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From: "Mayra Sanchez-Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [CUBA] About hospital records
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:50:51 -0800
References: <3015A8783FC3D41192E500805FBECFFC3378AD@GSMAILNT> <007001c07600$0bf420c0$9fca0ed0@bermudabill> <001701c075ff$4d4bd6e0$64f6fea9@oemcomputer>


I wrote once to the Archivo Nacional and never got a response. The
Cemetery's records are in the ofice, and the guy that is in charge is an old
man with a temper, who would look things up if they are not too complicated,
and the person is right there asking him to do it. In other words, you have
to have someone in Cuba doing the leg work.

Mayra
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Castellanos" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CUBA] About hospital records


> Hello Mayra:
> It is good to know your negative experience with the Registro Civil, so
> as not to waste valuable time and effort.
> It was suggested by my father as the place where birth and marriages
> were recorded, but we have never written to the Registro Civil since
> we arrived in the U.S. in '63, and have no experience with any of the
> government offices in Cuba. Have you had the same experience with
> the Archivo Nacional?
> By the way, is there any information available stateside on the records
> of the Colon cemetery?
>
> Happy New Year 2001!
> René
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mayra Sanchez-Johnson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CUBA] About hospital records
>
>
> > I hate to spoil the idea, but I know for a fact that when you write to
the
> > Registro Civil, IF you get an answer is to ask you the exact numbering
of
> > the entry. They will not do the lookng and will not send the certificate
> to
> > the US. These people are government enployees, and communist gorvenment
> to
> > boot.
> >
> > You are much better oof writing to the church and hoping you get a
priest
> > that has the time to do the search.
> >
> > Mayra
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hughes, Rebecca B." <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 6:21 AM
> > Subject: RE: [CUBA] About hospital records
> >
> >
> > > thanks rene. I think that is probably a much better idea. I only
have
> > one
> > > problem (one that is very embarrassing for me to admit). I was born
in
> > Cuba
> > > but unfortunately do not know the language well enough to write a
letter
> > to
> > > the Registro Civil to ask them. Do you think you could give me some
> > > pointers. I understand everything but have never been formally
trained
> > > so...
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rene Castellanos [mailto:]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 11:32 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Re: [CUBA] About hospital records
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Cecilia:
> > > You are right, Maternidad Obrera was a newer hospital in El Vedado,
> > > west towards Almendares. That makes 6 major hospitals on the list of
> > > hospitals in La Habana city alone!
> > > Rebecca, my father mentions that hospital records, if available may
> offer
> > > too little information for genealogical purpose--he suggests writing
> > instead
> > > to the "Registro Civil" of the locality your family lived in, i.e.
> > Registro
> > > Civil
> > > del Vedado, etc.
> > > Saludos
> > > René
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Cecilia Vaillant-Yanes" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 4:39 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CUBA] About hospital records
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wasn't one of these in El Vedado, Maternidad Obrera?
> > > > The name just jumped at me. That's where I popped into
> > > > the world! Back in '59. My mother explained that many
> > > > records were burned/destroyed at the onset of the
> > > > Castro regime. Lord knows what if anything is left.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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