Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
While reading the book The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution, I began thinking a lot about the role both enslaved and free people of color who spent their time working on boats played by passing along through word of mouth important information to their communities and others. The book focuses […]
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This morning I came across this YouTube video by Family Locket on using AI to map land using deeds. I was intrigued because I heard that recently ChatGPT had updated its model for creating images. Nicole (the presenter) was impressed by the accuracy of the image created and so I wanted to see what it
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Back in January 2023 when I lived in France I got a chance to visit the ANOM (Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer). This was exciting because though I had already done research on the ANOM website, I had never been there in person. Their website includes birth, marriage, and death records for my enslaved ancestors from both
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