Research Sources

Saint-Domingue Research Sources

Rather than attempting to outline complicated methodology, I am listing sources that will help your research, starting with the most accessible, more productive, and better-known ones. But don't stop here - when you're doing Saint-Domingue genealogy, (as the French say), "Il faut chercher partout" - you have to search everywhere !

The "Big Three"
Local Sources
LDS - "The Mormons" and the Family History Centers
The Indemnity Reports (includes link to translation of Gildas Bernard article)

History... and Genealogy
Moreau de St.-Méry - Description...de la partie... de l'isle Saint-Domingue
Babb - French Refugees From Saint-Domingue To the Southern United States 1790-1810
Cobb & Sullivan-Holleman - The Saint-Domingue Epic...

Background Material - the Refugees in historical context
Ott - good overall history
Geggus - British occupation
McClellan - everyday life in the colony

The Diaspora - Jamaica, Cuba, the U.S, Other Islands & Countries
Others in Saint-Domingue - special focus - Acadians, Polish, British (York Hussars), 1804 & later (Ferrand in Santo Domingo).

Gabriel Debien - THE authority on Saint-Domingue genealogy

Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe - the most important source for Saint-Domingue (and French West Indies) genealogy and history

Saint-Domingue Special Interest Group - 2001 Surname Index, other Surname Lists and S*I*G* Projects, and selected articles from The Saint-Domingue Newsletter.

Original Materials in Archives and Private and Public Collections
United States
France
Haiti
Other sources

Published materials
How-to
Guides to archives
Others

Consult my Annotated Select Bibliography for other materials not listed in these links.