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I am very excited to be starting the free online course “Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree” by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The course is available on FutureLearn.com. I am by no means an expert in genealogy research
My husband is Filipino. When people see him, they are always confused about his ethnicity because he looks mixed. We were curious about his DNA but we were disappointed with the Ancestry DNA results we received. Why? When it comes
I am constantly searching for my maternal grandfather in the 1930 Mexico Census records. Unfortunately I have not found Cayetano (Calletano) Cardenas. My mother’s birth certificate mentioned that he is from Tamazula de Gordiano. I came across this record of
Now this record is very hard to read. The reason I saved this one is because there are some Cardenas’ listed in Tamazula de Gordiano, which is where my paternal grandfather is supposed to be from. According to this 1930
This is one of the first 1930 Mexican Census records that I came across. I am not sure if this Primitivo Cardenas is my relative or not. My paternal great-grandfather has this name but the ages just don’t add up.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am completely stuffed right now. My Mom makes the best turkey and stuffing. Both of my parents are knocked out asleep right now. My Dad fell asleep first while my Mom and I watched a couple
The post I am Latino. And Black popped up in my email, and I can relate. Rosa Clemente also dropped some knowledge that I had to share, because it is history that I am not yet completely familiar with as
I came across this blog article on The World is Robert Figueroa and thought this was interesting and had to share. It shows the population and race estimates in Puerto Rico from 1530 to 1897. “The estimates of the colonial
Well, I did fairly well for my first run with Ancestry.com. Like many others, I am going to continue to research when I have time, but I will be giving status updates as to where I am in my research
This is an ancient name spelt as Leal, Leall or Leale, from the Old Scottish-Gaelic pre 15th Century “leal”, itself a form of the French “leial”, a Norman introduction. The meaning is given as “loyal” or “faithful”, but as the
