Puerto Rico

52 Ancestors – #49 Ana Morán Nazario (1870-1944)

Ana Morán Nazario, according to records is said to have been born in the town of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico around the year 1870. She would however spend most of her life in Manatí, where she would eventually pass away.  Ana Morán Nazario married Agustin Calderón Meléndez around the year 1886, I haven’t been able […]

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52 Ancestors – #48 Nicodemus Vélez Ríos (1878-1934)

I unfortunately never got to finish the 52 ancestors series before the end of 2014, with traveling around Europe and getting back into the swing of things here in Spain I haven’t really been able to write new blog posts. But hopefully I’ll be able to finish up the 52 Ancestors Challenge and write new

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52 Ancestors – #47 María de Carmen Chéverez Santiago

Today I want to focus on my 4th great grandmother on my maternal side of the family – María del Carmen Chéverez Santiago. María del Carmen was probably born in Corozal around the 1830s, it is also possible that she was born in Toa Alta but from my search I haven’t been able to find

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52 Ancestors – #45 José Severo Vélez Sepúlveda (1837-1894)

Today I’m going to focus on my 3rd great grandfather from my paternal side of the family. This will bring me into my November posts and only 7 posts away from finishing the 52 Ancestors Challenge! José Severo Vélez Sepúlveda was born on 6th of November 1837 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico according to his baptismal

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Travel Tuesday – El Puerto de Santa María, Spain

I know today is no longer Tuesday but I wanted to write this post and heck why not still post it even though it’s Wednesday! But I wanted to talk about my trip to Andalusia in the south of the Spain and the wonderful opportunity I got to visit a town in which I have

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52 Ancestors – #44 Alejandro Rivera González (1883-1958)

So I’m not gonna lie — this is kind of a cheat post! Before the 52 Ancestor challenge was created I had gone about doing my own little series back in 2012 (has time flown by that fast already?), in which I would focus on ancestors’ stories via the records I had of them. I

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52 Ancestors – #43 Blasina Pérez Vásquez (1850-1945)

Playing my favorite game once again — the catch up game! Since I’ve been traveling around Spain most of the weekends (which I truly enjoy), I haven’t been able to dedicate as much time to these final few posts. And since my finals are coming up, what better way to procrastinate than to write blog

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52 Ancestors – #41 María Paulina Gustavo Lotten (1867-1948)

Yay for writing a new post (and on time!) Today I want to focus on my 3rd great grandmother who I’ve mentioned multiple times throughout my blog but I wanted to dedicate a section of the 52 Ancestors challenge to her. My 3rd great grandmother on my maternal side was María Paulina Gustavo Lotten, and

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