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hi.i live in jersey and would like to find out how and where i can obtain birth and death records from DR. im searching for info on my grandmother's father who left italy for DR in the 1920's
thanks in advance for your replies.
ps. this message board is interesting

If at all available, you must probably serach city/village
records of his birthplace. The local church might be very,
useful. It all depends on where he was born/living. If in
the 'campo' (countryside', you can probably forget it
alltogether since births and deaths seldom was registered.
Until quite recently, the only reason for registering
a birth was if you needed a passport. Consequently,
my own stepson didn't register for birth certificate until
needed, at 11 years of age. (He's born 1981!)

hi, thanks for responding. my grandmother died in santo domingo in august 1983 when she was visiting there. Would u know where i can locate her death records? Re. birth records, i still don't have a clue. my great-grandfather also died in SD. his name was salvatore guido compiano. i know my search is going to be difficult but thanks for ur response.
Re. your stepson: wow, i thought that it was only ages ago that records of birth wasn't kept. interesting

thanks again

First, did you try the nearest Dominican consulate?
Was your grandmother a Dominican citizen? If so, and 'on
visit', obviously she must have had a passport. If she had
a passport, the consulate should be able at least to direct
you to the correct authority that keeps old records. Since
a Dominican passport normally is for two years only, it's
only two years to search - 1981-1983. It will, however,
be considerably easier to extract the information if you
visit the authority in person. Phone or letter questions
like that have a tendency to be processed 'later'.
I saw a post earlier about the governments official home page,
but forgot it. DR1 'board-master' can surely help with
that!

THANKS