Accessing the 1884 San Lorenzo Puerto Rico Census
There is a monsoon brewing outside so I decided to write up this post while enjoying a cup of coffee. One of the amazing this about researching is that once you figure out something you always say to yourself, “That was easy! Why didn’t I think of this?!” Now going back to when the islands…
Searching and Viewing Puerto Rico Church Records
POST UPDATED ON 7/30/2017 WITH CORRECTED LINKS Currently, a portion of Puerto Rico’s Roman Catholic Church records is available to be viewed online. Another portion is only available by visiting the local Family History Library (FHL) near your home. With so many locations available throughout the world, it can be an inexpensive or free way…
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…
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…
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…
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…