In Search of Cabo Rojo Church Books 1779 – 1861
Many are looking for digitized records containing the Cabo Rojo Church books that are not available online. Unfortunately, not all churches throughout the Caribbean were filmed which proves difficult for the genealogist seeking to find information. However, knowing where else to look is very critical, and hoping this post will help many. While I have…
San Benito Abad y Santa Barbara Church Records in Patillas 1810 – 1940
The last is always the best. This is the last update for San Benito Abad y Santa Barbara church records for Puerto Rico. While there was one listed when it first came out, this one will complete the series of available information. The municipality sits south of Lorenzo, just east of Guayama and Arroyo, and…
Yabucoa Puerto Rico 1790 to 1937 Church Records – Updated
I had this post sitting in draft for 7 months thinking I had published and shared the information. So edited the intro and releasing today… Nearly 3 years ago on January 1st, 2017, I had posted my 100th post which happened to be about Yabuoca, Puerto Rico church records. At the time I released that…
Are You Guilty of Butchering Your Family Tree?
What a question, but a valid one! Are you guilty of not documenting your family tree? Documentation is a significant step when adding ancestors to the tree. It is not a time to be lazy or state that you’ll take care of it later because later never arrives and things tend to get in the…
African Slavery in the Caribbean & South America
One of the most important things that have made me very successful in my research is reading history. Reading history provides me with clues of where to look next. While the genealogy community has taken a stronghold of dipping into DNA testing, it has opened the door to a lot of misconceptions. Note that this…
Prisons in Puerto Rico in the 1800s and 1900s
While we are searching for ancestors, we never want to think the worst of them. We base our beliefs on how law are written today, but knowing in the back of our mind that they were different then. The way some of the laws were written in the 1800s, it makes you wonder who were…