Category: African Ancestry

Barbados Parochial Digitized Records 1849 – 1886

Many records are now being posted online which will benefit many doing research on their ancestors. While we all wish that all these records were available today, we have to sit patiently until they do become available.  A lot of work goes into converting these microfilms into digitized records.  Many of these records were filmed…

By Anna Bayala July 11, 2017 0

Barbados Civil and Church Records 1900 – 1930

In researching for records, I came across some more records for Barbados.  Hopefully many will benefit from these available records. All links will open in a new windows so ensure that popup blockers are turned off for the website as all posts work in this manner on the blog.  The following records are civil records…

By Anna Bayala July 9, 2017 0

Las Piedras and Juncos Digitized Church Records

Las Piedras which is located east of Juncos and San Lorenzo in Puerto Rico was founded in 1773.  However, the earliest church records that have been filmed began in 1787 and can be located in the Juncos collection.  Juncos, southeast from Gurabo, was later founded later in 1797. I recommend that if researching the area,…

By Anna Bayala July 8, 2017 2

Naguabo Puerto Rico Digitized Church Records

Although Naguabo was founded in 1821, the church records establish that Naguabo has been there prior to 1821.  The baptism and church records go back as far as 1798.  The Parrish was once called Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Glorioso Mártir San Juan Nepomuceno.  Please note that the book numbers are not chronological. I do…

By Anna Bayala June 17, 2017 5

Digitized Church Records for Santa Isabel in Puerto Rico

Personally, as far as I am aware, I do not have any ancestors coming from Santa Isabel. However many do, which is why I do not mind sharing the breakdown. Below you will also discover Salinas entries, the municipality, in the death books. Libro de Bautismos (Baptism Books) Libro 1 de Esclavos (Slave Baptisms) 1852…

By Anna Bayala June 14, 2017 0

Digitized Barranquitas Church Records for Puerto Rico

Barranquitas is a municipality that was found in 1803, however the island has been hit with plenty of tragedy since the island has been inhabited.  With the many tragedies, it winds up impacting even the churches.  There have been many instances of fires, hurricanes, and floods. With this, many records are gone with them. For…

By Anna Bayala June 13, 2017 1