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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP955/3

1. EAP955/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3
Title:
Church of La Caridad Collection of Sacramental Books
Scope & Content:
This is one of three collections of ecclesiastical records digitised by the EAP955 project team in three different Cuban cities. This collection contains three types of registry books: Two (2) Volumes of Baptisms (Bautismos de Color), One (1) of Entierros (burial records), and One (one) volume ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1528 TIFF images

2. EAP955/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3/1
Title:
Entierros Hospital San Juan De Dios [1800-1874]
Scope & Content:
This bound volume contains paragraph length entries recording the deaths of invididuals that took place in the Hospital of San Juan de Dios in the city of Sancti Spiritus. Entries contain information on age, race, legitimacy, parentage, profession, etc. Extent and format of original material: O...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
25 Jan 1800-3 Feb 1874
Extent:
573 TIFF images

3. EAP955/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3/2
Title:
Libro 1 de Reconocimientos de Hijos Naturales [1848-1858]
Scope & Content:
the parish church of La Caridad from 1848-1858. Each entry contains data on the recently baptised child, the mother, and witnesses who attest to the testimony of paternity. The child takes the father's name, even though this was highly uncommon for Hijos Naturales (literally "Natural Children")....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
14 Sep 1848-22 Feb 1858
Extent:
154 TIFF images

4. EAP955/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3/3
Title:
Bautismos de Color [1809-1899]
Scope & Content:
These bound volumes contain paragraph length entries for recording information of people who the Church classified "of color." This was primarily a racial designation that was determined by skin color, the race of one's parents, and other factors. In Cuba, there were many ways to describe race t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1809-1899
Extent:
801 TIFF images

5. EAP955/3/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3/3/1
Title:
Indice de Bautismos [1830-1899]
Scope & Content:
This book contains the names, listed alphaetically and by volume, for baptisms of people categorised by the church as "Blancos" and people categorised by the Church as "de Color" ("pardos", "morenos", "esclavos", "chinos", "indios", etc.), between the 1830s-1890s. Presumably all of these people ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1830s-1890s
Extent:
409 TIFF images

6. EAP955/3/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3/3/2
Title:
Libro 5 de Bautismos de Color [1809-1815]
Scope & Content:
This book contains information on people baptisted in the parish church of La Caridad in Sancti Spiritus between 2 May 1809 and 7 December 1815. The book also contains dozens of pages of index of names of those appearing in the book in the first portion. Extent and format of original material: ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
2 May 1809-7 Dec 1815
Extent:
392 TIFF images