Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
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 …
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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 …
Town Name: GuánicaDemonym: GuaniqueñosFounding: 1914 (As a separate municipality)Church Name: San Antonio Abad San Antonio Abad – Guánica, 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 Index Baptisms/ Índice Bautismos 1888- 1898 (Vol. 1) 6 21 Yes/Sí 1667892, Item …
Town Name: CoamoDemonym: CoameñosFounding: 1579Church Name: San Blas de Illescas San Blas de Illescas – Coamo, 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 Index Baptisms /Índice Bautismos 1861-1865 (Vol. 16) 785 803 Yes/Sí 820743, Item 3 Index …
Town Name: ArroyoDemonym: ArroyanosFounding: 1855Church Name: Nuestra Señora del Carmen Nuestra Señora del Carmen – Arroyo, 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 1856- 1876 (Vols. 1-4) Showing Up as “Image Not Available” Aparece como “Imagen …
So this will be my first of various posts with links to the FamilySearch records. I’ll place some quick facts about the town and then from there the film numbers, titles, and then whether there is an index for those records. Town Name: Adjuntas, Puerto RicoDemonym: AdjunteñosTown Founding: 1815Church Name: Iglesia Católica San Joaquín San …