• Tales From The States Puerto Rican Genealogy Sites

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The first English collection of Puerto Rican folk tales published in the United States. Consequently, she became a well-published writer, editor, and translator (see complete bibliography, page 22). Although, she collected children's tales from many countries, her primary concern was the preservation and dissemination of Puerto Rican. For at least 30 years I have been asking questions, jotting down notes, taking pictures, and listening to stories about my ancestors, about their neighbors, about the land, about Puerto Rico. I never imagined back in the 80's that my curiosity would ever be something that I'd share with the world.

Tales From The States Puerto Rican Genealogy Sites

• Puerto Rican genealogy inevitably leads to lots and lots of cousins. Also, it doesn't provide enough space to record as far back as I have gotten. Of course, a good notepad is necessary to write notes about leads such as: occupations, dates, rumors, new people and the like.
• Taino stories, which would be the only authentic and pure expression of pre-Columbian natives of Puerto Rico, are non-existent. It is believed that the Tainos were Arawaks who migrated northward from South America and had been living in Boriquen for nearly 1,000 years when the Spaniards arrived.