November 2025: Presentations & Podcasts
This was a busy month! On Tuesday evening, I was a special guest on Shamele Jordon’s Genealogy Quick Start on […]
African Ancestors, Afro-Indigenous Ancestry, Caribbean, Podcasts, Puerto Rico
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Vale Ancestors of Camuy: Estevan Vale
A few weeks ago, I saw a hint on my Ancestry family tree for Estevan Vale Caban. To my great
New Scanned Documents on FS 2: The Municipalities!
Part 2 of the 865 new uploads, listed by municipality:
Isabela, Camuy, Vega Baja, San Juan, Utuado, Guayama, Juncos, Lares, Hormigueros, Manati, Rio Grande, Comerio, Carolina, School Personnel
Remembering enslaved ancestors purchased by Pedro Pellot, Aguadilla, 1822
This post, based on transcriptions of a notary document from Aguadilla, speaks the names of several enslaved ancestors held in
AAHGS Journal’s Author’s Forum: 19 September 2024
I’m participating in the AAHGS Journal’s Author’s Forum on 9/19/24 7-9PM!
Lcdo. Lorenzo Oscar Caban Arocho’s Bienvenidos a Moca
A new book by Lcdo. Lorenzo Oscar Caban Arocho, Bienvenidos a Moca was just published
‘El Registro de Esclavos’: An archive you need to know’ at the 44th Annual AAHGS Conference
Taiguei (Greetings)! This has turned out to be a busy month! I finished my last article for the series on
Tejer la vida: Lacemakers remembered
Some literature on mundillo and seven tejedoras (lacemakers) of Moca, Puerto Rico
Ubiles: AfroIndigenous Families of Northeast Puerto Rico
Who are the ancestors who held the Ubides surname in Northeast Puerto Rico?
Neumann Gandia’s Resena Historica… de Moca (1910)
Two decades ago, I was in the Special Collections of U InterAmericana looking at their Herman Reichard Collection, where I