Social History: Painting a Bigger Picture of Your Hispanic Ancestors’ Lives

Lecture Description

Our ancestors’ lives did not consist of just the facts we typically look for in historical records. Cultural customs and conventions, political and economic factors, and the different communities in which they lived, worked, and worshipped impacted their everyday lives as well as the major decisions in their lives. Social history helps us develop a more holistic approach to research.

You will walk away from this lecture with a different perspective for researching your ancestors.

This lecture is presented with a Hispanic emphasis.

Lecture Summary

• Length: 60 minutes, including Q&A
• Audience: Genealogists and family historians

Related Lectures

You might also want to consider booking my other Mexican & Hispanic lectures.

• The American Southwest: Digitized Collections & Archival Finding Aids
• Getting to Know Mexican Church & Civil Registration Records
• An Introduction to Researching Your Mexican Ancestors
• An Introduction to Researching Hispanic Ancestry
• Social History: Painting a Bigger Picture of Your Hispanic Ancestors’ Lives
• The Suspect Centenarian: Using a Common U.S. Source to Build an Immigrant Life Story
• Working More In-Depth with Mexican Civil Registration Records
• Working More In-Depth with Mexican Parish Registrations
• Your 19th & 20th Century Mexican Ancestors in the U.S.
  (available as of March 2020)