Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Sometime late last month, I decided to fully explore the possibility of Juliana Balbina Lotten’s death in Ponce, Puerto Rico. I had checked before but to no avail, nothing came up. I checked for the surnames Charles, Gustavo, Pedro, Pérez, Lotin, Sotin, and pretty much every other possibility that I knew was out there. I …
If you haven’t read the first part click HERE to read it! So now I had some new names surrounding Eglantine, Julienne and Pauline. In 1844, there was a Dame Lapierre, née Forget and in 1847, there was a Dame Laroche, née Lapierre. So I turned to David Quénéhervé with this new found information to see …
Map of Martinique Part ISo a lot has happened in these last couple of days! Hopefully this post isn’t too longwinded but I want to make sure I have everything written down! So it started on Tuesday, when I figured out that the LDS center I go to, to view microfilm records from Puerto Rico, …
Two days ago I got a really nice Christmas miracle. Ironically or coincidentally, every time I help someone out with something genealogical, I get, or rather gave myself, something back in return. I never do anything expecting something back, rather I love genealogy and love providing help whenever I can squeeze myself in. I do …
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 …
There’s a pair of 4rd great grandparents that have been the topic of a few of these posts and the point of some of my frustrations with searching for their information. They are Juan Carlos Gustavo and Julia/Balbina Lotten (and all their many alternations/alter-egos included) who according to documents immigrated from either Guadeloupe or Martinique …