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1800’s Census, Court Indictments, Foreigners and Military Records

As you go through the available Census records for Puerto Rico, as a community reminder, FamilySearch makes these records available via volunteers.  Please assist them with indexing their records to make them all easily searchable.  Just 30 minutes a day will help many of those who struggle to find records; including you. Please note that…

By Anna Bayala January 5, 2016 4

Caguas Puerto Rico 1800’s Digitized Census and Other Records Available Online

When I originally posted about the Puerto Rico Census records for the 1800’s availability from FamilySearch, they were reporting as not being available online but only by film.  After sending them a trouble ticket over the weekend asking for a status, I was told that some were already available for access.  I am going to…

By Anna Bayala January 4, 2016 5

Canarios in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

I had the most amazing 2015 in regards to genealogy.  I was able to find my great grandmother’s parents’ names thanks to her filing a Social Security application within 3 weeks of arriving in the USA in the 1940’s. She joined the ranks of working along with the many other immigrants that came to America. …

By Anna Bayala January 2, 2016 0

Traveling Puerto Rican and Dominican Families – Finding Your Ancestors

Happy 2016 everyone!  Nothing like starting off the new year by celebrating our family and culture!  One thing I have learned as well as many of you is that each of us carry DNA that is global.  Our culture and islands have seen people from all over the world. So my next blog post is…

By Anna Bayala January 1, 2016 3

Cabreja Family from Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

I am providing this post this one time in both English and Spanish in hopes to help others in their research. I have put together a family tree on Ancestry to help anyone with family with the Cabreja last name that comes from Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. If you do not have a paid account,…

By Anna Bayala December 29, 2015 0

Dominican Biography Dictionary for Genealogy Research

I am always seeking for documentation that isn’t easy to find and hoping that I will hit jackpot.  One of these sources that is not well known is a Dominican Historian named Rufino Martinez.  He was from Puerto Plata before leaving us in 1975 at the age of 82.  Martinez left one important dictionary that…

By Anna Bayala December 15, 2015 0