1940 Census

Hispanic Heritage Month: Pura Belpré

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With a recent move (I am currently living in Spain) and getting used to the rhythm here, genealogy has taken the back burner for a few weeks. Now that I am more settled in, I am hoping that I can fall back in line with my posts (currently I am two behind – this post […]

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Revisiting my 2nd great-grandmother: Amalia Rivera Rodríguez

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There are many times in genealogy where we “discover” an ancestor, but a lot is still left in the shadows. We gain bits and pieces of information about this person, but sometimes the whole picture doesn’t come into full view. It can be missing information such as documents themselves to tie together the person or

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More pieces to the puzzle?

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With the official indexed release of the 1940 Census, I’ve been searching endlessly for my ancestors hidden within these documents. Only one of my grandparents was born by 1940 and so I’ve only be able to locate all my great grandparents and some great great parents- those that were still alive. The 1940 Census doesn’t

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