Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
My 6th great grandfather is a man of both very little and very interesting information. By FamilySearch uploading Toa Alta church records a while back, I was able to extend my once unknown paternal line far back; Juan de Dios Marrero being part of this family. My great grandmother, Mercedes Ortiz Marrero, is related to …
I have talked about my 5th great grandmother, Eglantine Lautin, before in previous posts. Many actually when I think about it, since it’s only been a little close to two years since I found out about her. In one post titled “Tracing Eglantine Lautin” I discuss the possibility of discovering her ethnic origin through the …
Almost caught up, almost caught up!! Here is another post of a pretty old ancestor, this time my 12th great grandfather Alonso Maldonado. [Note: because these ancestors are so far back there is always room for error, for example: paper records were wrong due to a NPE (non-paternity event) that occurred somewhere in the family …
Today’s post is about my 3rd great grandmother Dolores Santiago Burgos — a lot of recent posts from my 3rd grandparents’ generation! Dolores Santiago Burgos was probably one of the first ancestors I found when I began researching my family. Because my grandmother knew the name of her parents and grandparents, this allowed me to …
52 Ancestors – #31 Dolores Santiago Burgos (1859-1929) Read More »
It feels awesome to be back writing about my ancestors! I was a bit nervous at first that I would just get lazy and never get around to it, but I’m almost at the half way mark of the 52 Ancestor Challenge. This is definitely hard to keep up with, with the rest of live …
With this post of my 29th ancestor I’ll have concluded the posts from July!! I’m definitely very excited to get into my posts for August and then line up my next ancestors for the next months to come. So without further ado, here is my 29th post about my 3rd great grandfather Valentin González Quiñones. …
52 Ancestors – #29 Valentin González Quiñones (1828-1907) Read More »
I’m kind of on a roll here so I’m going to continue with my 28th post about my 3rd great grandfather Buenaventura Ortiz Rivera! It’s kind of funny to think about a 3rd great grandfather. I was fortunate to meet two of my great grandparents and my father meet his great grandfather (My second great …
52 Ancestors – #28 Buenaventura Ortiz Rivera (1850-1925) Read More »
This post will focus on my maternal 6th great grandfather Sebastián Rodríguez Rodríguez. Sebastián according to his death certificate would have been born around 1779 in Coamo, Puerto Rico. It was very exciting when I found his death certificate because Sebastián is part of a maternal line that took a VERY long time to crack, …
52 Ancestors – #27 Sebastián Rodríguez Rodríguez (1779-1819) Read More »
I’m kind of late adding my 52 Ancestors post for the week, but not too late! Today, my post is about my 3rd great grandfather Juan Francisco Sánchez Flores. When I first began to search for my 2nd great grandmother Anicasia Sánchez Arvelo, I knew pretty much nothing about her. Luckily, she appeared on the …
52 Ancestors – #25 Juan Francisco Sánchez Flores (1855-1916) Read More »
My 23rd post will focus on my 5th great grandfather Manuel Santos Marrero. Manuel is from my mother’s side of the family and finding him was interesting for a few reasons. At first, when I began to trace the Santos family, I started with my my 2nd great grandfather who was born in Morovis. His …
52 Ancestors – #23 Manuel Santos Marrero (1814-????) Read More »