Skip to content

Latino Genealogy & Beyond

Diasporic journeys across time and place

Home
Blog
About
Contact
Publications, Presentations & Experience
Taino Resource List

View of Aguadilla, 1898

Share your thoughts! Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Post navigation

Previous PostPrevious Stories in a Box: Caja 1289, Slavery and the Hernandez family

Translate

About Me

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.

Subscribe to Latino Genealogy & Beyond via Email!

Enter your email to subscribe & receive notifications of new posts

Join 701 other subscribers

Email Address

Categories

African Ancestors
Afro-Indigenous Ancestry
Black ProGen LIVE
Caribbean
Cementeries
Civil War
Cuba
Documentary
Dominican Republic
Family Reunion
Foodways
Migration
Moca
Mr. Williams
Mundillo
New Jersey
New York
Podcasts
Puerto Rico
Race & Ideology
Registro Civil
Resources & Research Guides
Slavery
Taino
Uncategorized
Violence

My Most Recent

Finding Juan Jose Carrillo: An African Ancestor June 1, 2022
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard May 21, 2022
Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives and Museums May 1, 2022
In memory of Basilio, who stole himself, November 1839 March 26, 2022
Who’s Your Mamá? Documents and discrepancies from early 19th century Moca : Part 3 February 4, 2022
Who’s Your Mamá? Documents and discrepancies from early 19th century Moca – Part I February 2, 2022
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Researching genealogical societies at the turn of the century January 21, 2022

Search for:

Tags

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 […]
In memory of Basilio, who stole himself, November 1839
A close reading of newspaper notices for a young African man who attempted to gain his freedom in November 1839 The post In memory of Basilio, who stole himself, November 1839 appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
Who’s Your Mamá? Documents and discrepancies from early 19th century Moca : Part 3
Facing a brick wall? Find out how to untangle sources that just might bring you closer to solving your mystery. The post Who’s Your Mamá? Documents and discrepancies from early 19th century Moca : Part 3 appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
Who’s Your Mamá? Documents and discrepancies from early 19th century Moca – Part I
How do you know you've got the right ancestor? Useful steps for a case study of a classic brick wall. The post Who’s Your Mamá? Documents and discrepancies from early 19th century Moca – Part I appeared first on Latino Genealogy & Beyond.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Researching genealogical societies at the turn of the century
I’ll be honest, researching this hasn’t been easy. I’ve written on historical moments that make for profound discomfort— early museum exhibits of Native American body parts and remains; the fact that the best known museum owner of his day (Peale) held a nuclear family (the Williams) in bondage, and that eugenics permeates a lot of […]
Searching Documents for Benejam Ancestors
I’ve finally submitted the materials, tables and text to accompany Part 3 of the Missing Registro Central de Esclavo volume for Northwest Puerto Rico to Hereditas. This set of transcriptions of cedulas are from Caja 2 (item 2) of 1870. The essay focuses on facets of the lives of 55 enslaved people held by Cristobal […]
“Y tu abuela, donde esta? An Introduction to Puerto Rican Genealogy”, Sat 9/25
Register Facebook Twitter Email Y tu abuela, donde esta? An Introduction to Puerto Rican Genealogy, Saturday, September 25, 2:00pm – 3:00pm Add to Calendar Lauderhill Towne Centre Library Dr. Ellen Fernandez-Sacco’s introduction to Puerto Rican genealogy includes an overview of the challenges & opportunities researching ancestors enslaved and free. Join us for this virtual program. […]
Luddy Fernandez Babilonia (1935-30 Aug 2021)
In remembrance My mother has made the transition, completing her life on earth. She was 85 years old, almost making it to her 86th; if she had lived just a little longer, she would have welcomed another great-grandchild into the world. Losing her is devastating, and comfort that her suffering has ended. She was my […]

Copyright Notice

Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, PhD LatinoGenealogyandBeyond.com, 2022. All rights reserved.

None of the written content from this blog may be used or duplicated without written permission from efsacco at gmail.com unless restricted to brief excerpts and links, and provided that full and clear credit is given to Ellen Fernandez-Sacco and Latino Genealogy and Beyond with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

About This Site

Copyright Dr. Ellen Fernandez-Sacco 2022 ©

Search

Search for:

Proudly powered by WordPress