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Trujillo Alto Church Records & Other Resources
One of the hardest things is locating family records for Trujillo Alto in Puerto Rico due to the lack of access to books or not all books being filmed by the LDS back in the 1980s. However, that should not stop us from seeking information on what is available. I am currently working on the…
Abelardo Betancourt Betancourt
Below is the civil registration record for Abelardo Betancourt Betancourt. His father, Anselmo Betancourt Betancourt is report it to Trujillo Alto municipality.
Aguada | Aguadilla | Aguas Buenas | Aibonito | Añasco | Arecibo | Arroyo | Barranquitas | Bayamon | Caguas | Camuy | Caribbean slavery | Carolina | Cayey | Coamo | Comerio | Corozal | Dorado | Fajardo | Guayama | Guayanilla | Guaynabo | Gurabo | Hato Grande | Isabela | Juana Diaz | Juncos | Lares | Loiza | Manati | Maunabo | Moca | Naguabo | Orocovis | Penuelas | Rio Grande | Rio Piedras | Salinas | San German | San Juan | San Sebastian | Santa Isabel | Toa Alta | Toa Baja | Trujillo Alto | Utuado | Vega Alta | Vega BajaFinding Enslaved Ancestors in Puerto Rico Through Registries Online
Finding enslaved ancestors in some parts of the world is much easier than in the United States. The slaveholders of many Africans and African descents were usually counted as notches in the United States census and records. One pattern that I noticed with countries held by Spain is that that was not the case. While…
Juana Regina Bayala Rodriguez
Juana Regina’s parents were not married at the time of her birth which it reflects in the below record. Prior to her birth, her father Miguel Bayala Flores had been married to Maria Encarnacion Colon Diaz but she died not too long after giving birth to her son Pedro Bayala Colon. Her son Pedro eventually…
Maria de la Encarnacion Soiza Ortiz in Trujillo Alto Puerto Rico
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