Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
With the new year off to a start, I’d figure I set my new genealogical goals for this year. Similarly to last year, I’ll write out 10 genealogical goals I have in mind and what I would like to accomplish through each one. Since I’ve delved deeper into why and how I want to get
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Recently, I was taking a look again at my “Rivera” line. This is my direct line going back to the early 1700s in Toa Alta. Besides my father and my grandfather, every male ancestor (4 in total so far) have been born in Toa Alta. Though 4 may seem insignificant, that’s a total of close
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Before the year is out I wanted to reflect on my goals which I created at the beginning of this year. My object for this post is to go through my 10 goals and update where I am with them. Mainly this is a self check-in for myself but also it’s a way to see
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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