will find them in the FamilySearch Catalog under the name of the town. These books are found at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. | ||
There are also Cuban genealogy books that are available at the | There are also Cuban genealogy books that are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. You will find them by searching for Cuba in the FamilySearch Catalog under the subject of Genealogy. | ||
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