One of the regions I see many Africans that were enslaved and listed in church records in Puerto Rico is a West African coastal country, Guinea. While I see many other African countries listed, this one stands out because I also have plenty of ancestry from this region. Guinea today is a far cry from…
In going through the Santurce book of baptisms in Puerto Rico, I came across a record that potentially can explain how many of us have DNA cousins from all over the Caribbean, Central and South America as well as the United States and Mexico. I am a first generation born on the mainland of the…
Another blogpost while sitting at the airport, had to add the image to this post. Josef Vicente Arroyo de Jesus baptism record can be found in Book 1, Folio 58, and is the 336th entry at the San Matheo Apostle Roman Catholic Church located in Santurce but the area was known as Cangrejos at the…
So here is another post that I had sitting in reserve that just needed for me to add the image. Since I’m sitting at the airport, I decided to add the image and release the post for Josef Julian Mangual Falcon. You never know where you’ll find an ancestor. A perfect example was discovering Josef…
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…