Month: November 2018

Finding enslaved ancestors in some parts of the world is much easier than in the United States. The slaveholders of many Africans and African descents were usually counted as notches in the United States census and records. One pattern that I noticed with countries held by Spain is that that was not the case.  While…

While there are limited records, especially church records, for Lares, Puerto Rico.  There are other options and access to information for Lares. Most are available by visiting a local Family History Center.  However, fortunately, there are some records available online.  The records I found are the general census records as well as the laborer census…

When we all think of the Caribbean, we always visualize beautiful white sand beaches, tropical heat, palm trees swaying in the breeze, beautiful music, amazingly delicious food, and plenty of friendly islanders that are happy to share their culture. What we have to remind ourselves is that that was not the case back during the…