European Immigrationpuerto Rican Genealogy

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Online Records[edit | edit source]

The first Puerto Rican Day parade marched through Manhattan in 1958 and continued to grow as more islanders arrived—by 1955 more than 700,000 and up to a million a decade later. Struggling to learn English, many faced discrimination and the challenges of high crime and poverty in the barrios, but those tight-knit communities also helped. Search USA Maryland Allegany County Allegany County. Welcome to our Allegany County family history research page. Here you'll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your Allegany County ancestors. Puerto Ricans of African heritage makes up the second-largest ethnic group in Puerto Rico, accounting for 12.4% of the total population. Mixed race is the third-largest group, with over 122,000 people identifying themselves as of at least two races. From the small country of Spain, tens of millions of Spaniards have emigrated to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Central and South America, Latin America, North America, and Australia. Spaniards settled the Caribbean islands and Mexico more than a century before the English settled Jamestown in 1607.

European Immigrationpuerto Rican Genealogy Society

European Immigrationpuerto Rican Genealogy Ancestry

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

• 1807-1880 - Extranjeros (Foreigners in Puerto Rico), ca 1807-1880 at FamilySearch — images
• 1815-1845 - Puerto Rico, records of foreign residents (Puerto Rico, registros de extranjeros), 1815-1845 at FamilySearch — images
• 1816-1837 - Emigrados, 1816-1837FamilySearch — images
• 1901-1962 - Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists 1901-1962 at Ancestry — index and images $

Naturalization and Citizenship Records[edit | edit source]

• 1795-1889 - Pasaportes (Passports), 1795-1889, at FamilySearch — images
• 1815-1845 - Puerto Rico Records of Foreign Residents, 1815-1845, at FamilySearch — images; Also at Ancestry.com($) — images
• 1897-1985 - Puerto Rico, Naturalization Records, 1897-1985 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1899-1900 - Declaraciones de naturalización (Naturalization Records), 1899-1900,at FamilySearch — images
• 1900-1981 - Puerto Rico, naturalization records, 1900-1981, at FamilySearch — images

Migration Patterns[edit | edit source]

Puerto Ricans are by law citizens of the United States and may move freely between the island and the mainland. Puerto Ricans 'were collectively made U.S. citizens' in 1917 as a result of the Jones-Shafroth Act. Therefore, a Puerto Rican person moving to the United States will not have a naturalization record because they are already citizens.

Emigration is a major part of contemporary Puerto Rican history. Starting soon after World War II, poverty, cheap airfares, and promotion by the island government caused waves of Puerto Ricans to move to the United States, particularly to the Northeastern states, and Florida. This trend continued even as Puerto Rico's economy improved and its birth rate declined. Puerto Ricans continue to follow a pattern of 'circular migration', with some migrants returning to the island. Source: Wikipedia

European Immigrationpuerto Rican Genealogy Traditions

The history of immigration into the United States from Puerto Rico is unique when compared to other countries. Technically it is not a history of immigration, but a history of migration since Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since 1898. This also means that the people of
Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens and are allowed to move in and out of the country as a normal citizen would.

When Puerto Rico first became a U.S. territory few people from the island came over to the mainland. Much of this was due to an economic depression that the island went through in the early 20^th century. At this time many people were too poor to be able to afford the boat ride to the U.S. After WWII ended in 1945, the migration rate of Puerto Rican’s coming to the mainland skyrocketed and many of them ended up in New York and Florida. By 1946 there were more than 50,000 Puerto Ricans living in New York City, whereas in 1945 there were only 13,000. This was just the beginning of a great migration with more than 25,000 Puerto Ricans coming over every year. In 1953, more than 69,000 Puerto Ricans came to the U.S., which was a record breaking year, and by the mid-1960s there were more than a million Puerto Ricans living on the mainland. Some of the reasons that are speculated to be the cause of this migration are that transportation into the U.S. became affordable, U.S. companies recruited laborers from the island to work in their factories, and the economic status of Puerto Rico caused people to leave the island in search of new opportunities.

As of 2011, there is an estimated 4.9 million Puerto Ricans who live in the United States and this makes them the second largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States.

Representation of Puerto Ricans in the U.S.

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