I have received many private messages via email or even Ancestry from many cousins with DNA confirmation. Many of us share great grandparents or all the way up to 4th great grandparents. Some of you are double related to me so the centimorgans (cM) we share is higher than it should be. Do not be…
As you go through the available Census records for Puerto Rico, as a community reminder, FamilySearch makes these records available via volunteers. Please assist them with indexing their records to make them all easily searchable. Just 30 minutes a day will help many of those who struggle to find records; including you. Please note that…
Although I know that Francisco Delgado Manso’s father was the son of Francisco Delgado and Juana Manso de Espinosa, I purposely let them off the tree since based on PARES records, Francisco Delgado (the grandfather) was the first to come of this Delgado line to Puerto Rico in the 1500’s. If you visit PARES, you…
If you were ever told that census records don’t exist for the 1800s then the likelihood is that the person just wasn’t aware. One such group is FamilySearch themselves and they have the records. I had written to them asking when would the Puerto Rico census records be digitized and uploaded. The response I received…
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…
I always say to keep an open mind when researching your ancestors. It is important to read up on the history of the region including when a town was established and when a church was erected in the town. This has helped immensely in finding records when researching my ancestors. Well, this way of thinking…
One of my pet peeves regarding genealogy is the amount of incorrect data. There is plenty of incorrect data on the internet and Ancestry. People join Ancestry and simply start clicking away. As a result, adding ancestors to their family trees without checking the resources. Thus never noticing a lack of resources. Researching your Puerto…