Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
When it comes to learning about our ancestors, we usually want to learn pretty much everything about them – no detail seems too small. How tall were they? What color eyes did they have? Where did they live and where did they work? And of course, who were their parents and where were they from? …
In honor of Black History Month and my 4th great-grandmother’s birthday in February, I wanted to dedicate this post to the ongoing research of Julienne Malvina Lautin, my enslaved Martinican ancestor who moved to Puerto Rico. There are many times in genealogy when you think you know well enough the life of an ancestor. Given …
Just like that it is time to set goals for the new year! If you’d like to read my goals from 2021 and what I was able to accomplish – click here! My Genealogical Resolutions seem to date back to at least 2013, which means I have been doing this for at least 8 years …
Well jeez – if I thought 2020 was the blink of an eye then 2021 was the second blink! This year definitely flew by as well as we continue to grapple with the pandemic. Now, with the Omicron variant making its way through the United States, things seem almost to be heading backwards as the …
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When I started researching my family, I was quick to figure out that various sides of my family were just…stuck. Not having access to the church records online meant that I could not research them easily like how I could with other towns such as Adjuntas, Toa Alta, Yabucoa, etc. My great-grandfather, Narciso Sánchez Meléndez, …
When researching families in Puerto Rico, something to keep track of that might be different in a lot of other genealogical searches is the idea of “consanguinity”. Consanguineous can be defined as “sharing the same blood or origin, specifically descending from the same ancestor” (Merriam-Webster). The term can broken down into “con-” and “sanguis” meaning …
If you’re stumbling across this post- you’re either a faithful reader (Thanks! ¡Gracias!) or you might be ready to bite the bullet to hire a genealogist but you might not exactly know how to go about it. Granted, I have only hired one genealogist twice myself, but having various years of genealogy under my belt …
In a conversation with my grandaunt about our family and how my grandmother got to the United States, her uncle, my great-granduncle came up in the conversation. It seems like he played a vital role in getting my grandmother (or helping her to some extent) get part of her life started in the United States. …
To be quite honest, I had the idea of this post a long time ago and then I put it off from writing it for a long time as well. Mostly for two reasons: 1) the post seemed rather morbid and 2) I wasn’t sure if I was releasing information I didn’t want out there. …
It’s been quiet a while since I’ve posted on my blog! Taking a quick look, my last post was in March of this year (which sadly means I won’t hit my goal of posting at least twice a month for my genealogical resolution). However, it was not intentional and unfortunately genealogy had to take the …