Ursula Acosta

Ursula Acosta

Dr. Ursula Acosta, Ph.D. (born January 14, 1933) is one of the founding members of the Puerto Rican Genealogical Society, who has studied and written many works on the subject. She is also a psychologist and retired professor of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

Early years

Acosta, (birth name: Ursula Schmidt) was born in Hanover, Germany to Hans Schmidt and Irma Ulrich. In 1935, her family moved to Leipzig, where she received her primary education. In 1947 her family relocated and moved to Dieburg. In 1952, she met Corporal Sebastian Acosta Ronda, a Puerto Rican in the United States Army who was stationed in Germany. They became romantically involved and wanted to marry, however her father recommended that she finish school first. Corporal Acosta Ronda returned to his homeland and Ursula continued in school until 1953, when she finished with the Abitur (final exams) at the Gymnasium (college prep school) in Dieburg. [http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/ Dr. Ursula Acosta: Genealogy: My Passion and Hobby] ]

Puerto Rico

Corporal Acosta Ronda was honorably discharged from the Army in May 1953 and making use of his G.I. Bill studied chemistry in the University of Puerto Rico at the Mayaguez campus. Acosta applied for her immigration papers and upon receiving them moved to Puerto Rico. A few days after her arrival to the island she married Sebastian Acosta Ronda. She lived in the city of Mayaguez where her oldest son, Hans, was born. In 1959, the family relocated to Darmstadt, Germany where her husband pursued his graduate studies. [http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/ Dr. Ursula Acosta: Genealogy: My Passion and Hobby] ]

Educator

The family returned to Puerto Rico and has resided in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico since 1967, year in which Acosta enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico. Acosta worked full time as a teacher at private schools and in 1971, earned her Bachelors degree in Social Sciences. During the next two years, she continued to work as an educator and during the weekends pursued her Masters degree in counseling. In 1973, she earned her Masters degree at the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico and that same year she began to teach at that institution's Mayaguez campus. During her summers she took courses towards her Ph.D. at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany and in 1979 earned her Ph.D. in social psychology with minors in linguistics and sociology. [http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/ Dr. Ursula Acosta: Genealogy: My Passion and Hobby] ]

Genealogist

Acosta returned to Puerto Rico and in 1980 she became interested in genealogy. On April 29, 1989 she became one of the founding members of the Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía (Puerto Rican Genealogical Society). The society's aim is the following:
*To foster the scientific study of Puerto Rican Genealogy
*To cooperate with the preservation of historic documents of Puerto Rico.
*To promote educational activities (Seminars, Conferences, Exhibitions, etc.) related to the search of the genealogical roots of Puerto Ricans. [ [http://www.eogen.com/SPG Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía] ]

Written works

Acosta has also authored many articles on psychology and other topics which include Puerto Rican history and which have been published in various publications such as "The San Juan Star", "Atenea" and so on. [ [http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/geneal.html GENEALOGY] ] Among the literary works which she has either authored or co-authored are the following:
*"Familias de Cabo Rojo", (Families of Cabo Rojo), 1983, by Dr. Ursula Acosta and David Enrique Cuesta Camacho- This publication covers the Genealogies of 16 families of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. It covers the 18th and 19th centuries. [ [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/hispanic/puertorico.html Hispanic Local History and Genealogy in the United States: Selected Titles at The Library of Congress] ]
*"Cabo Rojo: Notas para su historia" (Cabo Rojo: Notations for it's history), by Dr. Ursula Acosta and Antonio "Mao" Ramos Ramírez de Arellano [ [http://academic.uprm.edu/sruiz/boqueron/id16.htm Referencias] ]
*"Cofresí y Ducoudray: Dos hombres al margen de la historia" (Cofresi and Ducoudray, two men at the margin of history), Editorial Edil, Río Piedras, PR, 1991, by Dr. Ursula Acosta
*"New Voices of Old: Five Centuries of Puerto Rican Cultural History", 1987, by Dr. Ursula Acosta - an anthology of interviews, both real and imaginary, conducted by the author to Puerto Ricans covering various centuries.

Currently

Acosta was a member of various organizations, among them the American Psychological Association, Asociacion Historica de Puerto Rico (Historical Association of Puerto Rico), National Genealogical Association and Der Herold. She served in the chair of the appeals board of the Selective Service for Puerto Rico for 20 years. In 1995, Acosta retired from teaching at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Due to her husbands ill health, she retired from most of her professional activities. She currently continues to reside in the town of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Besides her son Hans, who was born in Puerto Rico, the couple had two other children, Dennis and Peter who were born in Germany. [http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/ Dr. Ursula Acosta: Genealogy: My Passion and Hobby] ]

References

ee also

*List of famous Puerto Ricans

External links

* [http://www.eogen.com/SPG Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía]


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