Welcome

This site is dedicated to the genealogy of the families who immigrated to Puerto Rico during the 1800s, found one another and formed our Familia.

Surnames

The individuals listed on this website and the data provided for them is a partial listing of what I have in the offline genealogy database. I might have updated information that has not been added to the website. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions, can provide or correct any data.

Missing Links

There are currently over 499 individuals that we cannot link into our main genealogy database because we have not yet been able to identify the name of the missing link. Please review the information that we do have and contact me if you are able to provide additional information or the name of the missing link.

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"Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history." -Cicero (106-43 B.C.E.)

Recent Updates

May 2012

The next few months will be dedicated mostly to updating the off-line database. I will respond periodically to e-mailed inquiries and messages posted in comment boxes.

Prompted by an inquiry of a descendant-in-law of Juan Pascual Beauchamp Ramos, a review of Juan Pascual's data sources has led to the discovery that the name listed in the database for his father was incorrect and which is now correct on the family page. However, this moved Juan Pascual and his family from the main database to the MISSING LINK database.

Ivette Pol Acevedo, a descendant of Arturo Pol Velez, has purchased and shared with us a PDF copy of The Most Distinguished Surname Beauchamp and The Most Distinguished Surname Pol, published by the Swyrich Corporation, provide a historical look at the surnames. Please note that there are no references to the Beauchamp or Pol families of Puerto Rico in these booklets.

Ireliz Rodriguez Beauchamp, a descendant of Venancio Arturo Beauchamp Crespo, is married to a Bretón, adding that surname to our FAMILIA. Ireliz has provided a PDF copy of El Apellido Bretón en la Republica Dominicana - Investigacion Genealogica por Freddy Bretón Martinez. Freddy Bretón Martinez is also known as the Bishop of Bani in the Dominican Republic.

Many heartfelt thanks to all for their participation and contributions to this website & research project.

NEWS

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at Hunter College in New York City has an amazing and unique collection of Puerto Rican related records in their archives department. Two of these collections are the FBI Files on Puerto Ricans (project in progress) and the Puerto Rican Identification and Documenation Program. Access more information on these collections by clicking on the above images links.

The applications for the Puerto Rican Identification and Documentation Program (1930-1959) consist of general ID information, sometimes a birth or baptism record and a passport size photo of the applicant. The applications are now on microfilm and a searchable database listing the applicant's names is available at the website. If you find a relative, you can submit a request for a copy of the application. Visit the website via the above image links for details.

My favorite feature of this archive are the photos. So many genealogists have names and data for their ancestors but may never come across a photo for them. For some, this archive puts a face to the name.

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