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

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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781502941046
ISBN: 150294104X
Physical Description: print
i, 115 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Mission, Texas : Moises Garza, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.