RESOURCES

The following is a newly mounted alphabetical listing of resources for Hispanic research.
It will be expanding.  


Ancestors of Crispin D. Rendon
http://home.earthlink.net/~crisrendon/ 
Database of 174,024 records of  individuals, connected through pedigree and family group lines. 
Some lines have been traced back 40 generations.  SHHAR networking database has 365 members.
 

Black Latino Connection
http://www.somosprimos.com/blacklatino/bl.htm
Tracing many historical connections of interaction between Africans and Latinos.

Browse Web Sites 

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/WebSites/frameset_websites.asp
Direct links to websites of agencies, organizations, document collections valuable to family research.  
The Web Sites are arranged by categories.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage 
http://www.somosprimos.com/heritage/heritage.htm
Site developed specifically for classroom use.  Also of value for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

Cyndislist
http://www.Cyndislist.com
If you can not find it some place else, go to Cyndislist.  She was the first to assume the task of compiling 
websites of genealogical value.  

 

Genealogica del Norte de Mexico 
http://www.genealogia.org.mx
Mexican Researchers, very active online networking and sharing. 
Facilitated by President, Benicio Samuel Sanchez Garcia


Granville Hough Spanish Patriots  
http://www.somosprimos.com/hough/hough.htm
Abundant and well-documented information on the Spanish soldiers who served in 
the Americas during the American Revolution.

 

How to Start Your Family History
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/home/welcome/frameset_information.asp 
This is step by step guidance to begin family history research.


John P. Schmal Indigenous Mexico
http://www.somosprimos.com/schmal/schmal.htm 
Series of historical articles to facilitate research in Mexico.
LDS Family Search Homepage 
http://www.familysearch.org
Searching on this site is a search on the combined records that the LDS Church has on their 
Ancestral File, Census, International Genealogical Index, Pedigree Resource File, 
US Social Security Death Index, and Vital Records Index. 
 

Record Search - Pilot Site 
 http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start
This searches for records from all over the world, connecting with other genealogical collections.  


Salt Lake Family History Library Catalog, 
 http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp 
Search the records of the largest genealogical library in the world by Place, Surname, Keyword, and Book Search by title, author, subject.

Spanish Records Extraction - An Instructional Guide
 http://immigrants.byu.edu/Downloads/Spanish_Extraction_Guide/Default.htm
This manual was developed specifically to assist in reading Spanish language documents.

Spanish Terms
http://www.somosprimos.com/spanishterms/spanishterms.htm
Compilation of Spanish terms used in documents.  Very helpful in deciphering archaic terms.

Tex-Mex Family Trees by John Inclan
http://www.somosprimos.com/inclan/inclan.htm Extensive pedigrees of well-known historical 
figures in the colonization and establishment of Northern Mexico and South Texas

USGenWeb Project
 http://www.usgenweb.org/
Volunteer effort by state to assist family researchers.  This set up by State to identify resources 
for that state.

ZROOTS
http://zroots.com/links.htm
Outstanding listing and links to resources, assembled by professional genealogist, Barbara Riddick.

 

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