Puerto Rico Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Known Issues
NOTE: For a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection or how to find missing images elsewhere, see Document 114052, How to use Film Notes in the Catalog to determine the content of a final browse point in Historical Records.

See answers below for information about known browse point discrepancies, such as mislabeled or missing records.

Question #1: Where can the various baptism, death, and marriage records I am looking for in the Bayamón &gt; Santa Cruz collection be found? Answer #1: The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for various missing or mislabeled Bayamón &gt; Santa Cruzrecords and their indexes are as follows:

Question #2: Where can the marriage records and their indexes in the Cataño &gt; Nuestra Señora del Carmen collection be found? Answer #2: The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for marriage records and their indexes are as follows:

Question #3: Where can the marriage records and the baptism index 1927-1929 in the Loíza &gt; San Patricio collection be found? Answer #3: The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for marriage records and baptism index are as follows:

Question #4: Where are the military Catholic Church records for San Juan &gt; Nuestra Señora de los Remedios? Answer #4: The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for military Catholic Church records are as follows:

Question #5: Some Tipo de Registro y Años in the San Juan &gt; Nuestra Señora de los Remedios collection have an incorrect date range. What is the correct date range? Answer #5: The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for various incorrect date ranges are as follows:

Question #6: Are there missing pages in San Juan &gt; Nuestra Señora de los Remedios &gt; Bautismos 1852-1855? Answer #6: Pages 106-244 (the entire year of 1854 to January 1855) are missing between images 148-149. If you look at Image 149 on the left you can clearly see there would have been a page 244.

Question #7: Where can the baptism records in the Santurce &gt; San Mateo collection be found? Answer #7: The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for baptism records are as follows:

Question #8: Where can the baptism records in the Rio Grande collection be found? Answer #8: The majority of the Rio Grande &gt; Nuestra Señora del Carmen Bautismo records are located in Rincón &gt; Nuestra Señora del Carmen. The corrected Tipo de Registro y Años for baptism records are as follows:

NOTE: There are no valid records for Rincón &gt; Nuestra Señora del Carmen.

Question #9: Where can I find Río Piedras &gt; Nuestra Señora del Pilar &gt; Defunciones 1871-1873? Answer #9: Defunciones 1810-1873 should read as Defunciones 1870-1873. There was no corresponding film for Defunciones 1810-1873, and that there was no browse point for Film 2237962: Defunciones, 1870-1893 (oct.) covering the years 1870-1873. A typo must have occurred when someone entered 1810 instead of 1870.

Question #10: Where can I find Río Piedras &gt; Nuestra Señora del Pilar marriage records for 1844-1853? Answer #10: Río Piedras &gt; Nuestra Señora del Pilar &gt; Matrimonios 1812-1853 only has records up to 1843 (as per Catalog Film notes for Film 2237957, Item 5). At this time, there are no marriage records for 1844-1853 available online or on microfilm.

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