Digitized Church Records for Arroyo in Puerto Rico
Before I go into the below records, I need to answer two questions that are being asked by many.
I am not the holder of these church records. They are maintained by FamilySearch. While the records are available on their website, currently they are not easy to navigate until they make their changes which will take them a while as they are concentrating on digitizing their records. I have many years of experience navigating their website so I fully understand how to jump around and find the books I seek. There are many others who have the same level of experience on their website. I supply the breakdown for those that are new, don’t know how to navigate the website, or those who would rather have a link to the book for easy access.
Another question pertains to available church records. Not all churches in Puerto Rico were filmed by the LDS as the Roman Catholic Church closed access to their records. Note that if the church is not currently in the catalog then it never will be. You can Google to find out why this is the case.
Moving onto Arroyo, it is a municipality that sits between Guayama and Patillas and was founded in 1855. If you are seeking records prior to this time, I recommend that you look at Guayama as it would have been part of that region prior to being established.
There are only 3 films on church records available for this municipality. The records are as follows:
Baptisms Books
- Book 1 of Baptisms 1856 – 1863 Whites (Image 4) with Index in back
- Book 1 of Baptisms 1856 – 1870 Slave and Freed (Image 250) with Index in back
- Film for above images are not available; system issue, will need to be edited to add additional books
- Book 6 of Baptisms 1881 – 1887 (Image 320) with Index in back
- Book 7 of Baptisms 1887 – 1892 (Image 701) with Index in back
- Book 8 of Baptisms 1892 – 1897 (Image 958) with Index in back
- Book 9 of Baptisms 1897 – 1905 (Image 1167) with Index in back
- Book 10 of Baptisms 1906 – 1908 (Image 1504) with Index in back
- Book 11 of Baptisms 1908 – 1916 (Image 1595) with Index in back
- Book 12 of Baptisms 1917 – 1925 (Image 1953)
Confirmation Books
Marriages Books
In Book 3 of Marriages, it is noted that at the end of the book is a record for 1906.
- Book 1 of Marriages 1856 – 1873 (Image 2311) with Index in back
- Book 2 of Marriages 1873 – 1909 (Image 4) with Index in back
- Book 3 of Marriages 1909 – 1938 (Image 312) with Index in back
Death Books
Although the catalog noted records for 1920 – 1921 in death records, I could not locate them.
- Book 1 of Deaths 1856 – 1862 (Image 593)
- Book 2 of Deaths 1863 – 1868 (Image 796)
- Book 3 of Deaths 1868 – 1875 (Image 1091) with Index in back
- Book 4 of Deaths 1875 – 1884 (Image 1381) with Index in front
- Book 5 of Deaths 1884 – 1888 (Image 1698) with Index in back
- Book 6 of Deaths 1888 – 1896 (Image 1860) with Index in back
- Book 7 of Deaths 1896 – 1901 (Image 2146) with Index in back