Category: family tree research tools

Searching and Finding Puerto Rican Civil Records for Free on FamilySearch

For those that can’t afford Ancestry monthly fees or don’t want to pay for something that you can get for free, there are other options available. Yes that is correct, FREE! If you have a free account on Ancestry, I know it must be annoying to get the little leaf for hints on an ancestor…

By Anna Bayala August 6, 2015 2

Juan Betancourt Mangual & Matea del Pilar Asencio

One of the things many women faced prior to the 1950s was the inability to support themselves. Many girls were married off young because they brought no value to bringing in sustenance other than working as a maid for a richer household. Most women had no choice but to remarry immediately or soon after their…

By Anna Bayala August 5, 2015 15

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…

By Anna Bayala August 4, 2015 5

Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Immigrant Entry Database – Entradas de Inmigrantes

The last segment that I want to cover is the best of all the catalogs available on the Dominican Republic’s National Archives by far that can be found here.  I love this database because it contains people from all over the world who visited, stayed to live, or maybe have left. I have found people…

By Anna Bayala August 2, 2015 0

Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Archivo General de la Nacion – Part 7 – Reference Catalog

The Reference Catalogs or Catalogos de Referencia which appears the second from the bottom on the menu is a nice way of gaining access to books and documents.  When you click on the link it will lead to a new page and provide you with the view I have provide below.  Notice the error message…

By Anna Bayala August 2, 2015 0

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…

By Anna Bayala July 30, 2015 0