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News Archive - 2005

 

 

This page holds significant news items that were on the CubaGenWeb Home Page during the year 2005. For previous years consult the index on the left.

 

dingDATA BASE OF PRISONERS AND DEPORTEES DURING WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

Feb 2005 - Continuing our work in documenting the participants of the Cuban Liberation Wars, we have added a searchable data base containing the names of 879 individuals who were either Prisoners of War or Deportees during the Cuban War of Independence. You can reach this new resource using the link in the left menu "Our Archives"->"Military"->War of Independence"->"Prisoners and deportees" or by clicking here.

 

dingCUBAN GENEALOGY COURSE

Mar 2005 - There will be a seminar/workshop on the basic elements of Cuban and Spanish Genealogy on Wednesday, 16 March from 7-9PM at the University of Miami Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL. This worshop is entirely free of charge and is sponsored by the Koubek Center of the University of Miami as part of their cultural and educational programs, and by the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. The workshop will be held in the Spanish language. For more information contact Jorge R. Piñon at 305-285-4747 and download the announcement by clicking here.

 

dingNEWSPAPER LISTS DATA BASE

Mar 2005 - One of our readers, Lydia Reyes, located and kindly transcribed 2195 names that appeared in lists published in Cuban Newspapers from the mid 1800's. The lists in many cases indicate the street address or "barrio" (neighborhood) where the listed person resided on that date and can serve to verify residency information. To access this data base use the link in the left menu "Our Archives " -> "Newspaper Lists" or click here.

 

dingPASSENGERS DATA BASE

Mar-Jun 2005 - Thanks to the efforts of several of our readers, several passenger lists to and from Cuba have been entered in our new on-line searchable passengers data base. The information contained in the data base varies depending on the original source, but generally contains the individual's name, ship's name and date of voyage or arrival. The data base currently includes the following:

  • 1,205 passengers who sailed form Gijon, Asturias to Habana and Matanzas in 1840-1871, contributed by Jorge Piñon Cervera and D. Eduardo Nunez Fernandez.
  • 35 passengers who sailed from the Canary Islands to Habana in 1686, contributed by Miriam Rivera and Dave Chudleigh.
  • 706 passengers who arrived or departed Habana from/to ports in Spain, Mexico and the US in 1842-1876, contributed by Lydia Reyes.
  • 228 passengers who were authorized by the Casa de Contratación to travel to Cuba in 1567-1599, contributed by the webmaster .
  • 262 passengers authorized by the Casa de Contratacion to travel to Cuba in the years 1514-1566, contributed by Miguel Angel Fernandez Gonzalez. These are the earliest official records of licenses for passengers to Cuba.

To access this data base use the link in the left menu "Our Archives " -> "Passengers"->"Data base" or click here.

 

dingCIENFUEGOS MARRIAGES

Apr 2005 - Hilda Pomares has transcribed a list of 94 marriage records from the city of Cienfuegos dated 1827-1902. To access this document use the link on the left menu "Our Archives" -> "Cienfuegos" or click here.

 

dingWORKING PAPERS OF THE COUNT OF JARUCO

Aug 2005 - The genealogy working papers of the Count of Jaruco are now available in microfilm at any LDS Family History Center in the world, thanks to the work, 33 years ago, of Denise Villareal and other volunteers at the Hialeah Family History Center. Volunteers from the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami are working to index the surnames appearing in the four microfilm rolls.

 

dingNEW LINKS

Aug 2005 - For your convenience we have added new links to the Cuban DNA Genealogy Project and other useful DNA genealogy sites. We have also added a link to the first Cuban Genealogy Blog.

Oct 2005 - We have added a link to a page listing the Cuban Jewish Cemeteries.

 

dingSANTIAGO DE CUBA MARRIAGES 1670-1799

Oct 2005 - An updated corrected transcription of the marriages performed at the Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba from 1670 to 1799 has been provided by Jose de Santa Cruz Pacheco y Rivery. (note that this has been expanded from the originally posted list which only covered up to 1750)

 

dingCUBA FOUNDING FAMILIES

Oct 2005 - An annotated list of the 565 original families that founded and populated the Island of Cuba in the XVI and XVII centuries has been prepared by Jose de Santa Cruz Pacheco y Rivery.

 

dingSUGAR MILL LIST

Nov 2005 - Our list of Cuban sugar mills has been updated showing the locality of each mill and whether it has been dismantled

 

dingCABALLERO DE PARIS

Dec 2005 - We have updated the page on "El Caballero de Paris" with some of the data from the biography written by his psychiatrist.

 

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