Puerto Rico Hispanic Genealogical Society - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: PERDOMO of Puerto Rico

elliottray90210 — 2013-06-19 03:18:07Z

OH MAN, I totally overlooked this message. That's a pretty cool fact hahah. Are these docs accessible on familysearch.org?

Re: Familia Apellido Raices, Santiago, Rivera

carlos9033 — 2013-06-18 00:14:28Z

hi
my name is carlos all my family comes from maleza alta y baja aguadilla. francisco reices wife maria calderon.ana reices.sandalio ramos y cajigas.

Re: Vasquez familia de Hato Viejo, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

n_vasquez11 — 2013-06-14 14:43:03Z

After digging a little further, I found (in the 1940 census) who I believe to be my grandfather, Magdaleno Vasquez Cortez listed as "Magdaleno Vázguez y Cortés". It states him being born in Hato Viejo, Arecibo, Puerto Rico in 1931. His parents were Elias Vázguez b.1889 and Herminia Cortés de Vázquez b.1901. Including my grandfather, they had 6 children; sons Santos b.1918, Dionisio b.1919, and Magdaleno b.1931 & daughters Encarnación b.1930, Milagros b.1933, and Andrea b.1934...all 6 children's last names were listed as Vázguez y Cortés. They are believed to have had a house guest of sorts, maybe a family member. Her name was Daniela Cortés b.1920. Elias, Santos, and Dionisio's occupations were listed as bracero/finca-cana (bracero = laborer/finca = farm or estate). If anyone out there has any information on how to contact any surviving relatives of any of these people, it would be greatly appreciated. For what ever reasons the family became separated over the years, I really would love to make a connection with my family... Thank you & God bless!!!

Re: Santoni in Aguada P.R. in 1800s

imyrigau_apsi — 2013-06-13 14:38:39Z

Saludos cordiales... definitivamentye estamos conectados con la familia Yunque-Sepulveda...

Tengo datos pero me gustaria conversar con uswted.

Mi email: imyrigau.apsi@gmail.com y/o facebook: Imy Rigau-Rozas (hay otra cuenta con mi nombre sin guion, pero esa no le tengo acceso ya)...

Agradeceré su respuesta para compartir informacion familiar.

Imy Rigau

Re: vazquez familia de Arecibo, Puerto Rico

n_vasquez11 — 2013-06-12 19:26:17Z

Hi Carol!

Yes, I have tried it, and I was able to locate a make with my grandfather's name... But his last name was spelled "Vázguez y Cortes". I am hoping that it is the correct family. Here is how I found them listed:

*Head of house hold/jefe:
Elias Vázguez b.1889

*Spouse/esposa:
Herminia Cortes de Vázquez b.1901

*Sons/hijos:
Santos Vázguez y Cortes b.1918
Dionisio Vázguez y Cortes b.1919
Magdaleno Vázguez y Cortes b.1931
(my grandfather)

*Daughters/hijas
Encarnación Vázguez y Cortes b.1930
Milagros Vázguez y Cortes b.1933
Andrea Vázguez y Cortes b.1934

*House guest/alojada:
Daniela Cortes b.1920

Elias, Santos, and Dionisio's occupation was listed as:
Bracero (laborer)/finca-cana (farm/estate)

If anyone has information about these people or their surviving relatives, please reply to this post or email me directly at: n.vasquez11@yahoo.com

Re: apellido Zegarra o Segarra

pedrojaviermendez — 2013-06-11 20:03:53Z

Carlos, mi nombre es Pedro Javier Méndez Irizarry. Mi abuela materna es nieta de el hermano de Inés Vega Segarra (abuela de tu padre). Mi tatarabuelo era Nemesio Vega Segarra que casó con Brigida Soto(mayor) Segarra. Hijo de José Antonio Vega y de María Tomasa Segarra del Río. Sus hermano fueron María, Inés, José, Baldomero, Antonia, José Monserrate y Ulpiano Vega Segarra.

Tomasa Segarra del Río tuvo un hijo fuera del matrimonio, con Eugenio Soto(mayor) Alicea, el padre de mi tatarabuela Brigida Soto(mayor) Segarra. Ese hijo es Don Manuel Segarra Soto, el abuelo del Dr. José Antonio Segarra Gerena. Cualquier información adicional con mucho gusto...

