Spanish Slave Name Guessing Game
Last time I tried this I received a great guess from an awesome helper named Julia. Now I'm here to try my luck again with a much harder name. This first name belongs to a female slave that was born in Africa and brought to Puerto Rico in the early 1800's. I have never seen a name quite like this. It could have been given to them by a previous Spanish, English, French, or Portuguese slave owner or it could be their actual African named that is badly misspelled. Maybe I'm just reading it wrong, but I won't say what letters I think I'm seeing because I don't want to corrupt any guesses that the F.S community may have. Any guess or help is appreciated. Here is the photo and below is the link. I encourage guessers to read the index after guessing because the indexed first name may not be accurate. It certainly was not accurate for the surname.
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSRC-L?cc=1682798&wc=9PTJ-W3D%3A129440301%2C129471501
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Celestina
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Much better guess than the first name I thought it to be. I didn't see those letter's until you mentioned them. If no one else comes up with another guess I think I'm going to stick with that one haha
Thank you very much!
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Like K S D, I read it straight off as Celestina. In fact, I think it's so clearly written that there isn't even room for doubt.
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An image to text converter program came up with "Relestinos," so I'm going with Celestina as well.
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Absolutely Celestina. The writer has a small lower loop in the uppercase C, a common writing style.
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Celestina, however could that s really be an r? I like to cause problems, so I am going with Celertina.
Signed, Vincent
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Welcome back Julia and thank you again for another name assist! I'm seeing the letter "C" a lot more clearly now. I kept looking at it like the letter "P" and overthought it. Thanks again.
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I never thought to use an image to text converter. Great idea and thank you for the confirmation. Insightful badge
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That makes sense. I kept seeing different letters but I see it now that everyone mentions it. Thank you very much for confirming.
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Well, there is a German name "Celer" that appears in some Polish communities as well, but Celertina would be a first haha Celestina has a better ring to it. Thank you, nevertheless.
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