Hispanic Heritage Happenings Launch

My Hispanic Genealogy & History Newsletter Launches November 15th…Sign Up Now!

I am launching a new FREE email newsletter focusing on Hispanic genealogy, history, and traditions. Hispanic Heritage Happenings will go out twice a month, delivered to your email inbox on the 1st and the 15th. Each issue will include a compilation and summary of relevant blog posts, tutorials, tips, reviews, collections and records, publications, webinars, conferences, seminars, workshops, etc., that I have identified and personally selected for you.

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1828 Map of Mexico

Next Week’s Texas Family History Conference Includes Five Sessions on Hispanic Genealogy & History

I am usually pleased to find just one or two sessions focusing on Hispanic genealogy and history at conferences, but this conference features FIVE breakout sessions that are of high value to those researching or teaching Hispanic history.

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1913 Birth Record for Celedenia Robledo

Ancestors: Celedonia Robledo, Discovering Another Mexico-Born Sister for My Grandfather

A few weeks ago, while strategically perusing through Mexico Civil Birth Registrations for as-yet-unfound birth records for the two children born to my great-grandparents when the family still lived in Mexico, I made an unexpected discovery. I came across the birth registration for a third child born in Mexico–a daughter named Celedenia Robledo.

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Maria Nieto - Ancestry - 1954 Petition for Naturalization

Check, Re-Check, and Check Again for Those Digitized Naturalization Records on Ancestry…and your Ancestry Hints

Routinely check Ancestry for naturalization records pertaining to your immigrant ancestors and relatives. A visit to NARA Riverside in April confirmed that Ancestry still does not have all of the district court naturalization records from California online, but a discovery last week indicates they are closing this gap.

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