Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
My 3rd great grandmother has been one of my tougher genealogical brick walls and so I write this post in hopes that one day I will shed some more light on her and her past. My 3rd great grandmother has been been written down with two names on documents, the most common one was Luisa …
52 Ancestors – #19 Luisa Rodríguez Masantini (1878-1913*) Read More »
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 …
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 …