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The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is pleased to join
the celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (15 September–15 October)
honoring the "histories,
cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from
Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America."
Why does Hispanic Heritage Month start in the middle of the
month? “September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of
independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their
independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively.”
The resources listed below are just some of the genealogical
websites and databases that can help as you start or continue your genealogy
journey exploring Hispanic/Latino roots in your family tree.
- Hispanic
Family History Resources page on the FamilySearch Research Wiki
A must-have list of resources
available from FamilySearch, subscription websites, and online databases.
Exhaust this list of resources first.
- Documentary Relations of
the Southwest from the University of Arizona
The Documentary Relations of
the Southwest (DRSW), created by the ASM Office of Ethnohistorical Research
(OER), provides the research tools and finding aids to the written record that
began with the arrival of the Spanish explorers in the 1530's. The 1,500
microfilm reels of documents, many of them collected by the Jesuit Historical
Institute, include the diaries of explorers and reports of missionaries and
soldiers. They date from the first written accounts of contact with indigenous
peoples in the 16th Century to the Mexican declaration of independence from
Spain in 1821.
- HOGAR de Dallas (Hispanic
Organization for Genealogy and Research)
This non-profit organization was founded in 1998 to stimulate
interest in Hispanic genealogy and assist in the research of Hispanic lineages.
- Early California Population Project by
the Huntington Library and the University of California, Riverside
…a reference database and
research project that explores the lives of more than 100,000 individuals who
appear in the sacramental records created by California’s Franciscan
missionaries between 1769 and 1850.
- E-Research Resources from
the New Mexico Genealogical Society
List of resources and links that
cover the following topics: family and church records; marriage and prenuptial investigations; wills and
land grants; maps, online collections and New Mexico history; and death and burial
records.
- · Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar by Pascual Madoz
Available to view at Internet
Archive.
- Guia
de los Archivos de la Iglesia de España by the Diocesan Archive
of Barcelona for the Association of Church Archivists in Spain with the
collaboration of the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports
…data collected from 23,000
parish archives and another 170 ecclesiastical archives in Spain.
- Portal de Archivos
Españoles (PARES) / Spanish Archives Portal
The Portal of Spanish Archives (PARES) is the main platform for
disseminating Spanish Documentary Historical Heritage, created and managed by
the General Subdirectorate of State Archives, of the Ministry of Culture. It
contains descriptive records and digitized images of the documentary
collections held in the State Archives.
- Mexican
Genealogy Resources by State by Moises Garza
Resources grouped by Mexican
state.
- Getting Started from
the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami, Fl., Inc.
Ready to start your Cuban
genealogy research? Start here to learn how to research and to understand how
Cuban research is different.
- Great New Mexico Pedigree
Database from the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New
Mexico
An ambitious project to
organize immense amounts of research into one connected genealogical pedigree
chart of New Mexico's Hispanic ancestry. It is the result of combining many
different GEDCOM files (computer genealogy data format) as well as information
from various published sources into one unified database.
Includes research guides,
links, and tools.
