Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Moving a little over towards the East from Patillas, we get to Yabucoa where my next ancestor entry will take place! This post is about my 3rd great grandmother María Higinia Ruiz Ramos. María Higinia according to records was originally from Maunabo, Puerto Rico which makes sense since these two towns (Yabucoa and Maunabo) are […]
52 Ancestors – #39 María Higinia Ruiz Ramos (1859-1921) Read More »
Okay, finally moving our way out of Toa Alta (just for a bit, since I have some more Toa Alta ancestors in the near future to write about). On this post I want to focus on my 3rd great grandfather, Cruz Rivera Collazo – another man of much mystery! I was first introduced to Cruz’s
52 Ancestors – #38 Cruz Rivera Collazo (1860-19??) Read More »
I’m going to keep this ball rolling and continue posting about my ancestors. So here’s post 37 about yet another ancestor from Toa Alta, my 4th great grandmother Gertrudis Román. When I first discovered Gertrudis through the Toa Alta church records I was really excited, being the wife of my 4th great grandfather, Joseph de
52 Ancestors – #37 Gertrudis Román (1790-1844) Read More »
Okay, finally getting into my September ancestors! I can’t believe that this is ancestor #36, so let’s get started! This will be about my 5th great grandmother Isabel de la Fuente. Isabel is also another ancestor from the town of the Toa Alta who I don’t have clear years of birth and death due to
52 Ancestors – #36 Isabel de la Fuente Read More »
My 6th great grandfather is a man of both very little and very interesting information. By FamilySearch uploading Toa Alta church records a while back, I was able to extend my once unknown paternal line far back; Juan de Dios Marrero being part of this family. My great grandmother, Mercedes Ortiz Marrero, is related to
52 Ancestors – #35 Juan de Dios Marrero Read More »
I have talked about my 5th great grandmother, Eglantine Lautin, before in previous posts. Many actually when I think about it, since it’s only been a little close to two years since I found out about her. In one post titled “Tracing Eglantine Lautin” I discuss the possibility of discovering her ethnic origin through the
52 Ancestors – #33 Eglantine Lautin (1821-1889) Read More »
Almost caught up, almost caught up!! Here is another post of a pretty old ancestor, this time my 12th great grandfather Alonso Maldonado. [Note: because these ancestors are so far back there is always room for error, for example: paper records were wrong due to a NPE (non-paternity event) that occurred somewhere in the family
52 Ancestors – #32 Alonso Maldonado Read More »
Today’s post is about my 3rd great grandmother Dolores Santiago Burgos — a lot of recent posts from my 3rd grandparents’ generation! Dolores Santiago Burgos was probably one of the first ancestors I found when I began researching my family. Because my grandmother knew the name of her parents and grandparents, this allowed me to
52 Ancestors – #31 Dolores Santiago Burgos (1859-1929) Read More »
It feels awesome to be back writing about my ancestors! I was a bit nervous at first that I would just get lazy and never get around to it, but I’m almost at the half way mark of the 52 Ancestor Challenge. This is definitely hard to keep up with, with the rest of live
52 Ancestors – #30 Pedro Fernández Read More »
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 »