Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Updated 23andMe Ancestry Reports – Spanish & Portuguese DNA [Personal Photo] Recently, after having a conversation with a friend about the new update to 23andme, he had figured out there were some new updated reports specifically to some of the populations – in this case the European Ancestry Reports. He realized that his Spanish & …
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Recently, I was taking a look again at my “Rivera” line. This is my direct line going back to the early 1700s in Toa Alta. Besides my father and my grandfather, every male ancestor (4 in total so far) have been born in Toa Alta. Though 4 may seem insignificant, that’s a total of close …
Before the year is out I wanted to reflect on my goals which I created at the beginning of this year. My object for this post is to go through my 10 goals and update where I am with them. Mainly this is a self check-in for myself but also it’s a way to see …
This summer I began to play with a tool called “DNA Painter” but with school starting up I didn’t get a chance to write a blog post about it. Now that I’m on winter break, I can take sometime to talk about the tool and how as a Puerto Rican it has worked for me …
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve taken another stab at researching my Correa side of the family but as the title suggests I am going nowhere! Though I haven’t be able to move much further into the family tree, I’ve decided to post about them and what I do know about the family and …
My journey to discover more about my Mallorcan roots has been a long one! It started with a simple story about an ancestor from Spain (Part I & II), learning about the surname Magraner, going to the archives in Puerto Rico to learn about a man named Damián Magraner and ultimately traveling to Mallorca to …
Recently, I’ve been out of the “blog game”. And to be honest, with school starting up again I always find it hard to balance personal time and work time, though I try to continue searching here and there when I can. I also want to continue cataloguing towns as I was doing this summer and …
Tracing a Line to Spain – The Cantos Dávila Family Read More »
Town Name: Juana DíazDemonym: JuanadinosFounding: 1798Church Name: San Ramón Nonato San Ramón Nonato – Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico [DiocesisdePonce] Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/ Bautismos 1796- 1810 (Vol. 1 ó 2) 263 550 No 820746, Item 3 White Baptisms/ Bautismos Blancos …
Town Name: JayuyaDemonym: JayuyanosFounding: 1911Church Name: Nuestra Señora de Monserrate Nuestra Señora de Monserrate – Jayuya, Puerto Rico [DiocesisdePonce] BAPTISMS/ BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/ Bautismos 1883- 1885 (Vol. 1) 6 211 No 820717, Item 1 Baptisms/ Bautismos 1885- …
Town Name: GuayanillaDemonym: GuayanillensesFounding: 1833 (As a separate municipality)Church Name: Inmaculada Concepción Iglesia Inmaculada Concepción – Guayanilla, Puerto Rico [Wikipedia] BAPTISMS/ BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/ Bautismos 1841- 1850 (Vol. 1) 7 118 No 538766, Item 1 Mixed & Slave …