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Finding Enslaved Ancestors in Puerto Rico Through Registries Online
ByAnna Bayala November 26, 2018February 22, 2026

Finding enslaved ancestors in some parts of the world is much easier than in the United States. The slaveholders of many Africans and African descents were usually counted as notches in the United States census and records. One pattern that I noticed with countries held by Spain is that that was not the case. While…

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Gurabo Church Records – Online Digitized Records for Puerto Rico
ByAnna Bayala June 12, 2017February 24, 2026

It seems that FamilySearch has been very busy with digitizing church records. I have been monitoring their records for a very long time and as patience would have it, Gurabo church records for the Parroquia San Jose are now available. There are many other churches that are also online but this is the first of…

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1872 Slave Schedule in Puerto Rico
ByAnna Bayala August 6, 2016February 22, 2026

While the US Civil War led to the freedom of many enslaved people, the same cannot be said for other regions of the Americas. Slavery was completely abolished in Haiti in 1803 and finally in 1822 in current day Dominican Republic thanks to the then Haitian President. However, Puerto Rico was still enslaving many. Many…

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Death of Enslaved and Freed Blacks in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, Book 1 of Defunciones
ByAnna Bayala July 22, 2016February 21, 2026

Going through Gurabo’s San Jose parish books, I documented from Book 1 of Defunciones the following slaves or freed people. I hope it will help someone researching their ancestors in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Book 1 covers from 1822 to 1840. I didn’t capture the folios (page) on these but it does provide you with dates….

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Gurabo, Puerto Rico – Where to search?
ByAnna Bayala June 8, 2016February 21, 2026

I kind of touched on Gurabo in responding to questions that I have received privately. I didn’t really provide details but there is more than just Census records from the 1900’s. Gurabo is a municipality that is on the eastern side of the island. The town or barrios that exist in the municipality are, Rincon,…

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Juan Betancourt Mangual & Matea del Pilar Asencio
ByAnna Bayala August 5, 2015February 22, 2026

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…

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