Puerto Rico Research Tips and Strategies

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Research Strategies

Puerto Rico Research Strategies

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Puerto Rico Research Tips

Census Records.   To find ancestors living in Puerto Rico in 1910, 1920, and 1930 search the US Census online databases as if you were searching in an American state.

Civil Registrations.   Births, marriages and death indexes.  Puerto Rico Civil Registrations 1805-2001