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== Dominican Republic: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location unknown == | == Dominican Republic: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location unknown == | ||
[https://familysearch.org/search '''FamilySearch Indexed Records:''' Try searching in the indexed records for the name of the ancestor if they were born before 1900. Limit your results to the country of the Dominican REpublic and the name of the province if known. If no results, you will have to find more information from home sources or by asking family members. | [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search '''FamilySearch Indexed Records:''' Try searching in the indexed records for the name of the ancestor if they were born before 1900. Limit your results to the country of the Dominican REpublic and the name of the province if known. If no results, you will have to find more information from home sources or by asking family members. | ||
'''Contact family members:''' If you do not have even a minimal amount of information AND have no idea of where and when to look, you need to contact family members who might have that information. This could be older aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. | '''Contact family members:''' If you do not have even a minimal amount of information AND have no idea of where and when to look, you need to contact family members who might have that information. This could be older aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. | ||
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== Dominican Republic: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location and names of parents, children, or spouse are known == | == Dominican Republic: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location and names of parents, children, or spouse are known == | ||
[https://familysearch.org/search '''FamilySearch Indexed Records:'''] Try searching first in indexed records. Try a variety of searches with your ancestor's name, or with parents' names, or just by parents' surnames AND using the option to limit locality by country Dominican Republic and the name of the province in the Dominican Republic. | [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search '''FamilySearch Indexed Records:'''] Try searching first in indexed records. Try a variety of searches with your ancestor's name, or with parents' names, or just by parents' surnames AND using the option to limit locality by country Dominican Republic and the name of the province in the Dominican Republic. | ||
[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927011 '''FamilySearch Browse Images:'''] If there are no results from the previous search for the ancestor or any siblings, you will have to browse images for the locality. Civil Registration began in 1828 in the Dominican Republic. Catholic Church records are also a good choice as they cover all time periods. If you can find the ancestor in both record types, that is best as you will get more information. | [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927011 '''FamilySearch Browse Images:'''] If there are no results from the previous search for the ancestor or any siblings, you will have to browse images for the locality. Civil Registration began in 1828 in the Dominican Republic. Catholic Church records are also a good choice as they cover all time periods. If you can find the ancestor in both record types, that is best as you will get more information. | ||
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