Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Last week I was pretty fortunate to be able to search through the Adjuntas church records which were microfilmed by the LDS. I knew that some ancestors in my family through my paternal side lived in Adjuntas for a while thanks to the Census records. Adjuntas, Puerto Rico- a town nestled in the Central Mountain …
Since I wrote about my 2013 New Year Resolutions I decided to review 2012 and all of the genealogical achievements, discoveries and even unanswered questions that came with that year. That way I’ll have a summed up version of all the posts of that year and can aspire to learn even more about myself, my …
A New Year Is Here!! As the new year rang in, I thought about all the things I want accomplished in my life throughout 2013. But I also thought about the genealogical resolutions I would make for this upcoming year. So I decided to come up with some resolutions and wishes (in no particular order) for …
With my sudden potential discover of a definite Martinique connection, my brain has been yelling “Full Steam Ahead!!!!” I’ve been searching the internet for Martinique books, websites and even videos to find an insight to what my ancestors would have gone through. David Quénéhervé recommended to me a book titled “Black Shack Alley” written by …
I took a little hiatus from searching for my ancestors after I started working and since I was stuck at home due to Hurricane Sandy I decided to give it go again. (I can’t stay away from my tree for that long anyways!) I decided to glimpse through my line of potential Martinique ancestors. There’s …
What seems like already a long time ago, mean while it was probably only a month ago, I ordered and sent off my spit to be analyzed by AncestryDNA. Seeing as how I’ve already tested with 23andme and Genetree (Y-DNA exam), I decided to try another exam as well. The price was only $99 since …
I’ve gotta say, I’ve been pretty fortunate when it comes to finding out some random things and getting clues- which then get confirmed. I guess it’s because I’m young and still have the older generation around that can answer some of questions, its just finding who knows the answers and hold the key to these …
The second person I decided to focus on was someone that doesn’t have too many documents per se but I’m interested in her life and so I decided to include her here since it is an ancestor I discovered through documents. I decided to focus on my 4th great grandmother, Bernardina Sepúlveda Roman, who was born around …
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So being home all day bored leads you to a lot of genealogy. So a couple of days ago, I decided to write down all the slaves the Antonetti family owned according to the 1872 Central Registry of Slaves which can be found on ancestry.com. And boy did they have a good number of slaves; …
The last four days I spent pouring through Puerto Rico’s Civil Registry Birth Records from 1894-1908 from Patillas, Puerto Rico in search of my 2nd great grandmother. 3,003 documents later, I haven’t found her. The reason why I decided to bite the bullet and search each document one-by-one is because in other documents where she …