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FRANK GALATAS

GENEALOGY RESEARCH

Spanish, Cuban & U.S. family history — researched in the original records, in Spanish and English, and reported with the sources to prove it.

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Services

Genealogy Research

Family lines traced in parish, civil, notarial, and census records from Spain, Cuba, and the United States. Every conclusion comes with its sources — no guesswork dressed up as fact.

Record lookup $50 · Family line $125 · Deep roots / brick wall from $250

Spanish Translation

Spanish documents translated into English — birth, marriage, and death certificates, immigration and citizenship paperwork, letters and legal records. A signed certificate of accuracy is included.

From $30 per document

Transcription & Paleography

Handwritten Spanish records — old and modern — transcribed exactly: original spelling kept, unreadable words marked, never guessed. The skill your family’s oldest documents require.

From $25

How it works

  1. Free 15-minute consultation — tell me what you’re looking for, by phone or email.
  2. Scope and price in writing first — you approve the plan before any work begins.
  3. 50% deposit by Zelle to start; the balance is due on delivery.
  4. You receive the records and the report — findings, sources, and copies of what I found.

Sample Work

Sample Research Report

The life of Dr. Lorenzo Galatas Ortega (1919–1973) — a Cuban physician traced from Pijirigua to Kirbyville, Texas: ship manifest, naturalization petition, obituary, and one burial question the records leave honestly open. This is the format a Family Line client receives.

Read the sample report (PDF)

Case Study: A Line Proven to 1691

Six generations of Errazti baptisms in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, each naming both parents — a line proven back to a 1691 marriage, and a final link to Cuba graded, openly, as a hypothesis. Proof where it exists; honesty where it doesn't.

Read the case study (PDF)

About

Frank Galatas

I’m a bilingual genealogy researcher in Miami, Florida, specializing in Basque, Spanish, and Cuban ancestry. My own family’s trail runs from the Basque Country to Artemisa, Cuba, to Miami — I’ve spent years in the same parish registers, civil records, and ship lists I’ll search for you.

B.A., University of Miami. Your documents stay private and are never shared.

¿Prefiere español? Escríbame con confianza — trabajo en ambos idiomas.