Articles about Hispanic genealogy.
My 28th entry in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” family history blogging challenge. The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. My 28th ancestor is […]
#52Ancestors: Tracking Down My Great Grandfather Estevan Salas Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Family History
My 9th week in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” family history blogging challenge. The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. This week’s ancestor is
#52Ancestors: My 3rd Great Grandmother, Maria Eutimia Sanches Nieto Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Family History
Jose “Joe” died before my father was born, so Dad never knew him and knows very little at all about Jose. We do not know his birth place or his parents’ names. Unlike his wife Maria, I have not been able to find any record of him on any of the Mexico parish or civil registers, except for his marriage record.
#52Ancestors: My Great Grandfather Jose Robledo (1875-1937), Still a Brick Wall Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Family History
1910 U.S. Census record for Victoria Jimenez and her husband David Coleman. I am still organizing and analyzing records I have found the last couple years for my great grandmother Victoria Jimenez (b. ca. 1891). In May 2013 I found this 1910 U.S. Census record, during which time she was married to David Coleman, the