Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
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 …
I’ve gotta say, I’ve been pretty fortunate when it comes to finding out some random things and getting clues- which then get confirmed. I guess it’s because I’m young and still have the older generation around that can answer some of questions, its just finding who knows the answers and hold the key to these …
So being home all day bored leads you to a lot of genealogy. So a couple of days ago, I decided to write down all the slaves the Antonetti family owned according to the 1872 Central Registry of Slaves which can be found on ancestry.com. And boy did they have a good number of slaves; …
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 …
I’ve been meaning to post about this a while ago and with some recent changes to the 23andme relative finder, I’ve decided to finally write this post! By testing with 23andme and testing several family members, I am able to narrow down where certain cousins are related to me in my family. Recently I was …
With the official indexed release of the 1940 Census, I’ve been searching endlessly for my ancestors hidden within these documents. Only one of my grandparents was born by 1940 and so I’ve only be able to locate all my great grandparents and some great great parents- those that were still alive. The 1940 Census doesn’t …
So with college graduation and a break between my summer job I’ve decided to start a short series that I’ll add to sporadically and will depend on how much I have to post on here. I’ve titled it “Series I” because I don’t know how many I’ll actually end up doing- hopefully I’ll do more …
Series I, Part I: An Ancestor’s Story Through Records Read More »
I usually post about a Finding Your Roots episode after it comes out but I’m SUPER excited for this one! This Sunday will feature both Michelle Rodriguez and Adrian Grenier. I’m excited to see Michelle’s family tree because one of her sides is Puerto Rican!! I can’t wait to see what they discover, where her …
This was probably one of my favorite episodes from the Finding Your Roots series so far! Mostly because it helped three African Americans find some roots in certain Africa tribes. Granted, some could have other mixtures from other African slaves brought to the US which married into the family through other lines, seeing as how …
Finding Your Roots: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons Read More »
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 …