Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
I recently posted about finding more records on FamilySearch via the “Images” search function which allowed me to find more records on my family from Vega Baja. Amongst these records was the 1858 Census which located a few of my Calderón Nazario ancestors living in the neighborhood of Pugnado Afuera. I wanted to focus my […]
Another Look at My Vega Baja Roots Read More »
Last week I took a look at the Lares municipal census of 1878 where I was able to find my 4th great-grandfather and learn some new details about him. So I continued to explore the new records of FamilySearch and saw that Vega Baja had some records online as well. I totally forgot that my
Vega Baja Municipal Census 1841 Read More »
So with college graduation and a break between my summer job I’ve decided to start a short series that I’ll add to sporadically and will depend on how much I have to post on here. I’ve titled it “Series I” because I don’t know how many I’ll actually end up doing- hopefully I’ll do more
Series I, Part I: An Ancestor’s Story Through Records Read More »
I would say I’m a strong advocate for parents telling children stories about their family’s past, of course I don’t think there’s some campaign for this; but for me most of the stories, whether true or leaning towards false, can contain important information for when looking up family history. There’s one story on my dad’s
The Importance of Storytelling Read More »
I started searching for records, stories, and information at about the age of 14/15; at this time I was working for the New York Public Library and thanks to a co-worker I found out that I was able to search for documents, luckily, for free on the ancestry.com website. During those years, though young and
What Started It All- Part II Read More »