Mexican Genealogy Blog
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Researching Early Church Records for Mexico
In this blog post, Researching Early Church Records for Mexico you will learn how to find your ancestors in some of the earliest church records created in Mexico.
For a while, I had several ancestor names in my tasks (records to get) that I needed baptism records for but I …
Find Your Ancestors Using Genealogy Indexes
In this post, you will learn how to find your ancestors using genealogy indexes. Indexes are vital to every family historian and genealogist alike.
What is a Genealogy Index
A genealogical index is basically a listing by alphabetical order or yearly order of a record set or collection for a …
The House of Cabrera in Cordoba
The House of Cabrera in Cordoba is a book that P. Francisco Ruano wrote back in 1756 and published in 1779. Its Spanish name is “Casa de Cabrera en Cordova: Obra Genealogica Historica”.
With this post, I am sharing with you the Google Books scanned copy. You can find the …
Analyzing Church Marriage Records
In this post, I will show you why it is important to analyze the marriage records that you find. Nowadays indexes have made it so easy for us to find marriage dates for our ancestors.
Tools like books, FamilySearch, and ancestry make it so easy for us. Many times we …
The Last Conquistador Juan de Onate
The book by Marc Simmons "The Last Conquistador Juan de Onate and the Settling of the Far Southwest" is an excellent book. I highly recommend it to anyone that has ancestors that went with Onate to New Mexico.
You will not find much genealogical information on them but you
Moctezuma’s Children: Aztec Royalty under Spanish Rule 1520–1700
The book Moctezuma's Children: Aztec Royalty under Spanish Rule 1520–1700 is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to find out more about the descendants of Moctezuma.
Through, my research I have not come across any books that focus on the genealogy of Native Americans or Indigenous Natives of Mexico,
The Golden Book of the Spanish Nobility
A few weeks ago I ran across some books that will interest you. The Golden Book of the Spanish Nobility is actually a six-volume set.
It is free to download and it has been an invaluable resource for researching the ancestors of my 13th great-grandparents Lope de Sosa and Ines …
The Genealogy of the Oldest Families of Mexico
I recently came across two books that document The Genealogy of the Oldest Families of Mexico. Both were written by Don Ricardo Ortega y Perez Gallardo in 1908. They are titled Historia Genealogica de las Familias Mas Antiguas de Mexico.
Don Ricardo’s focus is the genealogy of the titled and …
Founders of Nueva Galicia
In this post I talk about a book dedicated to the founders of Nueva Galicia. It is titled Fundadores de Nueva Galicia Guadalajara Tomo I.
The author of this book is none other than Guillermo Garmendia Leal who is known for his extensive work and publications about Nuevo Leon,
Mexican Maps by State Dated 1884 – 1886
Maps are vital to genealogy research and in this post, you will find 31 Mexican Maps by State Dated 1884 - 1886. They provide a glimpse to towns and villages that may no longer exist or whose name has been changed.
They also provide you with clues as to