Researching Rafael Santiago
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2 people with the Santiago surname? In that year Santiago was ranked number 3577 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Rafael means "Form of RAPHAEL. God Has Healed" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Rafael Santiago on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rafael Santiago and the Santiago Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Santiago Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Santiago family tree.
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Santiago Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 106339 people with the Santiago surname in the USA? Santiago is ranked number 122 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Santiago Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Rafael Santiago. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Rafael Santiago
Rafael Cordero Santiago
Rafael Cordero Santiago (24 October 1942 – 17 January 2004), better known as "Churumba", was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as "El León Mayor" (Spanish for "The Greatest Lion"), an allusion to the city's official symbol, the lion. Mayor Cordero was a firm believer in the government decentralization process.
During Cordero Santiago's term in the Ponce mayoral office, the city saw the construction of the Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park, the Tricentennial Park Plaza, and the La Guancha Boardwalk. In 1991, he established an initiative for a restoration project for the 25 de Enero Street historical area, and in 1990 he launched the conversion of the old Parque de Bombas into a museum. Also in 1990, he facilitated the establishment of Castillo Serralles as a museum led by a civic, nongovernmental organization.
Cordero Santiago is credited with re-establishing the "Ponce en Marcha" project in 1992, and there are some who also credit him with the passage by the Puerto Rico Legislature of the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991. One of his projects under Ponce en Marcha was the restoration of the Ponce Casino, as depicted on the plaque at the northern exterior wall of the restored casino building on Calle Marina and Calle Luna.
Source: Rafael Cordero Santiago, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Santiago
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