RESOURCES PLUS FOR HISPANIC LATINO RESEARCHERS
Mimi Lozano, Pres. Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
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Historical Records, Family Trees, Library Catalog
HISTORICAL RECORDS will help you identify the amazing amounts of documents which have
been collected and microfilmed by the LDS Church. It may not be digitized yet, but the goal is
to make all of their collection available online for family searchers.
FAMILY TREES are a collection of family trees which have been submitted to the LDS Church.
These were collected under the title of Ancestral Files. In many cases, it is possible to connect
with the submitter.
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Hispanic Family History Resources
1 Portal: Hispanic Family History Resources (English)
1.1 Records and Databases
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1.3 Hispanic Genealogy Presentations
1.4 Help Near You
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1.10 FamilySearch Indexing – Hispanic Projects
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Looking for the BYU Historical Books collection?
One of the many collections found in the Library Catalog is a collection of scanned books made
available by the Brigham Young University Family History Archive. This collection includes:
histories of families
county and local histories
how-to books on genealogy
genealogy magazines
periodicals (including some international)
medieval books (including histories and pedigrees)
gazetteers
About the Collection
The Family History Archive is a collection of published genealogy and family history books. The
archive includes histories of families, county and local histories, how-to books on genealogy,
genealogy magazines and periodicals (including some international), medieval books (including
histories and pedigrees), and gazetteers. It also includes some specialized collections such as
the Filipino card collection and the “Liahona Elders Journal.” The books come from the
collections of the FamilySearch Family History Library, the Allen County Public Library, the
Houston Public Library – Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, the Mid-Continent
Public Library – Midwest Genealogy Center, the BYU Harold B. Lee Library, the BYU Hawaii
Joseph F. Smith Library, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History
Library.
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SomosPrimos.com Resources
Somos Primos is an all-volunteer effort, a publication of the Society of Hispanic Historical and
Ancestral Research. The group came together in 1986 and has continued serving the
community continually since then. Somos Primos was a quarterly print newsletter between
1990 and 1999. Completing 10 years in print, in January 2000, Somos Primos went online as a
monthly magazine, focused on Hispanic Heritage and Diversity Issues. All online issues are
accessible and downloadable.
In addition to the monthly issues, Somos Primos has resources to assist family researchers,
teachers and youth leaders in helping young people understand their Hispanic heritage.
Somos Primos has served as a means of networking researchers all over the world. Although
not a blog or message board, readers of Somos Primos find each other through the information
which is shared, which includes the email and name of the sender of the information. One
strategy, do a site search on a surname of interest on Somos Primos.
Contact the writer directly. http://www.somosprimos.com/sitesearch.htm
SHHAR also maintains a networking database. Participants are asked to submit 4 surnames of
interest and the locations of family research interest.
http://home.earthlink.net/~shharmembers/networking.htm
Ancestors of Crispin D. Rendon
http://home.earthlink.net/~crisrendon/
Database of over 220, 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 by Mimi Lozano
http://www.somosprimos.com/blacklatino/bl.htm
Tracing many historical connections of interaction between Africans and Latinos.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage by Mimi Lozano
http://www.somosprimos.com/heritage/heritage.htm Site developed specifically for classroom
use. Also of value for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
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.
John P. Schmal Indigenous Mexico
http://www.somosprimos.com/schmal/schmal.htm
Series of historical articles to facilitate research in Mexico.
Spanish Terms by Ophelia Marquez and Lillian Ramos
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
SHHAR maintains a connection with BorderlandsBooks in San Antonio who continues to publish
the journals that were produced by SHHAR and Dr. Granville Hough. BorderlandsBooks is a
wonderful resource for books dealing specifically with Hispanic heritage.
George Farias at http://www.borderlandsbooks.com/
Online Family Trees and Websites. Searchable family databases posted on the Internet by
individuals and organizations through the world often contain many generations of a lineage
and include valuable dates and family groups to help in making a connection.
Viola Rodriguez Sadler: http://memoriasymemories.blogspot.com
Santos V. Canales: http://santanderos.blogsport.com Spanish/Mexican land grants, South TX
Ronald and Anna Lisa Montoya Torres http://torresfamilyhistorynm.blogspot.com
Louis Serna: http://2010sernafamilycalender.shutterfly.com
http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=24399
http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Lists_of_people#People_by_circumstance
http://www.wherewecomefrom-ra.com/
One of the oldest family clan website, dedicated to the Villarreal families.
http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=site&htx=main&siteid=sFFLAM&_ref=SiteUpgrade%5CSp
onsorEmail&_lin=75
Major resources with links, essays, practical information
http://genealogy.about.com/od/hispanic/Hispanic_Ancestors_Latin_America_Spain.htm
http://familytreemagazine.com/article/40-best-genealogy-blogs2011?et_mid=186053&rid=2305138
SHOT GUN APPROACH
Search for both surname and locations of interest on any search engines, such as Google and
Yahoo, each will give you different information. My favorite is Google. You can use a string of
words, alternate spellings. Type in your surname of interest, “___________Family History” and
see what you get, family clans, reunions, histories, blogs, etc.
Yahoo.com is really easy. Type in a surname such as I did with Lozano, and got:
Lozano family tree
Lozano crest
Lozano history
Lozano reunion
Lozano family coat of arms
www.Ask.com has a great map showing the spread of a specific surname in the US by decade.
The Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research is a non-dues organization. Everyone
is welcomed to our meetings. They are held from 9:30-11:30 am at the Orange FHC on the
SECOND Saturday of the month, every month, except August and December. One-on-one
assistance is given from 9am to 10:15, at which time we gather for a presentation or lecture on
a specific family research topic.
To receive monthly notification when the latest issue of Somos Primos is online, please send an
email requesting to be notified: mimilozano@aol.com. Meeting information is posted under
Orange County in the monthly issues of Somos Primos.
Mimi Lozano
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
P.O. Box 490
Midway City,
Ca 926554-0490