Archivo General de Puerto Rico

A Look at my 5th Great-Grandmother’s Testament

Adjuntas, Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Esclavitud, María de la Cruz Román Irizarry, Puerto Rico, slavery / By

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 …

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Catalog of Foreign Residents in Puerto Rico in the 19th century

Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Catalogo de Extranjeros Residentes en Puerto Rico en el Siglo XIX, Estela Cifre de Loubriel / By

I’ve been looking into my line that potentially is from Guadeloupe and Martinique and trying to find more records that would solidify this line. Estela Cifre Loubriel wrote a book called Catalogo de Extranjeros Residentes en Puerto Rico en el Siglo XIX which mentions a bunch of residents living in Puerto Rico from foreign countries. …

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A Visit to the AGPR (Archivo General de Puerto Rico)

ancestry, Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Genealogy, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Lares, Magraner Morell, Río Prieto / By

So while I was in Puerto Rico I decided to visit the AGPR which is known to have records. I knew that the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña was located near El Morro and in Old San Juan so I headed there first thinking that was where the AGPR was but I was wrong and so …

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