Genealogical Education

A Puerto Rican Look At: Full Text Search

Recently, FamilySearch released their “Full Text” search option as an official tool on their website. Initially, I was hesitant that it would be useful for Puerto Rican genealogy; however, I was proven wrong this past weekend! So let’s take a look at this tool and how it can be used for Puerto Rican research.  Source: […]

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Preserving Your New York Story: Tracing Your Puerto Rican Roots.

Last month, I had a great opportunity where I was able to speak about Puerto Rican genealogy (in both English and Spanish!) to the New York City area. The session was presented online and so I was able to pre-record my presentations in both languages, create the handouts, and share them with the community from

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Continuing Genealogical Education

One of the most important elements of genealogy is the continuous need (and want) to learn. This is because constantly there are new resources, new repositories, new websites, new genealogical research methods, and of course, a plethora of new DNA tools. Therefore, in the genealogical world we find ourselves having to constantly and continuously learn – if

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