When You Do Not See Who You Have Impacted
Many of you were quite unhappy with me about bringing down the website but understood where I was coming from with my decision. Some of you were involved with the situation. It wasn’t done with malintent but I had reached the point of being tired of the selfish behavior from quite a few and my…
Genealogy Records for Salinas Church 1854 – 1942
I have been pretty busy but have had quite a few municipalities remaining for Puerto Rico. I recently came back from the Dominican Republic as I’m researching my Dominican side of the family. While I am close to being done for Puerto Rico, I know that that isn’t the case for many researching their lines.…
8th Annual State of Young Black New York at Fordham University
Below is the presentation I used for the 8th Annual State of Young Black New York held on May 5th at Fordham University. There is a 15-second delay between each slide. The functionality is there where you can move backward or forward on the slides. If you ever have a family member question the safety…
Spanish Last Names
For this next post I want to change things up a bit. For those of us that were raised in Hispanic household, things may or may not come naturally when understanding the surnames and how it works. I’m going to use visual examples for this post. In the Hispanic community, and it is true no…
Searching for that Enslaved Ancestor
Many, and for some unknown reason, believe that slavery in Puerto Rico existed only on the eastern part of the island. The reality is that slavery existed throughout the entire island. There was no imaginary line separating the two sides. Thinking this way will lead people down the wrong path in finding their ancestors. There…
Slavery in the Caribbean
It took me a long time to write this as it was hard to read some of the stuff. While I provide many references at the bottom, please take breaks from reading them, which is what I did. Please feel free to comment below as I would love to hear feedback from all. Researching slavery…