Navigating Dominican Republic’s Archive Website ~ Archivo General de la Nacion
Dominican Republic is well known for being very much into its history and attempting to document as much as possible. There are some amazing libraries (known as bibliotecas in Spanish) in this country. One of the great things I’ve heard about Dominican Republic’s Archivo General de la Nacion (Archives of the Nation) is that they…
Puerto Rican and Dominicans – Getting Your DNA Tested for Genealogical Purposes
I had to think over who I wanted to write about and drew a blank because there are so many I’d like to write about. Since I’m still working on both my Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry, I figured I’d talk about the benefits of having your DNA tested. First I recommend an Autosomal DNA…
Dominican Republic Genealogy – Where to Research
So today I finished up another semester in school and I’m celebrating it with sharing some information on Dominican Republic or like many of us call it; Quisqueya. A word that the indigenous people on the island called it; the Taino Indians. Much of their language still exist today and many don’t realizes that they…
Rafael Betancourt Falcon – First Male Survivor – Second Installment
So I previously introduced Rafael Betancourt and if you haven’t read it, just click on his name and it will take you to my previous blog post about him. This blog and prior blog posts have links in the text that I’ve added for further reading. Whether you descend from the Betancourt line or not,…
Rafael Betancourt Falcon – First Male Survivor – First Installment
For years I’ve seen people throw around where this Rafael Betancourt Falcon was born. Things such as how he was born in the Canary Islands in Spain and many other numerous claims. I’ve even seen some carry on how this was their direct grandfather. If he were your grandfather, you’d have to be close to…
Betancourt – A Connection from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands to Puerto Rico
As I mentioned in my prior post, Round Robin Genealogy, the Betancourt line connection is riddled with mistakes on Ancestry and many group forums. If you follow the source of the tree that Ancestry gives you a leaf on, you’ll notice that it will lead to a continuous loop from one tree to another until…