Research Sources
Saint-Domingue
Research Sources
Rather than attempting to outline
complicated methodology, I am listing sources that will help your
research, starting with the most accessible, more productive,
and better-known ones. But don't stop here - when you're doing
Saint-Domingue genealogy, (as the French say), "Il faut
chercher partout" - you have to search everywhere !
The "Big
Three"
Local Sources
LDS - "The Mormons" and the Family History Centers
The Indemnity Reports (includes link to translation of Gildas
Bernard article)
History...
and Genealogy
Moreau de St.-Méry - Description...de la partie...
de l'isle Saint-Domingue
Babb - French Refugees From Saint-Domingue To the Southern
United States 1790-1810
Cobb & Sullivan-Holleman - The Saint-Domingue Epic...
Background
Material - the Refugees
in historical context
Ott - good overall history
Geggus - British occupation
McClellan - everyday life in the colony
The
Diaspora - Jamaica, Cuba,
the U.S, Other Islands & Countries
Others in Saint-Domingue - special focus - Acadians, Polish,
British (York Hussars), 1804 & later (Ferrand in Santo Domingo).
Gabriel Debien - THE authority on Saint-Domingue genealogy
Généalogie
et Histoire de la Caraïbe
- the most important source for Saint-Domingue (and French West
Indies) genealogy and history
Saint-Domingue
Special Interest Group - 2001
Surname Index, other Surname
Lists and S*I*G* Projects, and selected
articles from The Saint-Domingue Newsletter.
Original
Materials in Archives and Private and Public Collections
United States
France
Haiti
Other sources
Published
materials
How-to
Guides to archives
Others
Consult my Annotated
Select Bibliography for other materials not listed in
these links.
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