I’ve been able to track down my Cuban families’ origin to a town in Gran Canaria. And I wanted to get some documentation to confirm this. The local church was contacted and it seems we’ve reached an impasse. I was wondering of offering to make a donation to the church would get this moving again. How much is a normal donation for this? Does anybody have any advice? I feel like I’m close. Thank you, Alex

Hola: The only way is to visit the town or city where the records are, once you make the right person to person contact and pay off the right person you will get what you looking for. Saludos, Joe. > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:05:49 -0400 > From: alexthoth@gmail.com > To: CUBA@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CUBA] Gran Canaria Church Records > > I’ve been able to track down my Cuban families’ origin to a town in Gran > Canaria. And I wanted to get some documentation to confirm this. The local > church was contacted and it seems we’ve reached an impasse. I was wondering > of offering to make a donation to the church would get this moving again. > How much is a normal donation for this? Does anybody have any advice? I feel > like I’m close. > > Thank you, > Alex > ========================================== > To reply to a message from the surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not directly to the list. > ~~~~~~ > Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a la lista. > ========================================== > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CUBA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Please be aware that depending on each particular case (inquiry), Spain did not conquer the Canary Islands until the end of the 1400s, and it took them  (who the natives described as "Castellanos" <Castillians>) several years to do so.  The ethnic/cultural group that inhabited the Islands at the arrival of the Spaniards were (or was) called "Guanches," and they were described as commonly having reddish-color hair.  The Canary Islands served as the "commercial center of commerce" for the Scandinavian Vikings for more than 400 years.  There is a strong possibility that the Güanches were a mix of Viking and Moroccan Ber-Ber tribes blood and culture.  They were also described as being "ferocious" warriors. I am stating this so that you are aware that every single person in the Canary Islands who has a Spanish surname, will find the origin of that last name in Spain proper (please, be aware that by stating , "...every single person," I am about 99 percent correct). Oswaldo F. Hernandez-Campos Asheville, North Carolina --- On Tue, 8/30/11, GLORIA BOAN <gloandjoe@msn.com> wrote: From: GLORIA BOAN <gloandjoe@msn.com> Subject: Re: [CUBA] Gran Canaria Church Records To: cuba@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 8:40 AM Hola:  The only way is to visit the town or city where the records are, once you make the right person to person contact and pay off the right person you will get what you looking for.  Saludos,  Joe. > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:05:49 -0400 > From: alexthoth@gmail.com > To: CUBA@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CUBA] Gran Canaria Church Records > > I’ve been able to track down my Cuban families’ origin to a town in Gran > Canaria. And I wanted to get some documentation to confirm this. The local > church was contacted and it seems we’ve reached an impasse. I was wondering > of offering to make a donation to the church would get this moving again. > How much is a normal donation for this? Does anybody have any advice? I feel > like I’m close. > > Thank you, > Alex > ========================================== > To reply to a message from the surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not directly to the list. > ~~~~~~ > Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a la lista. > ========================================== > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CUBA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                           ========================================== To reply to a message from the surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not directly to the list. ~~~~~~ Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a la lista. ========================================== ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CUBA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message