this certainly is exciting...my children are half haitian...surname is jeannis...there is a place in haiti called plaine jeannis, too. i have to dust of my french and get down to work... cheryl hazell > From: caribbean-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 31 > To: caribbean@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:00:05 -0600 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: EXCITING NEWS about the Saint-Domingue Etat Civil (Heather) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:49:47 -0400 > From: "Heather" <fritzie@canada.invalid> > Subject: Re: [Carib] EXCITING NEWS about the Saint-Domingue Etat Civil > To: caribbean@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <ho5m9q$am5$1@news.eternal-september.org> > > Merci, madame........I knew my high school french would come in handy one > day, besides travelling in Quebec, lol. Unfortunately, I only have one name > which was from Haiti and not much information about him. > Touzalin.........who came to Jamaica in 1795 or so but that could be a > misspelling of Toussalin, Toussaint......they landed in a British part of > the Island. > > Cheers from Canada........Heather > > "Augusta Elmwood" <augustae@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:mailman.832.1269147213.2664.caribbean@rootsweb.com... > > ... it is FINALLY online. According to messages I've received, only certain > registers are online. I suppose more will be made available as they are > digitized and prepared. > > Here's the link: > > http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SAINT-DOMINGUE > > Click the down arrow in the COMMUNE window and a list of towns will appear. > Make your choice. > > Then click the down arrow in the TYPE d'ACTE window... you will have a > choice of acts, or you can choose the TABLES (Indexes), either annual ones > or 10-year ones, sorted by type of act. There are some other choices, like > AFFRANCHISEMENTS, JUDGEMENTS, DIVORCES, etc. available, but they may not all > apply for all communes/towns. > > You can also enter a year in the ANNEE window, or a time span (in the OU > ENTRE ---- ET ---- windows). If you want to browse the registers from the > beginning, just leave everything blank after the COMMUNE. > > I just got the news and have not had a chance to play around with the system > very much, but it seems to be user friendly. Merci Mille Fois to the > Archives d'Outre-mer ! > > Ladies & Gentlemen, get out your dictionaries and start your engines ! The > long-awaited day has arrived !! > > Bonnes et fructueuses recherches ! > > Augusta > Sleepless in New Orleans :-) > > > > > End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 31 > **************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959