Info on my Filipino ancestor, a student Pensionado ?
Glad you found an ancestor among the names in Eloisa’s List: Filipinos in America – Early Names Index. I am not a genealogist, although as a librarian, I did provide a list of sources for tracing Filipino ancestors, and I did write an article identifying research sources for local history on a person in Collecting Family Stories, Saving Filipino American History. The earliest Pensionados arrived in the United States from the Philippines in 1903. A list of the Pensionados who came in the first few years are listed in the publication, Directory of Filipino students in the United States, which may be available at a local university or public library in the city where you live. Bryan Quisquirin, a FANHS member, has provided online Pensionados lists from 1903, 1904, and 1905. Here are some additional resources on these Pensionados. Pensionados: Riverside’s First Filipinos was an exhibit at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum (Riverside, California) in 2003, which celebrated “100 Years of Fili
