Transcriptions of travelers from Puerto Rico
A transcription of passports from Puerto Rico is provided by a fellow researcher, Ms. Rachel Rose, who researched this volume of documents. She allowed me to share it with you. I hope you find it helpful and that you will locate a relative. Happy Hunting!
Number of Names Transcribed by Year of the Document (Table 1)
| Document Year | Number of Names Transcribed |
| 1824 | 8 |
| 1830 | 6 |
| 1831 | 86 |
| 1832 | 27 |
| 1833 | 545 |
| 1834 | 355 |
| 1836 | 2 |
| 1837 | 2 |
| 1838 | 9 |
| 1839 | 164 |
| Total | 1204 |
Destination Mentioned in Travel Document (Table 2)
You will find a total of one thousand one hundred sixty-five transcriptions of individuals from these records. When possible, the person requesting the travel documents (passports) are descendant. Not all municipalities in Puerto Rico are in these records.
| Place Issuing Travel Document | Number of Names Transcribed | Place Issuing Travel Document | Number of Names Transcribed |
| Aguadilla | 28 | Martinica | 5 |
| Anasco | 1 | Matanzas | 3 |
| Arecibo | 44 | Mayaguez | 91 |
| Barbados | 1 | Menorca | 2 |
| Barcelona | 38 | Naguabo | 15 |
| Barrio la Marina, San Juan | 2 | Nantes | 3 |
| Bayamo | 1 | Nueva York | 10 |
| Cabo Rojo | 30 | Palma, Baleares | 3 |
| Cadiz | 63 | Patillas | 6 |
| Caracas | 43 | Ponce | 49 |
| Cueta | 1 | Pontevedra | 6 |
| Curazao | 24 | Puerto Principe | 2 |
| Espana | 3 | Puerto Gibara | 1 |
| Fajardo | 94 | San Bartolome | 1 |
| Francia | 4 | San Fernando | 1 |
| Genova | 1 | San Juan | 121 |
| Gerona | 14 | San Sebastian, Espana | 3 |
| Guadalupe | 8 | San Tomas | 183 |
| Guayama | 11 | Santa Cruz | 13 |
| Guayanilla | 3 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 99 |
| Haiti | 2 | Santander | 16 |
| Holguin | 4 | Tarragona | 6 |
| Hormigueros | 2 | Tossa | 3 |
| Isabela | 6 | Trinidad | 1 |
| la Coruna | 2 | Trinidad, Cuba | 2 |
| la Guayra | 39 | Valencia | 2 |
| la Habana | 17 | Venezuela | 5 |
| Loiza | 1 | Yabucoa | 1 |
| Luquillo | 14 | Yauco | 2 |
| Madrid | 7 | Zaragoza | 1 |
| Malaga | 1 | Total | 1,165 |
Destination Mentioned in Travel Document (Table 3)
The destination numbers represent only the traveling people. It doesn’t include the person issuing the travel document (passport).
| Destination | Number of Names Transcribed |
| Aguadilla | 5 |
| Arecibo | 2 |
| Barcelona | 2 |
| Cabo Rojo | 5 |
| Cadiz | 2 |
| Cayey | 1 |
| Cuba | 2 |
| Espana | 1 |
| Fajardo | 3 |
| Guayama | 1 |
| Guayanilla | 1 |
| Isabela | 1 |
| Guadalupe | 1 |
| la Coruna | 3 |
| la Habana | 6 |
| Luquillo | 2 |
| Manati | 1 |
| Mayaguez | 6 |
| Naguabo | 2 |
| Nueva York | 2 |
| Ponce | 9 |
| Puerto Principe | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 454 |
| Rio Piedras | 1 |
| San Anton, Carolina | 1 |
| San Juan | 249 |
| San Tomas | 85 |
| Santiago de Cuba | 2 |
| Valencia | 1 |
| Vieques | 1 |
| Total | 853 |
Notes from Ms. Rose
I tried to transcribe the names of the official that signed the document, in about 80% of documents this was possible. I tried to transcribe the names of the all people mentioned in the document. When I couldn’t read a whole or part of the name I put in a “?” Slaves, criados, and sirvientes are given the last name of the person they are traveling with and ending the last name with “?” Some first names were abbreviated in the record (for example Ma or Anto) I chose to spell them out (Maria and Antonio) in the transcription. Some last names were abbreviated in the record, I wrote them as Men(z) instead of Menz in the transcription. The amount of information in each record varies greatly. Most records are for individuals, a small number are records of families.
April 4, 2019 by rachelrose8@gmail.com
Transcriptions
1811-1838 (Box 153, passports)
1830-1834, 1835,1837 (Box 154, passports)
1831-1834; 1839 (Box 155, passports)
Source
Ms. Rose has a wonderful blog where she writes about her ancestors. Her articles are extremely well-researched and documented. Therefore, I suggest you visit her site and read her articles. She is actually related to Maria Saldana O’Farrell. I came across pictures of her funeral and shared them with her. Some she never saw.
- Microfilm Number 1389448; 2,489, Images: 956-1693, Item 3, Years; 1831-1834;1839
- Last updated on April 4, 2019, by rachelrose8@gmail.com
- https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008127842?cat=607718
- Images: 331-955; (item 2), Years: 1830-1834; a few from 1835,1837
- Puerto Rican Genealogy Church Records and Indexes
