Some Amazing Things You Can Learn in the Registro Civil
If you’re doing Latinx genealogy tied to the Spanish empire, you’ll eventually hit a version of the Registro Civil, the […]
Moca
The escape of Juan de la Rosa: A Runaway Slave Ad from Moca, December 1842
“Anuncios” In December 1842, after much planning, Juan de la Rosa finally decided to do something about his situation. He
Gaining Freedom: gleaning narratives from Caja 1444, Moca, Puerto Rico, 1848-1854
Cartas de emancipación: Letters of Freedom As three historians of Cuban slavery recently wrote,”Los notarios eran parte de este sistema
African Ancestors in Moca, Puerto Rico, 1852-1859
Context of a transcription: African Ancestors in the first book of deaths Back in 2006, while researching mundillo (lacemaking) in
Lele’s Festival de ñame, 2007: 5,000 years of culinary history
Yams & communities Roots like yams, yuca, yautia, malanga known by different names on different islands and continents are central