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A Slave Owning Family: de Ayala

Arecibo, Genealogía, Genealogía Puertorriqueña, Genealogy, Guaynabo, Puerto Rican Genealogy, Puerto Rico, Slave, Slave Owner, slavery, slaves /

About five years ago, I learned that my Román Ayala branch originated in the town of Arecibo but made their way to Guaynabo. This was very interesting to me because the Román branch married the Rivera branch of Toa Alta and for some long I had no idea they were from a town outside of […]

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Coartación & Slavery in Lares

Damià Magraner, Damián Magraner, Esclavitud, Esclavo, Genealogía, Genealogy, Lares, Magraner, Magraner Morell, Mallorca, Puerto Rican Genealogy, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Civil Registry, Registro Civil de Puerto Rico, Slave, Slave Owner, slavery, Sóller /

While researching my Magraner family in Lares via various online databases, I came across an interesting record that allowed me to learn more about my ancestor (in this case my ancestor’s brother) and the act of coartación in regards to slavery on the island of Puerto Rico.  So in this case I will talk about Gabriel Magraner

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December 21st – A Day Dedicated to My Ancestress

1 Comment / 1848, Actes D'individualités, Africa, African roots, ANOM, Banque Numérique des Patrimoines Martiniquais, Eglantine Lautin, Esclavitud, Esclavo, Famille Lautin, Garnier Laroche, Genealogy, Julienne Malvina Lautin, Lapierre, Lautin, Martinica, Martinique, Puerto Rican, Slave, Slave Owner /

As I am currently living France, last month while I was on vacation I decided to create a specific and intentional route for my travels. Why? Because I knew that on the 21st of December I wanted to be in the town of Saint-Malo. Currently in my family tree, I have no genealogical connection to

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The Power of Names

ancestry, Baptism Record, Gabon, Genealogy, Juan Luis Sandoval, Manuela Sandoval, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican Ancestry, Slave, slavery, Toa Alta /

I wanted to share this record I found while searching the Toa Alta baptism records again. In all my years of researching, I have rarely come across an entry this detailed for a slave’s baptism. Four years ago, I posted “Whispers of the Past” where certain entries for slaves in the Registry of 1872 contained

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A Puerto Rican Look at: Ancestry’s “MyTreeTags”

ancestry, Blanco, Dueño de esclavos, Esclavo, Genealogía, Genealogy, MyTreeTags, pardo, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Slave, Slave Owner /

A bit earlier on in the year, around spring/early summer, Ancestry released “MyTreeTags” which can be added to your ancestors in your tree. Hyperlinked above, you will find how to set up the tags and the different types that exist already. Another feature of the tags is that you can create your own “custom tags”

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