The 1803 Cap-Haïtien Census
This find seems to be the very last census take of Saint Domingue before the revolt and freedom of 1804. The 1803 Cap-Haïtien Census is one of the last great source for information during this era. Cap-Haïtien had a couple of prior names which includes Cap-Français. To read further on it in English, you review…
St Vincent & Grenadines Genealogy
St Vincent and the Grenadines islands obtained its name from Cristobal Colon or Christopher Columbus in 14898 on the 22nd of January. Spanish explorers associated naming places with religious days in the Roman Catholic religion. Consequently, St. Vincent, named after San Vicente de Saragossa, the day Colon spotted the island. The Grenadines, received its named…
Are You Guilty of Butchering Your Family Tree?
What a question, but a valid one! Are you guilty of not documenting your family tree? Documentation is a significant step when adding ancestors to the tree. It is not a time to be lazy or state that you’ll take care of it later because later never arrives and things tend to get in the…
Prisons in Puerto Rico in the 1800s and 1900s
While we are searching for ancestors, we never want to think the worst of them. We base our beliefs on how law are written today, but knowing in the back of our mind that they were different then. The way some of the laws were written in the 1800s, it makes you wonder who were…
Rio Piedras
Rio Piedras page was created to assist users with their research for this municipality. Although Rio Piedras today is part of San Juan district, this was not the case. Previously, Rio Piedras had a very busy church right behind San Juan. Finally, some of the posts found below will appear under other towns as the…
What is Wrong with Your DNA?
A truth of your Blackness that must be said.