Cuban Digitized Church Records and 1919 Census
While Cuba goes through their changes, including the ability to freely travel to the island, one of the struggles for many is finding resources when researching Cuban ancestry. The Cuban digitized church records and the 1919 Census are now available. Fortunately, the internet has made it possible for many to locate many genealogical records on…
Understanding Your X Chromosome DNA
When it comes to DNA, I am either asked privately or see posts asking why Ancestry shows an individual further related than what the person appears on GEDMatch. This has to do with how Ancestry’s Timber software analyzes the DNA file. Timber has been known to remove centimorgans (cM) where chromosomes are bunched together (clustered)…
Caguas Puerto Rico – Censo de Almas 1886 to 1889
I located this census for Caguas while going through digital images. They have been online since the civil records were made available and I guess I never noticed it and potentially many others. It is found on the same films as the civil registration records for the region but cannot be seen if browsing through…
San Benito de Patillas Baptism Records 1890 to 1917
An updated post has been created that covers years from 1810 through 1940, please review that post as it will include the below records. San Benito Abad y Santa Barbara Church Records in Patillas 1810 – 1940 While not all of the church records for Patillas, Puerto Rico are available online at the time of…
Slave Voyage Database & Slave Registers for British Colonies
A great source on researching your African ancestors is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages website. The website contains over 36,000 Voyages of enslaved Africans. This website covers the entire globe so this will pertain to all islands and countries were Africans were forced into labor.Ancestry also has a great number of databases in their catalog. One…
Researching and Finding Ancestors in Barbados
Just like many of the other Caribbean islands, Barbados has a rich history where today, you can find information online, which includes records. First, let me start with what is currently digitized or even indexed online. A wealth of information is maintained on familysearch.org’s website. The first obvious are databases that contain many different islands…