Dominican Republic Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records

Dominican Republic

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Coverage Table
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How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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 * Search the records of nearby locations. In the period of this collection, few individuals ever lived more than 20 miles from their place pf birth, though smaller moves were common

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"Dominican Republic Baptisms, 1726-1924" Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
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