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
Puerto Rico
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
New Scanned Documents for Puerto Rico on FamilySearch!
Did you know that 865 sets of documents were recently uploaded to FamilySearch?
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
Genealogy Foundations: Tips and Strategies for Beginning Your African American Genealogy Journey
Today, Saturday, 20 July 2004, I’ll be participating on a panel & talking about Puerto Rico with host Brian Sheffey,
Thanks to the IOLI & El Museo del Mundillo!
“El Museo del Mundillo: Sustaining Tradition.” 11 Feb. 2024 This past February, I presented my talk, El Museo del Mundillo:
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