Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
I was driven to do some investigative research on my 3rd great-grandfather and his siblings after a discussion on a Facebook post about the term “raza india” appearing as a racial category on Puerto Rican records. I had discovered my 3rd great-grandfather’s race labeled as “india” on his death record some time ago, but besides …
Race among the “Ortiz Rivera” siblings of Corozal 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 …
Now that I’m on Spring Break I’ll try and write a few times and get back up to date on things since I am in Puerto Rico. One of the posts I’ve wanted to write is on the “Gazeta de Puerto Rico” and how I’ve recently looked more into using this resource to learn more …
Today I want to focus on my 4th great grandmother on my maternal side of the family – María del Carmen Chéverez Santiago. María del Carmen was probably born in Corozal around the 1830s, it is also possible that she was born in Toa Alta but from my search I haven’t been able to find …
52 Ancestors – #47 María de Carmen Chéverez Santiago Read More »
Playing my favorite game once again — the catch up game! Since I’ve been traveling around Spain most of the weekends (which I truly enjoy), I haven’t been able to dedicate as much time to these final few posts. And since my finals are coming up, what better way to procrastinate than to write blog …
52 Ancestors – #43 Blasina Pérez Vásquez (1850-1945) Read More »
I can’t believe that there are only 10 ancestors left to complete this challenge! I’ve said it many times before, but I’ve had a great time searching and researching for these ancestors in my tree and through the records. I’ve been getting behind again with traveling around Spain but I’m going to try and catch …
I can’t believe this is Ancestor #40 already!! Boy has time flown by! I am happy to have finally caught up (yet again) and hopefully I’ll be able to continue to post on the regularly scheduled Friday like I had done before. Today’s ancestor will be Cayetano de los Santos, my 7th great grandfather. Cayetano …
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 »
Juana Negrón Chéverez was my 4th great grandmother through my paternal side of the family. Juana is the woman from which my great grandmother, Mercedes Ortiz Marrero, receives her maternal haplogroup. Here is what I know about Juana! Corozal, Puerto Rico [Google] Juana Negrón Chéverez was either born in one of two towns, Corozal or …
52 Ancestors – #24 Juana Negrón Chéverez (1820-1920) Read More »