Tag: Ancestry
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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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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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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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Puerto Rico Ancestry. Do you have a research question?
Puerto Rico Ancestry. Do you have a research question? Before I begin any research topic I start with a question. Who do I want to research today, or what do I want to research today?
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Puerto Rico Ancestry, A Long Lost Ancestor
Puerto Rico Ancestry, A Long Lost Ancestor. Puerto Rico Ancestry has lead me on many adventures I never expected to take. In today’s story I find a long lost ancestor, once omitted but no longer.
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Puerto Rico Ancestry, Finding Juana Rivera Y Hernandez
Puerto Rico Ancestry, Finding Juana Rivera Y Hernandez. I love a good romance movie. I want to believe Guadalupe and Juana were in love, and all that comes along with being newlyweds. The fact is life is different than a romance movie.
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100 Years Ago Today, 23 January 1923
100 Years Ago Today, 23 January 1923. Have you thought about how your ancestors in Puerto Rico came to New York in 1923? I must admit I hadn’t really thought about 1923. My father, Raul Resto Y Mijon, and my grandfather, Etanislao Resto Y Lopez arrived on a DC-4, Pan American World Airways, Flight 526,…
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100 Years Ago Today, 16 January 1923
Do you love a good pain relieving rub? I love a good Mentholatum rub! The main ingredients in Mentholatum are Camphor and Menthol. Smells evoke memories and when I catch the scent of Mentholatum memories come rushing in. I’m a young girl who has fallen from swinging on the cold metal swings near where we lived…
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