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===Dominican Republic Records Databases to Try=== | ===Dominican Republic Records Databases to Try=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/GuidedResearch: | *[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/GuidedResearch:Dominican_Republic '''Dominican Republic Guided Research'''] | ||
*[[Dominican Republic Civil Registration|'''Dominican Republic Civil Registration''']], government birth, marriage, and death records are available online for many provinces from the early 1800s to the early or mid-1900s. These records can name grandparents in addition to parents, and towns for residence and/or birth for both. | *[[Dominican Republic Civil Registration|'''Dominican Republic Civil Registration''']], government birth, marriage, and death records are available online for many provinces from the early 1800s to the early or mid-1900s. These records can name grandparents in addition to parents, and towns for residence and/or birth for both. | ||
*There are several [[Dominican Republic Church Records|'''Dominican Republic Church Records''']] online. | *There are several [[Dominican Republic Church Records|'''Dominican Republic Church Records''']] online. | ||
*See [[Dominican Republic Emigration and Immigration|'''Dominican Republic Emigration and Immigration''']] for records of Dominican Republicans immigrating, including some online digitized records and indexes. | *See [[Dominican Republic Emigration and Immigration|'''Dominican Republic Emigration and Immigration''']] for records of Dominican Republicans immigrating, including some online digitized records and indexes. | ||
*See [[Dominican Republic Online Genealogy Records|'''Dominican Republic Online Genealogy Records''']] for other databases that might hold clues. | *See [[Dominican Republic Online Genealogy Records|'''Dominican Republic Online Genealogy Records''']] for other databases that might hold clues. | ||
==Records of the Country of Destination== | ==Records of the Country of Destination== | ||
* '''Church Records:''' If your ancestor immigrated to a European or a South American/Hispanic country, church records can be detailed enough to identify a former residence or birthplace in the home country. These countries, unlike the United States, had state churches. In many countries, these state churches were used by the country to keep birth, marriage, and death records. Even though your ancestor was born in his former country, he may have married, and certainly died in his new country. Marriage and death records can state birthplace. | * '''Church Records:''' If your ancestor immigrated to a European or a South American/Hispanic country, church records can be detailed enough to identify a former residence or birthplace in the home country. These countries, unlike the United States, had state churches. In many countries, these state churches were used by the country to keep birth, marriage, and death records. Even though your ancestor was born in his former country, he may have married, and certainly died in his new country. Marriage and death records can state birthplace. | ||