Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
So this post was inspired by my grandfather’s results from 23andme and my conversation with him while I had him taking the test. During Spring Break, I visited my grandfather in Puerto Rico who I rarely see and built up the courage to ask him to take the DNA test. I had to semi-explain (and I …
So I originally wanted to post about this census a long time ago, but with school I never have the time to do it. Since there is only 1 day left before the 1940 Census is released, I think it’s about time I dedicate a post to it! Tomorrow at midnight the 1940 Census will …
Being a part of 23andme I have been able to read wonderful stories about adoptees finding their families and long lost relatives and distant family members finding one another and sharing their stories and photos. A year ago, scratch that- a day before it happened, I wouldn’t have imagined what joy I would be receiving …
Like most of us know, genealogy is both a blessing and a curse. It can be a nice side hobby, or it can eat up your holiday time like it is doing to me now. So this post I’ll dedicate to the tough part of genealogy, because we all know it exists! Mainly I want …
So sometime last week I reached over 2,000 ancestors on my family tree. (That does include branches such as aunts, cousins etc. as well as married in branches). None the less it is very exciting to reach these numbers! I remember when all I knew was my immediate family and only about two sets of …
So it has been a long time since I’ve posted but now that the semester is over I can add some posts to the blog! This post is about something I’ve been noticing and kind of just wanted to write about from my point of view as someone that has been doing genealogy for a …
I haven’t been posting really that much since I’ve gotten back to school with all the work and all but this is something worth blogging about! Sometime over the summer, a distant cousin found my tree on ancestry.com and contacted me about a potential relationship. According to our paper trails, my 4th great grandparents on …
So while I was in Puerto Rico I decided to visit the AGPR which is known to have records. I knew that the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña was located near El Morro and in Old San Juan so I headed there first thinking that was where the AGPR was but I was wrong and so …
A Visit to the AGPR (Archivo General de Puerto Rico) Read More »
I’m back home from Puerto Rico and want to start blogging about what I found, didn’t find and hope to solve with the searching I did while I was there. Every time I visit Puerto Rico, I search my grandmother’s closet (with her permission of course) for the few remaining pictures that were my grandfather’s. …
So while I’ve been here in Puerto Rico I’ve been trying to get the ball rolling on getting some ancestry work done. I’ve visited the AGPR (Archivo General de Puerto Rico) and tomorrow the records I ordered are supposed to come in! (The records are from Lares, Puerto Rico). I’ve been looking at pictures and …