Digitized Barranquitas Church Records for Puerto Rico
Barranquitas is a municipality that was found in 1803, however the island has been hit with plenty of tragedy since the island has been inhabited. With the many tragedies, it winds up impacting even the churches. There have been many instances of fires, hurricanes, and floods. With this, many records are gone with them. For…
Gurabo Church Records – Online Digitized Records for Puerto Rico
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…
Ancestry’s Genetic Communities for DNA – My View
So today I login to discover that Ancestry has implemented its new feature, Genetic Communities. Immediately I noticed that I belong to one community and wanted to see how they came about this. Looking at the layout of what it states, it tells me that I am genetically connected to those in Puerto Rico on…
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…
African Holocaust and the Impacts to Our Ancestors
One thing I have noticed in my research in genealogy is the close of the nonexistence of research of African ancestry over the years. Today more are interested as their DNA is providing a visual into their past; African ancestry. People are now looking to find and understand and are faced with the ugliness that…