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News Archive - 2002

 

 

This page holds significant news items that were on the CubaGenWeb Home Page during the year 2002. For other years consult the index on the left.

 


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Celebrating 100 years of Cuban Independence
20 May 1902 - 20 May 2002,
and the Mambi soldiers that made it possible

Homage to the Republic of Cuba in its Centenary, by Juan F. Pérez

 

dingMIAMI GENEALOGY CONFERENCE A GREAT SUCCESS
REUNION 2002, a genealogy conference in the city of Miami, organized by the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami was a great success. Among the distingushed speakers we had the pleasure of listening to the noted genealogist Dr. Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza; the President of the Cuban Genealogical Society, Mayra Sanchez-Johnson; an author of several books on the Jews of Cuba, Betty Heisler-Samuels; the Director of the Cuban Heritage Collection at the Otto Richter Library of the University of MIami, Esperanza de Varona; the notable cuban historian and novelist Manuel Marquez-Sterling; an expert in publishing your family history, Richard Hooverson; and a spanish genealogist, Jose Antonio de la Torre. We also had the pleasure of participating by giving a talk on the use of computers and the Internet for genealogy.

 

ding ELLIS ISLAND RECORDS ON-LINE
Thanks to the work of numerous volunteers from the Church of Latter Day Saints, the Ellis Island immigration records have been scanned and transcribed to a searchable data base. You can reach these records at www.ellisisland.org. The records encompass all 22 million passengers (tourists, inmigrants, returning US Citizens, passengers in transit to other destinations and crew members) arriving at the Port of New York in the years 1892-1924. You can research passenger records for ships that brought the immigrants - even see the original manifest with passenger names, destination, etc. For more information click here.

 

ding Diario de la Marina ON CD-ROM
The University of Florida has completed the scanning of ten years (1947 to 1957) of the Diario de la Marina, one of the oldest newspapers in Habana. The scanned images are available in 240 CD-ROMs at a price of $45 each. Each CD includes the index for the entire set. For more information, including a list of available dates/CDs, please click on this link.

 

dingSOME HISTORIC CUBAN DOCUMENTS NOW ON LINE
The Cuban Heritage Collection at the Otto Richter Library of the University of Miami has recently posted several sample documents from some of their Collections. Visit the Cuban Heritage Digital Collection by clicking on this last link.

 

ding CHANGES TO SURNAME BULLETIN BOARD
Due to the acquisiton of the Rootsweb organization by Ancestry.com, the bulletin boards of both entities have been combined. Our Cuban Surname Bulletin Board is still operational and we are continuing as administrator. You can reach the new rules of use and the new bulletin board via the link at the upper left of the menu on our home page.

 

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