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Dr. Ellen Fernandez-Sacco

Latino Genealogy & Beyond aims to share culturally relevant information and history regarding POC genealogy. Join me as I decolonize family histories through context and deep dives into archival research.

Daka Taino, Still Here.

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A Woman of Endurance, a novel by Dalma Llanos-Figueroa March 31, 2023
April 8, 1904: Jessie Walter Fewkes in Puerto Rico March 19, 2023
History Unscripted: Real Talk Around Reparations February 16, 2023
People & Property: Enslaved Ancestors sold by Rafael del Valle to Jose Genaro del Valle, Barrio Malezas, Aguadilla, 1854 January 8, 2023
Gente 1868-1872: Enslaved persons held by Felipe Yturrino y Arzua December 2, 2022
Allen Acevedo (1955-2022) October 20, 2022
The Vote of 1960: Context, Challenge, NGS & James Dent Walker September 12, 2022

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April 8, 1904: Jessie Walter Fewkes in Puerto Rico
After the Spanish-American War, the rush was on to obtain prehistoric objects from the Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. Anthopologist Jessie Walter Fewkes assembled a large collection of stone objects. What did he do with them? The post April 8, 1904: Jessie Walter Fewkes in Puerto Rico appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
History Unscripted: Real Talk Around Reparations
Reparations involves applications that require documentation. This can be a highly emotional process as unforeseen limitations are encountered in gathering family histories. The post History Unscripted: Real Talk Around Reparations appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
People & Property: Enslaved Ancestors sold by Rafael del Valle to Jose Genaro del Valle, Barrio Malezas, Aguadilla, 1854
In 1854, the terms of a deed reveals the names of 19 enslaved ancestors included in a sale between cousins in mid-nineteenth century Aguadilla. The post People & Property: Enslaved Ancestors sold by Rafael del Valle to Jose Genaro del Valle, Barrio Malezas, Aguadilla, 1854 appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
Gente 1868-1872: Enslaved persons held by Felipe Yturrino y Arzua
Following a string of land purchases, led to saying the names of 20 enslaved persons who worked and lived on Felipe Iturrino's coffee plantation in Anasco, P.R. from 1868-1870. The post Gente 1868-1872: Enslaved persons held by Felipe Yturrino y Arzua appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
Allen Acevedo (1955-2022)
On the passing of our cousin Allen this week The post Allen Acevedo (1955-2022) appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
The Vote of 1960: Context, Challenge, NGS & James Dent Walker
Before I start: The view from here, some context In trying to assemble a history of an organization from fragments, I’m grappling with slippage, the way that things unsaid haunt every space, how the unsaid is supposed to be gracious, but hides a different cruelty. It’s working with systems that require violence for its completion, […]
Yturrino: Looking at a collateral line
What I learned about Basques in the New World and an 18th century emigre and his descendants in Puerto Rico... The post Yturrino: Looking at a collateral line appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
Finding Juan Jose Carrillo: An African Ancestor
Reeling from finding my 6th GGF from Rio Piedras, born in Guinea The post Finding Juan Jose Carrillo: An African Ancestor appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
“The question is, who owns the rights to the violence of the past? Is it the victim or the perpetrator? ” — Tamara Lanier, Free Renty This week, I attended a Together Films virtual screening of Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard, organized by genealogist Nicka Smith. Directed by David Gruber, the documentary covers the years […]
Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives and Museums
So excited to be part of this project! The book, edited by Yve Chavez & Nancy Marie Mithlo “examines how creative arts and memory institutions selectively commemorate or often outright ignore stark histories of colonialism.” My piece for the volume: “Dying to Know You: Critical Insights from a case study of Indigenous Representations in Museums […]

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