Puerto Rico Ancestry 

Let’s Get Started With The Basics 

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Please note documents in Puerto Rico are in Spanish.  

Put in what you know.  Your full name, place of birth, year of birth. FYI living persons are protected and can’t be seen. Next, put in your parents’ names, place of birth, year of birth.  If you have their birth certificates look and see if you have the names of their parents and where they were born.  The more information you have the better the algorithm will be able to help you.  An important side note is that in Puerto Rico names are very similar and knowing where your parents, and grandparents were living will help you with your search.  I would recommend asking all of your living relatives.  

Once you have a couple of surnames you can begin.

Basic Words To Know

Baptisms – Bautismos

Deaths – Defunciones

Book – Libro

Tomo – Page

Boy – Nino

Girl – Nina

Father – Padre

Mother – Madre

Husband – Esposo

Wife – Esposa or Mujer

Grandparents – Abuelos

Grandparents Father’s Side – Abuelos Paternos

Grandparents Mother’s Side – Abuelos Maternos

Godparents – Padrinos

Don – Mr.

Dona – Mrs.

January – Enero

February – Febrero

March – Marzo

April – Abril

May – Mayo

June – Junio

July – Julio

August – Agosto

September – Septiembre

October – Octubre

November – Noviembre  

December – Diciembre

Available Census In Puerto Rico

1950 – mil novecientos cincuenta

1940 – mil novecientos cuarenta

1930 – mil novecientos treinta

1920 – mil novecientos veinte

1910 – mil novecientos diez

Numbers

One – Uno

Two – Dos

Three – Tres

Four – Cuatro

Five – Cinco

Six – Seis

Seven – Siete

Eight – Ocho

Nine – Nueve

Ten – Diez

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Now let’s find your ancestors in Puerto Rico,

Lilly Gunderman