Antigua, Nevis, Montserrat, St. Christopher, and Falmouth Records for the 1700s
Genealogy is so important to many of us. Finding records of our ancestors that are from the Caribbean is always a great feeling. While many feel that they must travel to the Caribbean in search of their ancestors, it is not necessarily always the case. Such is the case for the island of Antigua and…
Puerto Rico: Naranjito Church Records 1831 – 1936
I nearly missed the Naranjito church records as I didn’t have them listed on my remaining list of churches in Puerto Rico. I want to thank Olga Figueroa for asking about them. A quick search of the website and I found that I never broke the films out for everyone. Naranjito is a municipality that…
Puerto Rico: Barranquitas Church Records 1860 to 1952
One of the interesting things I have discovered between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic is the constant repetition of town names. It is not a few but plenty of towns. While pulling up the map of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, I discovered the town of La Vega which is a province and town in the…
Matanzas Cuba Government Records on Slavery
The research for documents on our African ancestors is one of the biggest challenges that we face. Fortunately, many of us who descend from those enslaved in the Caribbean have found an option in discovering more about who these ancestors are. Up until recently, it was difficult to locate records on our African ancestors out…
Researching My African Diaz and Nunez Ancestors in Trujillo Alto Puerto Rico
So this is the record of my 3rd great grandfather, Angel Diaz Nunez on my father’s paternal side. He is Manuela’s Diaz’s grandfather. This line is known to inter-exchange the Nunez with Diaz line. This is because this line is of African descent and Angel Nunez and all of his children and grandchildren were black…
Fajardo Digitized Church Records 1766 to 1946
Fajardo, which was founded in 1760, and is an eastern municipality facing the Atlantic Ocean, has a church called Santiago Apostol. We are fortunate to have these church records filmed since many of Loiza records are gone. While not all books start in 1766, the death records do, which provides visibility to those who live…