Gurabo Church Records – Online Digitized Records for Puerto Rico
It seems that FamilySearch has been very busy with digitizing church records. I have been monitoring their records for a very long time and as patience would have it, Gurabo church records for the Parroquia San Jose are now available. There are many other churches that are also online but this is the first of…
Cuban Digitized Church Records and 1919 Census
While Cuba goes through their changes, including the ability to freely travel to the island, one of the struggles for many is finding resources when researching Cuban ancestry. The Cuban digitized church records and the 1919 Census are now available. Fortunately, the internet has made it possible for many to locate many genealogical records on…
Ancestry’s Genetic Communities for DNA – My View
So today I login to discover that Ancestry has implemented its new feature, Genetic Communities. Immediately I noticed that I belong to one community and wanted to see how they came about this. Looking at the layout of what it states, it tells me that I am genetically connected to those in Puerto Rico on…
Slave Voyage Database & Slave Registers for British Colonies
A great source on researching your African ancestors is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages website. The website contains over 36,000 Voyages of enslaved Africans. This website covers the entire globe so this will pertain to all islands and countries were Africans were forced into labor.Ancestry also has a great number of databases in their catalog. One…
Researching and Finding Ancestors in Barbados
Just like many of the other Caribbean islands, Barbados has a rich history where today, you can find information online, which includes records. First, let me start with what is currently digitized or even indexed online. A wealth of information is maintained on familysearch.org’s website. The first obvious are databases that contain many different islands…
African Holocaust and the Impacts to Our Ancestors
One thing I have noticed in my research in genealogy is the close of the nonexistence of research of African ancestry over the years. Today more are interested as their DNA is providing a visual into their past; African ancestry. People are now looking to find and understand and are faced with the ugliness that…