Naranjito, Puerto Rico Church Index, 1831-1936

Naranjito Brief History

The intention to form the municipality of Naranjito began in 1810. After a series of major incidents with powerful political interests of the time, on December 3, 1824, Don Braulio Morales successfully founded the town of Naranjito. The town was founded in the neighborhood of the same name, on land donated by Doña Manuela Rivera and Don Braulio Morales. Morales was named “Captain Settler” and at the same time was appointed mayor of the town in development. The name “Naranjito” is derived from a small orange tree that served as a reference point for travelers looking for the shortest way to the town of Toa Alta. Naranjito is a municipality that sits north of Barranquitas and Comerio but south of Toa Alta. Just west of Naranjito sits Corozal. It is a good idea to search the surrounding towns for your ancestors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naranjito,_Puerto_Rico

Personal Notes

There is a decent selection to review, but surnames included in the index are challenging to make out. This is mainly due to how they were filmed. You will need a lot of patience and may have to go through these books page by page. In addition, some books are not in the best shape.

Baptism Naranjito

Book	Year	Image	Index	Notes
1	1831-1840	4		The index starts with the letter L but appears to have a complete index. In addition, there are fragments of documents with dates that include; 1901 through 1905 and 1925 through 1926. Take your time while reviewing this book.
1	1831-1847	139
3	1858-1866	415
4	1866-1868	618	Index
5	1868-1873	774
6	1873-1877	1075
7	1877-1881	1379
8	1881-1885	1687	2000	It isn’t easy to make out the surnames.
9	1885-1888	2026	2335	“
10	1888-1890	2360	2667	“
11	1890-1894	4	314	“
12	1894-1897	340	646	“See the note above.”
13	1897-1902	674	999	The indexes are legible.
14	1902-1907	1032	1212	See the note above.
15	1906-1912	1237
16	1912-1916	1499
17	1916-1912	1740
18	1921-1925	2104
19	1926-1929	2472

Marriages

Book	Year	Image	Index	Notes
2	1867-1868	4	30	There aren’t many documents in this book.
3	1868-1885	2686	2966	It isn’t easy to make out the surnames.
	1886-1888	2292
	1885-1889	2418
4	1885 – 1900	51	367	It isn’t easy to make out the surnames.
5	1900-1915	395	549
6	1916-1927	574	670
8	1927-1936	695

Burials

Book	Year	Image	Index	Notes
2	1844-1868	1292
2	1868-1880	1823
3	1880-1888	1819	1799
5	1888-1896	956	1261
6	1896-1902	2132	2269	There are fragments of documents with dates listed as 1905 and 1906 at the end of the book.

Naranjito Civil Registration Books

You also have the Civil Registration Books that began in 1885. Click here, and it will take you to those books on Family Search.