Books of Interest
Book: (noun) a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers
About Books of Interest
The books listed are suggested by members for Cuban and Spanish genealogical research.
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Historias de Familias Cubanas
Conde de San Juan de Jaruco y Santa Cruz de Mopox
Puiblished: 1940-2000
This 9-volume collection represents the most extensive collection ever compiled of Cuban genealogies. It has 841 surname entries.
Downloadable PDF of the Index to Surnames.
Ed Elizondo, webmaster for CubaGenWeb, has graciously allowed us to link to his site. He has the digitized files (or links) to volumes 1, and 6 of the collection.
Digital files for Volumes 2 through 6 also available through Internet Archive.
Dignidades Nobiliarias en Cuba
Rafael Nieto y Cortadellas
Published in 1954
Genealogías
Habaneras
Rafael Nieto y Cortadellas
Published in 1954
Visit our Collections page dedicated to the large body of work created by Rafael Nieto y Cortadellas
Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos
Alberto & Arturo Garcia Carraffa
Alternate Name: Enciclopedia heráldica y genealógica; diccionario de apellidos.
Written and compiled from 1920 to 1968; the work stopped with the URRIZA surname when the last of the brothers died. The writer Endika de Mogrobejo has completed the work by finishing the list of surnames. [Volumes 87 to 101 (Urriza a Zuzuarregui) were published under the title “Diccionario hispanoamericano de heráldica, onomástica y genealogía.”]
Digital images of all 76 volumes available on FamilySearch
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PDFs from available from the webpage Historia y Genealogia Hispanoamericano
Volumes are also available through the Internet Archive.
Cuba: Economia y Sociedad
15 Volumes
Levi Marrero
Finding Aid: Available through Florida International University’s Special Collection Dept.
Index to Manuscript Collection: Florida International University’s Special Collection Dept.
Physical Volumes: Available through Florida International University’s Special Collection Dept.
Digital Volumes: Limited Views available through Hathi Trust Digital Library
Nobiliario Cubano: Las grandes familias isleñas
Fernando Suárez de Tangil y de Angulo
Other editions by Francisco Beltrán
Digitized images available on FamilySearch
Censos, Padrones y Matrículas de la Población de Cuba, Siglos 16, 17 y 18
Peter E. Carr
ISBN: 9780806352480, 0806352485
Published 1993
Cuban census records of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries
Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage
George R. Ryskamp
ISBN-10: 0961355603
ISBN-13: 978-0961355609
Published in 1984
El libro perdido de Bayamo: Reencuentro con el pasado. Historia, genealogía y leyendas de las familias bayamesas (siglos xvi – xviii)
(Spanish Edition)
Juan Bruno Zayas de la Portilla
Finding Your Hispanic Roots
George R. Ryskamp
ISBN-10: 0806315172
ISBN-13: 978-0806315171
Published in 2009
Americanos en las Ordenes Nobiliarias (1529-1900)
Guillermo Lohmann Villena
ISBN-10 : 8400001702
ISBN-13 : 978-8400001704
Published 1947
Comerciantes cubanos del siglo XIX
Roland T. Ely
ASIN: B001O530XY
Published 1960
Los Colegiales de Santa Cruz, 1484-1670 : una élite de poder
Seco M. A. Sobaler
ISBN-10 : 8450567327
ISBN-13 : 978-8450567328
Published 1987
Mil criollos del siglo XIX. Breve diccionario biográfico
César García del Pino
ISBN-10:9592712050
ISBN-13:9789592712058
Published 2013
Genealogía de los Martínez Fortún
Carlos Martínez Fortún
Published 1921
El linaje de los Miranda(1050-1737) :
Ocho siglos en la historia de Asturias
Antonio Villabella Patallo
ISBN: 9788461460083, 8461460081
Published 2010
Personalidades Cubanas (Cuba en el exilio)
Fermín Peraza Sarausa
Published 1965-1968
Las Industrias Menores: Empresarios y Empresas en Cuba (1880-1920)
María Antonia Marqués Dolz
ISBN: 9789590104534, 9590104533
Published 2006
Guía de Forasteros de la siempre fiel isla de Cuba
(Manual Calendar and Guide for Foreigners of the Island of Cuba)
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Historical Dictionary of Cuba
Jaime Suchliki
ISBN: 081083779X
Published 1988
Cuba en la mano:Encyclopedia popular ilustrada
(llustrated Encyclopedia)
Esteban Roldán Oliarte
Published 1940
Cuba in Old Maps
Emilio Cueto
Published 1999