Finding Your Ancestors in Abricots, Haiti

I selected the featured image of a beautiful flower because this flowers actually grows in Haiti. I always advise people that you should never believe what is put before you but always look beyond. What the media or the government may say about a country or place may not be the full true picture of a people or place. Nothing resonates louder than the beauty of Haiti. Look beyond what is put before you and you will always discover truth and beauty. While there is poverty in every country, you will find beautiful people and land.

There are plenty of digitized records for the researcher that is looking for ancestors in Haiti. Unfortunately, until the custodians of the records agree to release more digitized images, they will remain unavailable to be viewed online. This is the struggle that many researchers face when researching in the Caribbean. However, there are plenty to look through and this post will cover Abricots or Abriko, as known in Haitian Creole.

Abricots is a municipality located on the southwestern coast of Haiti. Records are limited but just finding that potential ancestor is worth the look. The available digitized images are Civil Registration records that cover the years from 1827 to 1913. The section headers are written in English, French, and then Haitian Creole in recognition of the region. Note that all records are written in French. If you find that you cannot read the information, simply use Google Translate or become a member of the Facebook group named Haitian Genealogy,Genealogie d’Haiti, et Saint- Domingue and post a copy of the image along with the URL to where the image is located and request assistance and one of the many members there will be happy to assist. I hope that these records assist many in their research. Bon chans!

Births / Naissances / Nesans

• June – December 1828
• September 1933 & January – December 1834
• February – December 1845, Feb – Dec 1846, Mar – Dec 1847, & Jan – Dec 1848
• February 1849 – October 1853
• January – October 1855
• March – December 1891
• January – December 1891 & January 1892
• January – December 1892
• December 1893 – March 1894
• January – December 1896
• August – December 1897
• January – December 1901
• January – December 1902
• January – December 1905
• January – December 1907
• January – December 1908
• January – December 1910
• January – December 1911

Marriages / Mariages / Maryaj

• January – December 1828
• November 1834, September 1835 – January 1836
• October 1845 – August 1846
• February 1848 – December 1849
• July 1849
• March 1853
• June – December 1890 & February 1891
• April – May 1891 & January – February 1892
• July – October 1892 & February 1893
• April 1893 – February 1894
• January – July 189 & January 1896
• August – October 1896, February – November 1897, & January 1898
• January 1896 – January 1897
• March – December 1901
• January – September 1902
• January – December 1909
• February – October 2010
• January – October 1911
• January – September 1913

Deaths / Décès / Lanmò

• January – December 1827
• January – December 1828
• January – December 1829
• March – December 1830
• November 1833 – January 1835
• March 1847 – December 1849
• January 1851 – December 1855
• October – November 1892
• February – December 1894
• October 1893 – January 1894
• January – December 1895
• January – December 1901
• January – December 1909
• January – December 1910
• January – December 1911