The study of the genealogy of our ancestors can be challenging. The first question that is often asked by persons who are just beginning is, How do I begin?

Most of your research will begin using the Internet and the best place to start is within the United States Federal Census Records of Puerto Rico.

Things you should know that are important to your research:

1: Your family's complete surname. The Puerto Rican surname spins off of the old Spanish tradition.…

It is an old scientific paper on mtDNA studies that were done on ancient skeletons of the Taino ancestors. These studies were done before the People gathered together to ban desecrations of ancient grave sites. Despite that these mtDNA studies prove that the Taino people are not "extinct." That you are still here as evidenced within mtDNA test results of descendants of the Taino.

The paper I am sharing was written by Charles Lalueza Fox et al, I am hoping I can upload it…

The Guanahatabey, New Data - New Vistas, Old              

                     Conceptualizations Revisited

    John J. Browne Ayes, Author of Juan Ponce de Leon His New And Revised Genealogy



      The Guanahuatabey were a distinct people and spoke a different language from the classic Taino. Thus, they were different from the Taino racially and probably have their ancestry within a different tribal group that migrated from…