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Web  Sites
• AOL Hispanic Genealogy Special Interest Group

 

• Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research

 

• Digital Maps of Mexico

 

• FamilySearch: Mexico Research Outline
<www.familysearch.org/eng/search/rg/guide/mexico.asp>

 
• The Genealogy of Mexico

<members.tripod.com/~garyfelix/index1.htm>

 
• HISPAGEN

<www.hispagen.es>

 
• Hispanic Genealogy Blog

<hispanicgenealogy.blogspot.com>

 
• Interactive Atlas of Mexico
 
• Mexican Family History Research
 

• Mexican Genealogy

 

• Mexico Arizona Biographical Survey

 

• Mexico GenWeb

 

• Municipalities of Mexico

 

• Somos Primos
<www.somosprimos.com>

Books

• Archivo Biografico de España, Portugale Iberoamerica (Biographical Archive of Spain, Portugal and Latin America) edited by Victor Herrero Mediaville and L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle (K.G. Saur): The microfilmed biographical archive and indexes are accessible though the FHL.
 
• Una Bibliografia de Historias Familiares de Latinoamerica y Los Estados Unidos (A Bibliography of Family Histories in Latin America and the United States) by Lyman de Platt (IGHL Books)
 
• Biografias de Hombres Notables de Hispanoamerica (Biographies of Notable Men of Hispanic America) by Ramon Azpurua (Ediciones Mario Gonzalez, available through the FHL)
 

• Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico edited by Michael S. Werner (Routledge)

 
• Directorio Eclesiástico de Toda la República Mexicana (Ecclesiastical Directory to the Republic of Mexico), 2 volumes (Arquidiócesis de México)
 
• Finding Your Hispanic Roots by George R. Ryskamp (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
 
• Finding Your Mexican Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide by George R. Ryskamp (Ancestry)
 
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack (Betterway Books)
 
• A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain by Peter Gerhard (Cambridge University Press)
 
• Hispanic American Genealogical Sourcebook by Paula K. Byers (Gale Group)
 
• Hispanic Surnames and Family History by Lyman D. Platt (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
 
• Index to Spanish American Collective Biography by Sara de Mundo Lo (GK Hall, out of print)
 
• Latin American and Spanish Census Records by Lyman de Platt (IGHL Books): A summary of Latin American census records with information on where to find the primary sources.
 
• Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830 (New Mexico Genealogical Society Press)
 
• Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in New Mexico and Colorado by John R. and Christine Van Ness (Malcolm Ebright)

 

Societies

• Genealogical Society of Hispanic America
Box 9606, Denver, CO 80209

• The Hispanic Genealogical Society
Box 231271, Houston, TX 77223, <www.hispanicgs.com>

• The Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR)
Box 490, Midway City, CA 92655, <members.aol.com/shhar>

• Spanish American Genealogical Association
Box 794, Corpus Christi, TX 78403, <members.aol.com/sagacorpus/saga.htm>

• Institute of Genealogy and History for Latin America
2191 S. 2200 East, Mount Springs, UT 84757, (435) 652-1710

Other Organizations
• General Archive of the Indies (Archivo General de Indias)
Avenida de la Constitución, 41071 Sevilla, Spain, +34 (95) 422-5158, <en.www.mcu.es/archives/MC/AGI/index.html>

 
• Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico

4000 St. Joseph Place NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120, (505) 833-4197, <www.hgrc-nm.org>

 
• Mexican American Studies and Research Center

César E. Chávez Building, Room 208, Tucson, AZ 85721, (520) 621-7551, <masrc.arizona.edu>

 
• National Archives of Mexico (Archivo General de la Nación)

Eduardo Molina y Albañiles, Col. Penitenciaría Ampliación, Delegación Venustiano Carranza, C.P. 15350 México, DF, <www.agn.gob.mx>

 
• New Mexico State Records Center and Archives

1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87507, (505) 476-7948, <www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/archives/ancestors.htm>

 
• Texas General Land Office, Archives and Records Division

1700 N. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, (800) 998-4456, <www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/archives.html>

 
• University of Texas at Austin Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection

Sid Richardson Hall 1-108, Austin, TX 78713, (512) 495-4520, <www.lib.utexas.edu/benson>

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