Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Currently I am in Puerto Rico for Spring Break, and instead of laying down at the beach soaking in the sun, I have been visiting various genealogical places in order to get research done that I can only do while on the island. One of the places I visited was the Archivo General de Puerto …
This blog post will be an updated report on my African ancestry from 23andMe. Last month I had posted about some of my new European Ancestry reports from 23andMe while last year I wrote about my generational African mixes from AncestryDNA (which I’ll have to update at some point as well!). Since 23andme has updated their African scores …
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In line with my goals for the new year, I’ve been taking a look at my lines trying to push them back in the 1700s. Many of my Coamo lines have been pushed back to 1700s but I always like to take another look at them and see if I’m missing any children or to …
Continuing from my previous, genealogical goals of 2019 (Part I), here are the second set of goals for this new year!6. Push all my lines into the 1700sThis one is a bit harder and will take some time, depending on the availability of records. I have been pretty fortunate to push many of my lines …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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- …