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Archivos historicos de Puerto Rico Email: [mailto:archivospr@gmail.com archivospr@gmail.com] Website: Archivos historicos de Puerto Rico


 * Our main objective is to offer the researcher an information product that provides a glimpse of the variety of documentary funds available in the archives and discloses details that allow him to establish contact with the units. We hope to publicize to the public the different types of institutions that work in the preservation of the documentary heritage of Puerto Rico. From each of the archives, we include its history, collection, contact information and related links. In the Bibliography you will find references to publications on each file or produced by them.

Diocesan Archive of the Archdiocese of San Juan (Archivo Diocesano de la Arquidiócesis de San Juan) Calle San Sebastián, Old San Juan Section 902196, San Juan, PR 00901-19767 Telephone: (787) 977-1447 Website: Diocesan Archive of the Archdiocese of San Juan


 * We can trace the origin of the parish archives since the Middle Ages. From the Council of Trent (1545-1563), dioceses are divided into parishes and parish and diocesan archives arise with their respective collections of documentary funds. Parish archives existed in Europe and America before the Council of Trent. The Tridentine systematized the practice of having parish archives in each of the Spanish dioceses. Through the Royal Decree of July 12, 1564, the obligation is imposed on every parish to keep books of baptized persons and marriages. The main objective of this practice was to establish kinship ties that could elucidate marriage impediments. In the particular case of Puerto Rico, Bishop López de Haro, following the Synod of 1645, orders the use of parish records in order to avoid lawsuits and litigation at the time of baptizing a child. That is why today we can count on the Archdiocesan Historical Archive of San Juan. The Archive, as it is currently organized, dates from 1988 through a joint effort between the Archdiocese of San Juan, the University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus), the University of the Sacred Heart and the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and Caribbean.

General Archive of Puerto Rico and National Library of Puerto Rico (Archivo General de Puerto Rico y Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico) Ave. Ponce de León # 500 San Juan Website: General Archive of Puerto Rico and National Library of Puerto Rico

Municipal Historical Archive of Caguas (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Caguas) Padial Street, Caguas, PR PO Box 907, Caguas, PR 00726-0907 Telephone: (787) 746-0669/(787) 746-4136 Fax: (787) 258-5189 Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Caguas


 * The Municipal Historical Archive of Caguas preserves, in an environment that helps its conservation, all those municipal documents with historical value. The more than 650,000 documents are grouped according to the principle of origin. All belong to the City Council fund, grouped into three main sections: Government, Secretariat and Finance. Each section is divided into subsections, series and sub-series. The dates covered range from 1806 to 1955.

Municipal Historical Archive of Ponce (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce) Calle Marina 9215 Ponce PR Section 331709 Ponce, PR 00733-1709 Telephone: (787) 843-1422 Fax: (787) 843-3222 Email: [mailto:archivohisponce@yahoo.com archivohisponce@yahoo.com] Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Ponce


 * The documentary fund of the Municipal Historical Archive of Ponce began in 1812 with the first book of Acts of the Cabildo when the first mayor, Don José Ortiz de la Renta, was elected and continues until 2006 with the documents that are considered of historical value. It is divided into nine sections: Government, Secretariats, Finance, Plans, Newspaper Library, Photographs, Video-tape, Private Collections and Central Government. It also has collections of books on the history of Ponce, many of them sold out. Private collections include Alfredo Wiechers and Fortuño.

National Archives at New York City Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House One Bowling Green New York, NY 10004 Telephone: Toll-free 866-840-1752 or 212-401-1620 Fax: 212-401-1638 Email: [mailto:newyork.archives@nara.gov newyork.archives@nara.gov] Website: National Archives at New York City


 * This branch of the National Archives has records created by federal agencies and courts in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The archives has naturalization records, internal revenue service records, customs lists, and records of the U.S. District Court of Appeals. They also have microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, court records, passenger lists for New York City and other ports, Revolutionary War military records, some Civil War service indexes, and World War I draft registrations. The staff will make photocopies for a fee.

National Archives - Puerto Rico 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Telephone: Toll-free 86-NARA-NARA or 866-272-6272 Website: National Historical Publications & Records Commission Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Archives Website: Puerto Rico Archives


 * ArchivesPuertoRico.com provides search services to anyone seeking genealogical, ancestral and/or historical information specific to Puerto Rico. We collect, preserve and deliver historical and genealogical information and records. Our ever growing exclusive database holds records from our non circulating private collections, government archives, generously donated materials and other resources. We promote and encourage the desire to discover ones family history. Our highest priority is to locate and deliver records and information. We are dedicated to providing personal service while facilitating and supporting the informational needs of all researchers.

San Juan Military Archive (Archivo Militar de San Juan) Calle Norzagaray 501 Castillo San Cristóbal, San Juan, PR 00901-1219 Telephone: (787) 729-6791 Fax : (787) 289-7165 Website: Puerto Rico Archives


 * The organization of the collections in the Archive is governed by the principle of origin, that is, the disposition they had in the original deposits, or the order in which the different donors organized it, is maintained. Collections are classified with the name of the deposit, the agency or the donor. Documentary funds cover the 18th centuries to the present. Among the most outstanding funds are the administrative history of the Park, which contains documentation on its background. In addition, some documentary resources come from New York, Washington, and US Army funds, among others. It also includes historical preservation projects that have been carried out in the Murada City, in which the reconditioning processes in the fortifications of the Isleta de San Juan are detailed. Also, documentation of the Spanish Crown, and Tomás O'Reilly (18th century). In addition, the Archive retains documents on the work that has been done on the time of the attacks on San Juan by the English navy and documentation from the Public Record Office in London (General Archive of Great Britain), among others. Currently, the Archive contains about 120,000 cataloged pieces. These relate to Puerto Rican military history, that of the Caribbean, and that of the whole of America, from the establishment of Europeans in the archipelago, especially on the Island of San Juan Bautista, to the present.