Category: Puerto Rico Ancestry
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From Civil to Sacred: A Hidden Chapter in My Family’s Past
Uncovering a family secret: Papito and Mama’s church wedding, 13 years after the civil ceremony.
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Puerto Rico Ancestry: Maria and Vicki: A Heartfelt Reunion After 40 Years
I started my Puerto Rico Ancestry Journey in August 2020. I regularly message cousins via the Ancestry DNA message system. Some respond, and most don’t. On November 26, 2020, I sent a message to Maria. I mentioned the shared cousin matches and my grandparents Etanislao Resto Y Lopez and Rafaela Mijon Y Rivera who would…
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Memorial Day Remembrance for Corporal Edward Quinones, United States Marine Corps.
Memorial Day reminds us to remember service men and women who have given their lives to keep us free. Today I remember my cousin, Corporal Edward Quinones, United States Marine Corps who died June 3, 1968 in QuảNg Trị, Vietnam. Do you have a memory that takes you back to a day you will never forget?…
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Meeting My 1st Verifiable Maternal Marin Ancestry DNA Cousin.
Hello and welcome to my Puerto Rico Ancestry Journey. This journey into my past has taken me down several paths. It all started with finding out why my paternal grandmother, Rafaela Mijon Y Rivera, was an orphan which I wrote about in an earlier post. Then I started wondering why I had never met any cousins on my…
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Confirmations, Dulce Nombre de Jesus, Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Hola Familia and all those interested in Puerto Rico Ancestry. I’m always on the lookout for new documents for my Resto Y Mijon Family. While looking through undigitized images on Family Search, I found my aunt, Ana Resto Y Mijon, Confirmation, 1918, Dulce Nombre de Jesus, Caguas, with her Godmother, Juana Cedeno. I’ve researched Juana…
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1849 Foreigners Census, Naguabo, Puerto Rico.
Hola Familia and all those interested in Puerto Rico Ancestry,Today I’m excited to share this 1849 Foreigners Census, Naguabo, Puerto Rico.Here I can see my direct relations.This document details where they come from, age, marital status, height, eye color,type of nose, hair color, and job.Pedro Hernandez and Lucia Pinero, (my 3rd paternal great grandparents)all are…
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SSGT. Jesus Torres Y Rodriguez,
Thank you for your service. SSGT Jesus Torres Y Rodriguez Birth: 16 Oct 1903, Caguas, Puerto Rico Death: 10 Jul 1943, Sicilia, Italy Father: Juan Torres Mother: Francisca Rodriguez
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Puerto Rico Ancestry. Eloy Resto and Carmen Lopez. Are you my Cousin?
Puerto Rico Ancestry. Eloy Resto Y Marrero and Carmen Lopez Y Casilla. Are you my Cousin?
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Puerto Rico Ancestry. A Resto Y Marin Love Story.
Puerto Rico Ancestry. This is the love story of my parents, Raul Resto Y Mijon, and Maria Teresa Marin Y Ramos. Amor Eterno.
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Puerto Rico Ancestry, Puerto Rico Genealogy Society.
Are you a member of the Sociedad Puertorriquena de Genealogia, or Puerto Rico Genealogy Society?
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