Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
This summer I began to play with a tool called “DNA Painter” but with school starting up I didn’t get a chance to write a blog post about it. Now that I’m on winter break, I can take sometime to talk about the tool and how as a Puerto Rican it has worked for me …
Town Name: Juana DíazDemonym: JuanadinosFounding: 1798Church Name: San Ramón Nonato San Ramón Nonato – Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico [DiocesisdePonce] Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/ Bautismos 1796- 1810 (Vol. 1 ó 2) 263 550 No 820746, Item 3 White Baptisms/ Bautismos Blancos …
Town Name: JayuyaDemonym: JayuyanosFounding: 1911Church Name: Nuestra Señora de Monserrate Nuestra Señora de Monserrate – Jayuya, Puerto Rico [DiocesisdePonce] BAPTISMS/ BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/ Bautismos 1883- 1885 (Vol. 1) 6 211 No 820717, Item 1 Baptisms/ Bautismos 1885- …
Town Name: GuayanillaDemonym: GuayanillensesFounding: 1833 (As a separate municipality)Church Name: Inmaculada Concepción Iglesia Inmaculada Concepción – Guayanilla, Puerto Rico [Wikipedia] BAPTISMS/ BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/ Bautismos 1841- 1850 (Vol. 1) 7 118 No 538766, Item 1 Mixed & Slave …
Town Name: GuánicaDemonym: GuaniqueñosFounding: 1914 (As a separate municipality)Church Name: San Antonio Abad San Antonio Abad – Guánica, Puerto Rico [Wikipedia] BAPTISMS/BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Index Baptisms/ Índice Bautismos 1888- 1898 (Vol. 1) 6 21 Yes/Sí 1667892, Item …
Town Name: CoamoDemonym: CoameñosFounding: 1579Church Name: San Blas de Illescas San Blas de Illescas – Coamo, Puerto Rico [Wikipedia] BAPTISMS/ BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Index Baptisms /Índice Bautismos 1861-1865 (Vol. 16) 785 803 Yes/Sí 820743, Item 3 Index …
Town Name: ArroyoDemonym: ArroyanosFounding: 1855Church Name: Nuestra Señora del Carmen Nuestra Señora del Carmen – Arroyo, Puerto Rico [DiocesisdePonce] BAPTISMS/ BAUTISMOS Record Names Nombre de Archivos Start Page Página Inicio End Page Última Página Index? ¿Índice? Film Nº Nº de Rollo Baptisms/Bautismos 1856- 1876 (Vols. 1-4) Showing Up as “Image Not Available” Aparece como “Imagen …
So this will be my first of various posts with links to the FamilySearch records. I’ll place some quick facts about the town and then from there the film numbers, titles, and then whether there is an index for those records. Town Name: Adjuntas, Puerto RicoDemonym: AdjunteñosTown Founding: 1815Church Name: Iglesia Católica San Joaquín San …
Recently, while searching the Adjuntas church records where I was able to distinguish and clarify the relationship between a set of couples (siblings marrying siblings) I also bumped coincidentally into another death record for a 6th great grandfather of mine. This death record belonged to Francisco Pérez de la Cruz, my ancestor along my father’s side …
Recently, I’ve been taking a dive into the Puerto Rican Church Records again on FamilySearch. By chance and funny enough, by looking to one branch of my family I bumped into a completely different one. Finding children being born in towns nearby (and not so nearby) and parents appearing as godparents has allowed me to …