FamilySearch is providing two excellent free webinars this month for working with Spanish language civil and church registrations, as well as a free webinar to get you started volunteering as an indexer for Spanish language records.
Free Hispanic Genealogy Webinars from FamilySearch for March 2016 Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Recommendations
I am excited to announce that I am presenting at the upcoming Southern California Genealogy Jamboree conference held Jun 3-5, 2016 in Burbank, California. Get started researching your Mexican ancestors by learning about naming conventions and key record types.
Teaching Mexican Genealogy at the 2016 Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Work
These are the tools that I always have open and in front of me any time I work with Mexico civil registration and Catholic church parish records. And since I can only fudge my way through reading Spanish, these are the same tools I provide my Spanish-fluent father whenever he translates these records for me.
My Three Go-To Help Tools for Working with Mexico Genealogy Records Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy Repositories & Sources
A Mexico civil death registration record confirms that great-aunt Celedenia Robledo died at just 18 months of age, one year prior to the family immigrated to the U.S. She is the older sister that my grandfather never knew.
Celedonia Robledo, the Mexico-Born Sister My First-Generation Grandfather Never Knew Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Family History Repositories & Sources