Re: Aguadilla Census 1910 1920

Jasmin_Rivera — 2013-06-11 01:08:22Z

Hello Ruben,

I have recently begun to research my family's ancestry and came across your posting from 2011. I was wondering if you ever found any information about Isidro Medina? I have family from this region and one of my great grandparents is named Isidro but that is all the information I have for now. I would really appreciate any information that you may have on him.
Thanks, J. Rivera

Re: plumey

FrancesRodriguez84 — 2013-06-10 19:32:56Z

My name is Francisca Rodriguez my mother is Ana Rincon Covertier (she's a twin with Luisa Rincon)sister of Felisa Rincon de Gautier. My grand father was Enrique Rincon Plumey. Intrigue with all the family tree.. It seen that you are the closiest to the true of Rincon/Plumey family. will love to keep in touch. e-mail me to
frrodriguez3@yahoo.com

Re: Familia Apellido Raices, Santiago, Rivera

paco_c14_pr — 2013-06-10 01:06:29Z

Greetings,

My name is Francisco and i also have been trying to trace my ancestor with the last name Raices. My grand father was Francisco Raices Santiago and he also have told me that Raices is all one family. It is exciting to find someone doing the same research as I. I know it has been a long time and I hope you haven't given up, hope to hear from you soon.

Paco Raices colon. my email paco.c14.pr@gmail.com

Re: Cayey, Puerto Rico: de Jesus, Ortiz, Rivera, Colon, Tapia families

cynnyc01 — 2013-06-10 00:06:32Z

Yes. But these are very large families! Can you say who you're looking for specifically, or say more about what you're interested in?

Re: Cayey, Puerto Rico: de Jesus, Ortiz, Rivera, Colon, Tapia families

Jamy310 — 2013-06-09 16:37:11Z

Hello, I'm trying to research my family tree. You mentioned Lopez, Rivera, Ortiz and Colon from Cayey several names of my family. Did you find any back ground on these names?

Re: Irizarry from Cabo Rojo

JocelynHernandezIrizarry — 2013-06-09 02:12:21Z

Hey- where did you get that information?

Best Genealogy Research Libraries in Puerto Rico

DARancestry — 2013-06-08 15:31:54Z

Hello everyone. I would like to explore the genealogy holdings of the various libraries in Puerto Rico. What are the best libraries in Puerto Rico for genealogy research? Many thanks.

Nieves Alberto Vega y Almodovar

anjy611 — 2013-06-06 04:02:26Z

Hi, I am searching for my father's family. His name is Nieves Alberto Vega born 1919 in Ponce Puerto Rico. His mother name is Maria Luisa Almodovar, his father Roman Vega y Garcia On his Birth Certificate it states that Roman's parents are Jose Maria Vega y Madera, and Juana Ramona Garcia.
Maria's mother name is Francisca Almodovar. On my fathers Baptism Certificate for grandmother (it is hard to read) but it looks like Torres y Almodovar and witness, Hipolito Vega, Candia Gonzales
Maria also had a son (my fathers half brother). Luis Carmelo Martinez, born 1909 died 1971. Luis lived with a woman name Suncha in Ponce PR, Suncha moved to Bronx New York with their children: Milagra, Santa, and Peter who was killed in NY. Luis second wife was Lucy.
Maria Almodovar died in the 1920s. Roman had a daughter name Paula Vega after Maria's death. I am interested in finding more information on Maria Luisa Almodovar, and Francisca Almodovar
I look forword to hearing from anyone related or familiar with this family

Re: Help for searching Rosado y Rosa

MARYALEQUIN — 2013-06-05 06:07:22Z

From Las Marias and Mayaguez.

Re: Help for searching Rosado y Rosa

rlrosado — 2013-06-05 02:40:05Z

Neither have I. I will be out of pocket for a few days, but when I return I do plan on getting back into it. What part of Puerto Rico were u searching for Rosado?

Re: Help for searching Rosado y Rosa

MARYALEQUIN — 2013-06-05 02:36:17Z

No I ahve not sorry.
Mary Alequin

Re: Help for searching Rosado y Rosa

pinksfiredragon — 2013-06-05 02:27:37Z

If either of you found more information since the time of your posts I would be interested as well. I am Puerto Rican and also searching for the name Rosado.

