[Carib] EXCITING NEWS about the Saint-Domingue Etat Civil

[Augusta Elmwood]

... it is FINALLY online. According to messages I've received, only certain registers are online. I suppose more will be made available as they are digitized and prepared.

Here's the link:

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SAINT-DOMINGUE

Click the down arrow in the COMMUNE window and a list of towns will appear. Make your choice.

Then click the down arrow in the TYPE d'ACTE window... you will have a choice of acts, or you can choose the TABLES (Indexes), either annual ones or 10-year ones, sorted by type of act. There are some other choices, like AFFRANCHISEMENTS, JUDGEMENTS, DIVORCES, etc. available, but they may not all apply for all communes/towns.

You can also enter a year in the ANNEE window, or a time span (in the OU ENTRE ---- ET ---- windows). If you want to browse the registers from the beginning, just leave everything blank after the COMMUNE.

I just got the news and have not had a chance to play around with the system very much, but it seems to be user friendly. Merci Mille Fois to the Archives d'Outre-mer !

Ladies & Gentlemen, get out your dictionaries and start your engines ! The long-awaited day has arrived !!

Bonnes et fructueuses recherches !

Augusta
Sleepless in New Orleans :-)

[Heather]

Merci, madame........I knew my high school french would come in handy one
day, besides travelling in Quebec, lol. Unfortunately, I only have one name
which was from Haiti and not much information about him.
Touzalin.........who came to Jamaica in 1795 or so but that could be a
misspelling of Toussalin, Toussaint......they landed in a British part of
the Island.

Cheers from Canada........Heather

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