Mexican Genealogy 101: Finding Your Ancestors in South Texas and Mexico

Join the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, the Historic Westside Residents Association (HWRA), and the Westside Preservation Alliance (WPA) on May 8, 2021 at 11am CT for a beginner’s genealogy presentation, “Mexican Genealogy 101: Finding Your Ancestors in South Texas and Mexico,” on searching for your Mexican ancestors with Donna Guerra, professional certified archivist and a Co-Curator with the Museo del Westside!

In this presentation we will:

• Share about why we want to find our ancestors, and what we hope to gain from the workshop
• Document the full names of our ancestors for three generations back (parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and where they were born, where they lived, and where they died)
• Practice searching familysearch.org for ancestors
• Practice reading Mexican Spanish records, and translating them
• Talk about specific terms and abbreviations used in Mexican church records
• Share tips on how to work with challenges that we face while doing genealogy research

We will prioritize questions after the presentation.

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