Re: Searching for Raul or Richar Alvarado from Guayama, PR.

alvaradr — 2013-06-04 23:48:13Z

Hello, my name is Richard Alvarado and I like to meet my brother. Here I leave my email so we can contact you. Thank you.
alvaradr@amgen.com

Re: A todos los Detres

DetresPizzini — 2013-06-04 00:03:01Z

Hola Victor,
Hace tiempo que no me comunico con tigo pues he estado un poco distraído. Queria saber si tenia la lista de los trece hermanos Detres y Lecler. Se que habían 13 de ellos pero los único que tengo listado son Laureano, Pantaleon, Saturnino, Segundo, Sandalia, Eleuterio, Balbina y Georgina. Me faltan 5 mas y quisiera saber si saben los que me faltan. Gracias.

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

cdunkleberger121 — 2013-06-02 11:26:01Z

Hi,
Not researching this name but I thought I would give you something to think about.
Back in the day they spelled Surnames and First names as it sounded to them as some were Iliterate and used the SOUNDEX method. Some people where not all that in the alphabet so if it sounded with and "S" they would write with an "S" and if it sounded with the "C" they would write it as that. EX. I search Gimenez. It started with the "X"imenez then went to the "J"imenez then ended with the "G"imenez. I have a friend theat her research name is Hibell. We have found it with Ibel,Jivel,Givel,Hibel and HIBELL. So when you research search under both. Cifre and Sifre. You would be amazed at what you might find. Also if you did not know, go to this link.............https://familysearch.org/search, then scroll to Carribean and Central south America, then to Puerto Rico and click. It has three options....
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1836-2001
Puerto Rico, Records of Foreign Residents, 1815-1845
Luckyly for you Rio Piedras is under both Catholic and Civil. In there you can view images of TOMOS/BOOKS.
Some tomos have the index in them either the front of the Book or the back of the book. You may also check to see if there are separate indexes for all the Books.
Belive me it is tedious work untill you learn it but the payoff is well worth it when you find your ancestors original hand written records. I have searched mine all the way to 1750. Start with the census on Ancestry to see where your ancestor lived last then go to this site in the Civil and work backwards. When you find these records they are full of Information. EX: Death records depending on the year will tell you how many children was in the marriage when they died and if there was a will or not. Birth records contain names of both sets of Grandparents. Marriage records contain both sets of parents and approximate birth dates of the persons getting married and also where they where from. I am telling you it is well worth the time spent.
In the Book of Estela Cire Loubriel
La Formacion del Pueblo Puertoriqueño, La contribucion de los Catalanes,Balearicos y Valencianos is the following.

Sifre,Jaime. Natural de Palma Mallorca; llega a Puerto Rico alrededor de 1809;casado, de 35 años de edad,comerciante y vecino de Aguadilla en 1826. ( Testigo de Manuel Jose Lisboa en su solicitud de naturalizacion.) Archivos Nacionales,Washington DC G. 186,Entrada Cajas 103 y 105 y E. 21 caja 54.
Happy hunting!
Carol

La Familia

nmaldorobles36 — 2013-06-01 14:29:17Z

Familia Robles Robles Marte. My great great grand mom Felicita Marte Robles de Ajuntas PR born in or around 1860 madre de Fransicio Robles Marte, grand mom of Domingo Robles Rosado, great grand mom of Fransicio Antonio Robles Rivera who lives in Adjuntas PR, great great grand mom to me... Noemi Robles Robles Maldonado. Attach please find pic of my great titi Rosita Robles Gonzalez hija de Fransicio Robles Marte

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

woodhaven50 — 2013-06-01 13:32:56Z

thank you who ever you are, found my grandmother & mother on the list plus my aunt. Never saw so many Sifres and I have been looking for many years.

My other last surname was easy (Arcelay) because of Maria Luisa Arcelay who was famous in Puerto Rico.

So thank you for the list, so now I know that there are more Sifres in the world.

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

SPiskura — 2013-06-01 06:58:50Z

Sifre appears in the Romanian Jewish archives. There's a historical records list here: https://www.familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&a...

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

SPiskura — 2013-06-01 06:49:57Z

Jaime was my grandfathers grandfather. He told me that the Tarafa family owned plantations in the carribean and later were part of the railroad planning.

If I come across any info on Marcolina I will share. I'm still adding in people to my tree and hoping to find the mother of my grandfathers father, Avelino Garajalde.

