Juan Ian Nunez Orta – Enslaved in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
Sometimes digging through records for many days and weeks may seem to be fruitless as you seek to find your ancestors.
Finding My Nuñez Enslaved
As I continue to research my African roots, it has become more complex with trying to understand why someone would change their last name arbitrarily and then going back to the original last name. Yes, my third great grandfather, Angel Nuñez Valcarcel aka Angel Diaz Valcarcel, actually did this. This is a line that is…
Teresa Prieto Algarin
Sometimes digging through records trying to find one thing, you discover something else. I made a copy of the 1860 Trujillo Alto Puerto Rico Census many years ago and have been able to build many lines. I decided to take another look to understand my Nuñez line, which is of African descent. While researching my…
Dominican Republic: Fidelia Lorenzo
My trip to the Dominican Republic uncovered so many topics I want to cover that involved family, family history, and the country as I went there to research and see family. However, I was not expecting to add topics to what I was going to write about. Yet here I find myself glaring at things…