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Book

Mexican genealogy research online : a guide to help you discover your ancestry

Call Number

  • H 929.1 G245 (CEN)

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Edition

2nd edition.

Publication Information

Mission, Texas : Moises Garza, [2014]

Physical Description

i, 115 pages ; 23 cm.

Summary

Garza shows you how to start researching your Mexican roots using online resources and databases where you will find your ancestors. He provides a solid foundation with information about a variety of online resources, as well as examples and ideas to get the best out of them.

Contents

  • Before you start reading this book
  • Getting started with your Mexican ancestry online
  • Five common misconceptions about Mexican genealogy research
  • Your family is the place to start
  • Genealogical evidence, is your ancestor really your ancestor?
  • Genealogy software to manage your family tree
  • Five websites to help you manage your family tree online
  • Using the power of Google to find your ancestors
  • Find your ancestors by learning proper ways to search a website or blog
  • Do you know Mexico's history? Specially, local history where your ancestors came from
  • Website to help you find where your ancestors where from in Mexico [sic]
  • Locating your Mexican ancestors ranch or town in Mexico prior to 1888
  • FamilySearch, its search and online document repositories
  • Resources to help you decipher Mexican church and civil records
  • Find your Mexican ancestors using Mexican Catholic Church records
  • How to locate your Mexican ancestors marriage dispensation
  • Using Mexican civil registry databased to find your Mexican ancestors
  • Using the Mexican border crossing records in your Mexican ancestry research
  • Using the 1930 Mexican census to find your Mexican ancestors --Finding your Mexican ancestors in newspapers
  • Find your Mexican ancestors using obituaries
  • Using death certificates to find your ancestors
  • Historical archive of the Mexican military
  • Using and finding books to find your Mexican ancestors and expand your family tree
  • Find your Mexican ancestors by losing your fear and reaching out to others
  • Locate your Mexican ancestors by losing your fear and reaching out to others
  • Locate your Mexican ancestors with Facebook profiles, pages, and communities
  • Start your own blog and share your Mexican genealogy
  • Always keep learning
  • Major genealogical record sources in Mexico
  • Mexican genealogical research online by state
  • Conclusion.

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