Re: En busca de fa. Alvarado de Guayama

alvaradr — 2013-05-30 20:58:26Z

Hola

Soy Richard y tengo 35 años, quiciera saber mas de ti. te puedes comunicar a mi email alvaradr@amgen.com

gracias

Re: En busca de fa. Alvarado de Guayama

limaryrichard — 2013-05-29 22:17:29Z

Hola yo soy esposa de Richard Alvarado nosotros estamos en Guayama mi email es limaryrichard@gmail.com. Mi esposo y yo no encantaria conocerte ademas tienes un hermano mas y 2 mujeres mayores q. Tu

Re: Lisboa, Cardona, Ramirez, de la Cruz, Gonzales, Velez, Roman, Fuentes, Rivera

www_g0dd3ss — 2013-05-29 20:17:19Z

Mi abuela es hermelinda acevedo lisboa nacida en san sebastian su mama se llama marcelina llame al 787 462 6064 o al 787 536 1882

Re: PERDOMO of Puerto Rico

DARancestry — 2013-05-29 19:22:45Z

It might interest you to know that from 1807 to 1816 a Ramon Perdomo was the parish priest in Juana Diaz (for the Church of San Ramon Nonato). He baptized my 3rd great grandfather and many of his brothers and sisters during this period.

Re: Ruiz of Isabela and Rivera of Aguadilla

ecossaboon1 — 2013-05-26 18:43:04Z

Thanks! I appreciate the help.

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

woodhaven50 — 2013-05-25 16:52:24Z

that I been told also, that they had money but I have never found a Sifre so I have given up on that surname. We are from Rio Piedras but been told that Sifre is Jewish even if they raised us as Catholics. NOT doing any research on Sifre it is a dead end of a surname. So if any one has info just post and I am sure I will somehow get it from the board.

Re: emma arcelay figueroa

woodhaven50 — 2013-05-25 16:45:08Z

not interested in these two, nothing but trouble. So please don't contact me with any info about then

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

woodhaven50 — 2013-05-25 16:42:39Z

that is what I have been told Sifre is some how related to a Jewish last name even if they raised us as Catholics..we are from Rio Piedras and I never been able to get much info on then...know they had money but who they are never heard from one yet ..just one time from one who lived in Florida and they were not interested in sharing.....not doing any research as of late on the Sifre side. Given up

Re: Sifre- Rio Piedras

afrodollshop83 — 2013-05-25 12:15:53Z

I too have been trying to track his history and that of his family. I have been told that he was a powerful man and had dealings in the sugar industry as an administrator My uncle mentioned that he had a woman name Marcolina Landron who cared for his children and travel with the family. She is relative of mine and I am interested finding out if this is so in the town of Vega Alta.

Armstrong Cuvelje

tomasatorresgalarza — 2013-05-23 12:32:01Z

Any information you can give me on this family

Re: Surname: Mercado

tomasatorresgalarza — 2013-05-23 12:27:29Z

I am looking for Mercado,mother of Lola or Dolores Torres my father,Esther

Re: Confesor Troche,Guayanilla

aquiros801 — 2013-05-23 02:21:23Z

Your Grandfather (Andres Troche) was brother of my Great-grandmother (Aurelia Troche) from my mothers side. Aurelia had a daughter named Lucia Quiros (our Grandmother) who was cousin to your father (Confesor Troche). So technically our grandma was your second cousin. So if we are correct you would be somewhere like our 4th cousin.

We just started to form our family history. So far we have Maria Luisa Troche Caraballo's children who were Andres, Domingo, Luis, Carmen and Aurelia.

If you have any names that may help us from the Troche side of the family, please email me.

Thanks

Re: Looking for Pitre's from Brooklyn, NY

ppitre0 — 2013-05-21 22:17:05Z

bro i dont know if your still looking thats my uncle your talking about.

Re: vazquez familia de Arecibo, Puerto Rico

cdunkleberger121 — 2013-05-21 11:38:57Z

N Vazquez,
Have you tried searching Family Serach.org in Arecibo Puerto Rico. The Civil Records there are Indexed by names so you are lucky there. You should give it a try.Start with what you have and work backwards.

Carol

Re: Vasquez(Vazquez)- Morales

n_vasquez11 — 2013-05-20 01:02:56Z

My grandfather was Magdaleno Vasquez Cortez. Born in Arecibo on Sept. 4, 1930. Could there be a connection? I don't know anything about his family except for his 9 children (my aunts and uncles). I would appreciate any info you may have in regards to my search.

