Researching Your African Ancestry in the Caribbean
One of the greatest ways of researching African ancestry in the Caribbean is by actually reading many history books and from different resources and countries. If you don’t have the time to go through so many books in the beginning then there is a shortcut. I found that UNESCO Publishing is the best shortcut to…
Gregorio Alvarez Cueto
In a prior post about PARES,Spain’s online archives, I mentioned how I located Teresa Cueto in the records. However I don’t believe I explained how I knew who she was. I’ve also posted about her granddaughter, Maria Florentina Alvarez Castillo. So how did I make the connections? Very easily! You see wedding records are the…
Ramon Soiza Ortiz
Ramon Soiza Ortiz is not a direct ancestor of mine but he is related to me. He is actually my 4th great grand uncle. He is also the son of Ignacio Soiza del Carmen and Casimira Cerefina Ortiz de la Cruz. One of the things I found quite interesting is that although he was born…
Diego Fontanes Zamora and Juana Delgado de Castro
Diego Fontanes Zamora lived on the island of Puerto Rico in the 1600’s and more than likely in the city of San Juan. While I have not been able to locate his birth record, I was able to locate his wedding record, estimated his age, and used this information to locate his parent’s marriage record. …
Juan Rodriguez de Fontanes Garcia & Isabel Lopez de Zamora Malave
Juan Rodriguez de Fontanes Garcia is my 9th great grandfather. To many of you he may be your 8th great grandfather or even 10th great grandfather. It all depends which generation you connect with him. While I was able to find my Bayala 5th great grandfather arriving in Puerto Rico in 1803, he happened to…
Gurabo, Puerto Rico – Where to search?
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,…