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Vivo en Santa Cruz de Tenerife, en esta ciudad se encuentra el Archivo Diocesano. En este lugar se recopilan datos de bautismo, matrimonio y defuncion desde 1580 hasta 1930. Si deseas algún estudio genealógico, contactar conmigo para comenzar el trabajo.

También puedo ayudar a conseguir certificados literales de bautismo para obtener nacionalidad española.

Saludos.

English:

I live in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in this city is the Diocesan Archives. Here, data collected baptism, marriage and death certificates from 1580 to 1930. If you want a genealogical study, contact me to begin work.

I can also help achieve literal baptismal certificates to obtain Spanish nationality.

Greetings.

I have traced my family all the way back to the original families sent by Spain to San Antonio in 1730.

Our three Canary Island ancestors were from Lanzarote on which I am particularly interested are:

(1) Juan Rodriguez Granados, born about 1700 (he died in Vera Cruz, Mexico, on 5 Jul 1730)

(2) Maria Robiana de Bethencourt, born about 1703 (she died in San Antonio, Texas, 25 Jan 1779)

(3) Their first son Pedro was born about 1717, so a birth certificate and their marriage certificate would be desired.

Anything you can do for me in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Please advise of any monetary consideration before starting search.

Thank you!

My family immigrated to Cuba in the 1600's from La Palma and Garachico, Tenerife. I have limited information on them, but do have names and approximate years of birth with parents names. Can you tell me what you charge to conduct a genealogy search? I would need copies of birth documents, marriage and death certificates. Also, please give me a little background about yourself and your research ability.
Out of curiosity, do you also have access to Inquisition Records from Las Palmas from the 1500's? I am looking for information on a relative who gave a Relation to the Santos Oficio in 1525. I have already checked Butts records of the conversos and did not find the name I am searching for.
I look forward to hear from you.

I wrote 2 months ago and still have not heard.

Thanks for letting me know. Will keep my fingers crossed that he replies. Do you have any other resources for tracing genealogy in the Canaries?

No, I was hoping I'd get some response. This is the only one so far that offered English, the others were in Spanish and mine isn't so great. Maybe they're on vacation or have a backlog.

Bethencourt is an important name in the Canaries, Cuba and I suspect Mexico. My own family married into the Bethencourts of Camaguey, Cuba. I've run across several web site with Bethencourt genealogy, however, I do not know their accuracy. Good luck to you and your research. If you don't mind, would you send me the Spanish sites you spoke of for Canaries? Perhaps I can make headway and in turn help you.
Thanks,

It's the same one you wrote to.

Hi, sorry for the delay in replying to messages.
First, I must say that during the month of August the Diocesan Archives will be closed for vacation until September 7.

Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria, are islands that belong to another province, so the Archive Tenerife does not save information on these islands, so I can not help. In contrast, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Tenerife yes you can.

My email is jonayhm@hotmail.com. Put your requests in my private mail, name of persons to seek, approximate dates, location, etc..

Greetings and thanks for waiting

Thank you so much for letting me know of your predicament. Most of the relatives I'm looking for are from Lanzarote, so I regret that you cannot help.

Do you know of anyone in Lanzarote than can help me? Of course, Spanish is my problem and I'd need someone who can write in English.

I visited Lanzarote 5 years ago and regret that at that time I had not even dreamt of looking up my ancestry. As I mentioned I'm a descendant of Juan Rodriguez Granado and Maria Robaina Bethencourt.

Again, thank you for your response. Hopefully, you can help the other person looking for information.