Although there is quite a bit of information about my grandfather, Marcelino Cortés, there is very little information about our other ancestors.  I remember asking my father, Cristobal Cortés, on several occasions about our ancestors and he could barely remember their names.  The problem being that his grandparents passed away when he was very young and so he had very little recollection of them.  He did tell me that he remembered his grandfather, Sebastian Cortés as being very tall.  However upon reflection I would think that any adult would look tall to a child.  I do remember him saying that Sebastian Cortés may have been a law magistrate or constable in those days, but he didn’t have much information about that.  He did not remember any information at all about his grandmother.  And speaking of grandmothers, currently I don’t have much information about my grandmother, Rumalda Custodio, either. 

As for other family members, other than Tia Dalila and Tia Lucy I have don’t have much recollection because I never saw my Tio Salvador and Tio Laureano I saw when I was a very young child.  All three brothers had immigrated to New York City, however Tio Salvador returned to Puerto Rico and lived in Utuado for the rest of his life.  Tio Laureano was a long time resident of New York City and is now retired in Tampa, Florida.  My father, moved from New York City to Vineland, New Jersey to be closer to his sisters and we lived there for a few years in the mid-sixty’s but then at my mother insistence we moved to Buffalo, New York so she could be closer to her sister, Florence.  As for cousins, I have many first, second and third cousins on both my paternal and maternal side, of which I know very few.  I am hoping that this website will bring us closer together and that they can provide me with more info, articles and pictures so that we can all share in our ancestry, heritage and culture.