Rafael Betancourt Falcon – First Male Survivor – Second Installment
So I previously introduced Rafael Betancourt and if you haven’t read it, just click on his name and it will take you to my previous blog post about him. This blog and prior blog posts have links in the text that I’ve added for further reading. Whether you descend from the Betancourt line or not,…
So Why Do Genealogy?
This is a question many ask those who actually do the research. There isn’t a “one answer fits all approach”. In my path of researching genealogy, I have come across many who are doing it for many different reasons. I’m sure there are plenty more beyond what I’ve listed below. They want a sense of…
Maria del Rosario Betancourt Falcon
One of the many discoveries about the people from the past in Puerto Rico is their perseverance to survive. The ability to validate whether someone existed or not can be very daunting for a genealogist who has to face what these ancestors did to understand what could have happened to the records. One way of…
Kissing Cousins – A Reality in All Family Trees
Kissing cousins – a reality in all family trees is a discussion that many of us do not want to have. We do not realize until we start digging into our past. We have to think about the population that existed prior to our existence. Kissing cousins happens more often than we realize. This post…
Miguel Bayala Gero: My Roots – a Genealogy Passage
Miguel Bayala Gero leaves behind a 7 generations of Puerto Ricans. His passage to Puerto Rico in 1803 sets the path for many today.