Casimero Bayala Carmona and Ana Beatriz Aleman Betancourt
Below is the wedding record of two Canary Island descendants; Casimero and Ana Beatriz. Casimero was born on 15 of May in 1846 in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. We know this thanks to his baptism record which can be found in Book 2A of baptism in the same church he married Ana Beatriz. Ana Beatriz…
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…
The Betancourt Mangual Children
First I want to address a question that has been asked by a few. Why am I sharing my hard work? To answer this question well it starts with the horrible information that is floating on Ancestry. Ancestry even matched me to someone through our DNA simply because this person’s tree has my great grandparents…
Nemesio Aleman Aleman
Below is the record for Nemesio Aleman Aleman. He was born in 1919 and the son of Ramon Aleman and Marcelina Aleman. His father is reporting the birth to Trujillo Alto municipality. In the record, both grandfathers are deceased but both grandmothers were still alive at the time of his birth.
Juan Aleman Morales
As you can see in the below transcription, both grandmothers have the same last name of Garcia. In actuality it turns out that their last name is Garcia Hernandez and they are sisters. They are the daughters of Aquilino Garcia and Natalia Hernandez. This means that Juan Aleman Morales’ parents are 1st cousins or primo…
So Why Do Genealogy?
This is a question many ask those who actually do the research. There isn’t a “one answer fits all approach”. In my path of researching genealogy, I have come across many who are doing it for many different reasons. I’m sure there are plenty more beyond what I’ve listed below. They want a sense of…