Re: vazquez familia de Arecibo, Puerto Rico

n_vasquez11 — 2013-05-20 00:05:29Z

I'm not certain if my story has any connection to yours, but I am searching for my grandfather's family. His name was Magdaleno Vasquez Cortez, born in Arecibo, on Sept. 4, 1930. I don't have any info on who his parents were or if he had ant siblings..although, I recall someone mentioning that he may have had a brother. The only thing I do know is that his family allegedly shunned him for marrying a "dark skinned" puerto rican woman (my grandmother).

Re: Moca, surnames and families.

n_vasquez11 — 2013-05-19 23:41:40Z

I am searching for any information on my grandfather Magdaleno Vasquez Cortez born September 4, 1930. He was born in Arecibo, PR, but I believe he may have had some family ties in Moca, Aguada, and Aguadilla. If any one has any info and is willing to share, please respond to this post or email me at: n.vasquez11@yahoo.com

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

cdunkleberger121 — 2013-05-19 01:06:37Z

You are very Welcome.
Here is another interesting site............

http://puertorico-guide.info/past.and.present/history/timeli...

I have a couple of other rare books you can read online. As soon as I find them in my archive collection I will post.

Carol

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

n_vasquez11 — 2013-05-18 14:11:46Z

Thank you Carol. You have been a great deal of help as well!

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

kikodpr — 2013-05-18 12:27:40Z

have to add, the book is wonderful, again thank you so much!!!

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

kikodpr — 2013-05-18 12:23:06Z

thanks Carol for the information, I will follow myself your advice, and thanks for the book link, will read it!

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

cdunkleberger121 — 2013-05-18 12:14:00Z

Do not rely to much on the Familysearch.org search engine in itself. It is best if you look up the records yourself.
In Familysearch.org, go to Carribean Central and South America and click, then scroll to Puerto Rico.
It has three, Puerto Rico Catholic Church Records 1645-1969,Puerto Rico Civil Registration 1836-2001 and Puerto Rico Foreign Residents 1815-1845. They all for the most part have indexes of names. Some have a separate index others have the index in the first of the books/TOMOS others are in the back of the books/TOMOS and some have non at all which makes it more tedious but when you find your Ancestor it is overwhelming to see the actual written record.
Yes, search the census first for 1910 and 1920 see where your ancestors where living. In the records stated above they have all the towns specially in the civil wich is where your next step should be. From the civil records once you find a record it will tell you the town your Ancestors where from or came from then you will have to go back in to History to figure out what town was founded when or linked to first and from here you would be able to look up the Catholic Records. Somewhere I had read that in the 17?? can't remember, they needed to take a census of population and so all where ordered to be Baptised or Confirmation as this was the only way they saw for all the Puerto Rico Population to be counted. I have taken mine so far as far as the 1700 and I am still on the hunt.
Take time and read this free book. It really helps.

http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/LatinAmerica/P...

Happy Hunting
Carol

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

n_vasquez11 — 2013-05-18 12:12:18Z

Thank you again for all of your help. You have been more help than I ever could have expected! Good luck with your search!

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

kikodpr — 2013-05-17 21:27:58Z

Well what I did to start was looking into the PR Census. You can get the data of the census in ancestry or other places. In my case I went to the census of 1920 to look for my grandfather's family. I had to read a lot of entries, but finally I found it. Then I went to the census of 1910 to see if there were more family members alive. For example maybe grand parent was alive in the 1910s but died afterwards. He/she will be in the 1910 data, but not in the 1920s. For Puerto Rico there is data for 1910-1940. Before that because we were under the Spanish government the data came from church archives and birth registration. You can find those with in familysearch.org. They are still entering the birth registration from Puerto Rico into their data. So my advice for you start from your parents backwards looking for the trail, ask for siblings of your grandparents, it would be very helpful. Feel free to contact me at kikodpr@gmail.com if you have questions.

Re: New Year,Same Old Search

n_vasquez11 — 2013-05-17 12:45:42Z

Thank you for responding back so soon. I thought the guy you were referring to would be someone other that me grandfather, however, I was hoping he might be his father or grandfather. I am at a stand still and was wonderin if you or anyone can help me find a link to my family. I am very new to this... What type references do you use besides these kind of sites?