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From: "mayra johnson" <>
Subject: Re: Macuriges--thank you!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:00:10 -0600


Hi, If your ancestors came from St Domingo to Cuba in the 1800's there is
a very good chance that they were in the Macurijes in Oriente, since that
is the closest province to St Domingo and most French stayed there. The
records would be in Cuba, even if Spain was the overseerer. Mayra

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> Subject: Re: Macuriges--thank you!
> Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:45 PM
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> To all of you that posted a reply to my initial post--a great big thank
you!!
> Several of you asked for my surnames there--as far as I know, ESNARD and
> BARBOT. They had many plantations, for which I have the names; but the
names
> are French and I believe they were in Saint Domingue. St. Isabel is the
only
> name I have for Cuba.
>
> How hard is it going to be to get any records from Cuba--they were there
in
> the mid 1800's? Who has the records--Cuba or Spain or ??
>
> Thanks for your patience with a newbie to Cuban research.
> Maggee
>
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