Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Currently I am in Puerto Rico for Spring Break, and instead of laying down at the beach soaking in the sun, I have been visiting various genealogical places in order to get research done that I can only do while on the island. One of the places I visited was the Archivo General de Puerto …
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 …
Recently, while searching the Adjuntas church records where I was able to distinguish and clarify the relationship between a set of couples (siblings marrying siblings) I also bumped coincidentally into another death record for a 6th great grandfather of mine. This death record belonged to Francisco Pérez de la Cruz, my ancestor along my father’s side …
Recently, I’ve been going back into my family tree and trying to attach FamilySearch links to all of the documents that I have previously found in the past for my family through the church records of Puerto Rico. Though at first it had been sporadic, adding documents here and there whenever I remembered, this past …
Genealogical Spring Cleaning! Clearing up the “Vélez Pérez” branch Read More »
I’ve been seeing these style of pedigrees online for a while now and decided I should give it a go! Thanks to Zalewski Family Genealogy blog I was able to use the template and create my very own pedigree. Because my family has been on the island of Puerto Rico for over 200+ years, I …
I unfortunately never got to finish the 52 ancestors series before the end of 2014, with traveling around Europe and getting back into the swing of things here in Spain I haven’t really been able to write new blog posts. But hopefully I’ll be able to finish up the 52 Ancestors Challenge and write new …
52 Ancestors – #48 Nicodemus Vélez Ríos (1878-1934) Read More »
Today I’m going to focus on my 3rd great grandfather from my paternal side of the family. This will bring me into my November posts and only 7 posts away from finishing the 52 Ancestors Challenge! José Severo Vélez Sepúlveda was born on 6th of November 1837 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico according to his baptismal …
52 Ancestors – #45 José Severo Vélez Sepúlveda (1837-1894) Read More »
When looking through records for my family in Puerto Rico, I have been fortunate that many of my ancestors have lived either in the same town or a neighboring town for many years if not generations. Some of the migrations across the island in my family happened early when many of the towns were being …
52 Ancestors – #16 Cayetano Mercado Cajigas (1855-1905) Read More »
I’ve noticed that I haven’t focused too much on my ancestresses that are scattered through out my tree, so I’m going to try and make more attempts to properly include them in this 52 Ancestors series. Especially seeing as they too are a part of my ancestry! My 4th great grandmother Bernardina Sepúlveda Román was …
52 Ancestors – #8 Bernardina Sepúlveda Román (1803-1893) Read More »
I guess I’ll start this challenge with a man who I know both some about but yet know nothing about. This man is my great grandfather Felix Vélez Mercado. Felix’s family photo was what catapulted me into genealogy and it was featured in my first post ever in my blog! L-R: Felix (standing back), Carmen …
52 Ancestors – #1 Felix Vélez Mercado (1905-1953) Read More »