Month: December 2016

San Blas de Coamo Church Records Available Online – Digitized

When I initially published this post, there was only one film available with limited records. However, since that time, all church records have become available. For this reason, I have drastically updated this page which includes the many other films that are now available. In keeping with tradition, I am also changing the format to…

By Anna Bayala December 31, 2016 2

Humacao Church Records Available Online – Digitized

There is an updated post to this post found here. Well, it looks like we are ending 2016 on a good note when it comes to genealogy for those of us researching our ancestors in the Caribbean islands. While I would have loved to learn that all the records had been digitized and released like…

By Anna Bayala December 31, 2016 4

Feliz from Guinea – An Enslaved Man in 1773 in Puerto Rico

One of the regions I see many Africans that were enslaved and listed in church records in Puerto Rico is a West African coastal country, Guinea.  While I see many other African countries listed, this one stands out because I also have plenty of ancestry from this region. Guinea today is a far cry from…

By Anna Bayala December 30, 2016 0

Enslaved and from St. Thomas – Lucia Carrasquillo in 1773

In going through the Santurce book of baptisms in Puerto Rico, I came across a record that potentially can explain how many of us have DNA cousins from all over the Caribbean, Central and South America as well as the United States and Mexico. I am a first generation born on the mainland of the…

By Anna Bayala December 30, 2016 1

Josef Vicente Arroyo de Jesus – Born Free from Slavery in 1785

Another blogpost while sitting at the airport, had to add the image to this post. Josef Vicente Arroyo de Jesus baptism record can be found in Book 1, Folio 58, and is the 336th entry at the San Matheo Apostle Roman Catholic Church located in Santurce but the area was known as Cangrejos at the…

By Anna Bayala December 30, 2016 0

Josef Julian Mangual Falcon Baptism in 1785

So here is another post that I had sitting in reserve that just needed for me to add the image. Since I’m sitting at the airport, I decided to add the image and release the post for Josef Julian Mangual Falcon. You never know where you’ll find an ancestor.  A perfect example was discovering Josef…

By Anna Bayala December 30, 2016 0