The Descendants of Francisco Delgado Manso in Puerto Rico
Although I know that Francisco Delgado Manso’s father was the son of Francisco Delgado and Juana Manso de Espinosa, I purposely let them off the tree since based on PARES records, Francisco Delgado (the grandfather) was the first to come of this Delgado line to Puerto Rico in the 1500’s. If you visit PARES, you…
Descendants of Juan Antonio Cartagena & Julia Guzman
This family line is of Juan Antonio Cartagena and Julia Guzman in Dominican Republic. The below was built from church records I came across in my research and was able to build this family tree. I’m sharing this descendant report so that those researching this family can use the information. I hope that this is…
Descendants of Pablo de Leon & Estebania Orozeo
Here is the family of Pablo de Leon and his wife Estebania Orozeo. I’m sure they had other children, however I only provided the information on their son; Rafael de Leon Orozeo. I was able to build this tree based on church records in Dominican Republic. His line does marry into mine but I don’t…
Finding Books for Research on FamilySearch
Using FamilySearch to your advantage can take you a long way in finding something as simple as an out of print book. Many of the books available are actually on microfilm which means that it is simply a request away. You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on a book that you can gain…
Accessing the 1884 San Lorenzo Puerto Rico Census
There is a monsoon brewing outside so I decided to write up this post while enjoying a cup of coffee. One of the amazing this about researching is that once you figure out something you always say to yourself, “That was easy! Why didn’t I think of this?!” Now going back to when the islands…
Puerto Rico Census from the 1800s
If you were ever told that census records don’t exist for the 1800s then the likelihood is that the person just wasn’t aware. One such group is FamilySearch themselves and they have the records. I had written to them asking when would the Puerto Rico census records be digitized and uploaded. The response I received…