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 […]
Ahoy! Exploring Gustave Jean Charles’ Life on the Sea Read More »
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
Exploring the Power of AI Imagery in Genealogy Read More »
Recently with the help of David Quénéhervé, I was able to receive a bit more information about Gustave Jean Charles from non-genealogical resources. In an earlier post, I had learned about various records that mentioned Gustave Jean Charles and his wife, known in these records as Adèle Jacson, in the Archive de la Guadeloupe. In
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Finally a prompt I can use on the actual day! This post is similar to Tuesday’s prompt so I want to focus on a specific town I visited back in March 2015. One of the main towns I wanted to visit while I was in Puerto Rico was Salinas in the southern region of Puerto
Those Places Thursday – Salinas, Puerto Rico Read More »
[Google] A few months back while I was still in Madrid studying abroad, I received a message from another 23andme member wondering if I needed any help searching for my ancestors in Martinique. As you might already know, offering your help to others is known as a RAOK or Random Act Of Kindness, and in
How a RAOK Broke my Guadeloupean Brick-Wall Read More »