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I am Teaching 3 Classes at the 2016 Texas Family History Conference in October!

September 4, 2016 by Colleen Leave a Comment

2016 Texas Family History Conference Speaker Badge

Join me in Dallas, Texas the weekend of October 28-30, 2016, where I am teaching two classes on Mexican genealogy, and a class on using the Digital Public Library of American and HathiTrust.

Filed Under: Genealogy Tagged With: conferences, digital collections, Digital Public Library of America, HathiTrust, Mexican genealogy, Mexican-American genealogy, Texas

FGS & National Park Service Partner on US-Mexico War History Project

August 8, 2016 by Colleen 1 Comment

FGS & NPS Logos

The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Park Service (NPS) are collaborating on a project to help preserve and share the history of those who served in the U.S. Mexico War. I just emailed the project coordinator to find out how I can help! WILL YOU?

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Genealogy Tagged With: digital collections, FGS, Mexican genealogy, Mexico history, National Park Service, U.S. history

I am Presenting at the Texas State Genealogical Society 2015 Family History Conference #TSGS2015

September 29, 2015 by Colleen 6 Comments

2015 TSGS Family History Conference

Join me next month in Austin, Texas for the 2015 Family History Conference ,where I am teaching sessions on “Helping Patrons Find & Use Southwest Archival Collections” and “An Introduction to Researching Your Mexican Ancestors”.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Educators, Genealogy, Libraries Tagged With: #TSGS2015, archives, conferences, digital collections, finding aids, Hispanics, Mexican genealogy, Mexican-American genealogy, Texas

Digital Collections: Spotlight on the Portal to Texas History, Part I – Discovery Features

July 22, 2015 by Colleen 4 Comments

The Portal to Texas History

Taking a look at one of my favorite digital archives–the Portal to Texas History, through a series of posts highlighting this valuable historical research tool. In this first part of the series, I walk through the Portal’s well-designed discovery features.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Genealogy, Libraries, Web Development Tagged With: archives, digital collections, Texas

Marketing Historical Documents: The British Library Celebrates 800 Years of the Magna Carta

March 23, 2015 by Colleen Leave a Comment

Magna Carta, 1215

On 15 June 2015, the Magna Carta turns 800 years old. Highlighting some of the ways the British Library is marketing this celebration, and educating the public about this significant historical document that changed English law and has had a worldwide impact.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Educators, Libraries, Marketing Tagged With: British Library, digital collections, exhibits, historical documents, videos

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