Newspaper
Diario de La
Marina Index
The
transcriptions come from the daily newspaper, El Diario de la Marina,
which was published in Cuba. The paper published 2 daily editions:
Edición de la Mañana (Morning Edition) and Edición de la Tarde (Evening
Edition).
The
newspaper published births, marriages and deaths under 2 categories:
Registro Civil (Civil Registry) for births, marriages or deaths and
Necrología (Necrology) for deaths. The
births have not been transcribed as they do not include names of
individuals, but rather races and numbers within that race for each
neighborhood. (Example: Catedral – 1 varón y
1 hembra, blancos, legítimos; etc.)
The
Morning Edition did not publish the Civil Registry but did include a few
Necrology entries and funeral announcements. These announcements, which
seem to have been published by the deceased individual’s family, often
times yield a great deal of information. This information includes the
name of the deceased along with the spouse, children, parents, siblings,
in-laws, nephews and nieces, etc. A few were also published to announce
the anniversary of a loved one’s death and the upcoming religious
service. The Evening Edition published the Civil Registry for the
previous day(s) as well as Necrology entries and some funeral
announcements.
Please
note that these were extracted EXACTLY as published in the newspaper
with NO attempt to correct spelling, abbreviations, accent marks, etc.
Please note this is an ongoing
project! We are constantly adding months
to the lists
so check back often!
