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is not an easy task but with a place to guide you in the right direction, embarking on the genealogy of Puerto Rican ancestry is a ​Many more surnames! ​Scroll down to contribute to the site! Puerto Rican family history, I thought it might be time to pay it forward. During the early years of the internet, a few sites popped up to give me some insight into what was possible to find in the area of Puerto Rican genealogy but online records were scarce and the web not yet so vast. Those sites only got me so far. Sadly, as the years have pas*ed, the first websites have been forgotten and become outdated, just as the docu*ents have been scanned and made searchable. Having obsolete websites as my only references, I had to forge ahead on my own. Now, I have amas*ed quite a large family tree with photos and docu*ents and DNA. So all this information is just sitting in my head and this led me to want to provide a starting point for Puerto Rican genealogy newbies. Especially for those living on the stateside. A platform, you might say, to jump off from into your journey of family history that pas*ed through Puerto Rico. the best source of information to begin with. Very often, women are the keepers of information for both sides of the family. Of course, if will be confusing especially if there are shared surnames. Poke around and find out who the family genealogist was before you. There dates and places of birth and death. If you already have a tree set up on your computer (see below), you can add directly on as people are speaking. Go as far back as each person can offer. As you are listening, keep in mind that Puerto Ricans often use nicknames but if above to see more information about Puerto Rican nicknames and other naming practices. surname (and women in Puerto Rico use their birth surnames). Small towns in Puerto Rico often had several generations of the same family living in them so having all the surnames will help in finding relatives. For more information on naming practices go to the Given