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Hispanic Genealogy

This collection covers a wide range of areas and topics of interest to the family researcher, with a strong concentration of materials on Texas and the south. The collection includes a large census collection and indexes, county records on microfilm for most of South Texas and materials on Hispanic families in Texas and northern Mexico.

Our collection includes: census indexes, census microfilm, CD resources & internet, family search, obituary indexes, vital records for Texas counties and northern Mexico.

Hispanic Genealogy Links

New Enciclopedia Heráldica Hispano-Americana

New Portal del Archivos Españoles

Use Búsqueda Avanzada

AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group Homepage

Catholic Archives of Texas

Census Online

HeritageQuest provides a unique and continuously expanding collection of research materials to help you trace your family lineage and American culture. HQ is provided by TexShare.

Center for American History (University of Texas)

Formerly, Barker History Center.

Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy

DeRivera Genealogy Online

Focus primarily on Puerto Rican Ancestry.

Documentary Relations of the Southwest

From the Arizona State Museum.

Enciclopedia Heraldica

From the Library of Congress.

Hispanic Genealogy Center

Visit the Hispanic GC of New Mexico

Hispanic Genealogy Mexican State Archives

Contact information for different regions in Mexico

Hispanic Genealogy Society

This society operates out of Houston, Texas

Historic Hispanic Families of Denton

Library of Congress ~ Hispanic Reading Room

The Hispanic Reading Room serves as the primary access point for research relating to those parts of the world encompassing the geographical areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S., and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Mexican Civil Registries

Find contact information of Registrars in Mexico. Site provided by AOL Hispanic Genealogy site.

Refugio County TX Gen Web Project

La Bahia Census information from 1825, as well as photographs and a surname search option.

Sephardic Genealogy Resources

What is Sephardim? Find resources related to Spain and its history and Sephardic genealogy.

Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (California)

Somos Primos

Somos Primos is an online publication dedicated to Hispanic heritage and diversity issues. Site is provided by Somos Primos.

Southwest Jewish Archives

Spanish American Genealogical Association

The mission of SAGA is that of creating and maintaining an organization for the promotion of research, collection and development of genealogical data of the earliest Spanish and Mexican settlers of the present South Texas Triangle.

Spanish American War Records

This site included names of volunteer infantry and muster rolls

Church and Civil Records of South Texas & Northern Mexico on Microfilm

 

(Contact the Local History & Genealogy Dept. for available dates and descriptions.)

Marriage Records, Death Records, Baptismals for these main regions are located on microfilm.

Coahuila

Saltillo

Guanajuato

León

Jalisco

Guadalajara

Nuevo León

Agualeguas, Apodaca, Bustamante, Cadereyta Jiménez, Cerralvo, China, General Escobedo, General Teran, Guadalupe, Juárez, Lampazos De Narango, Linares, Los Aldamas, Marin, Montemorelos, Monterrey, Pesqueria, Sabinas Hidalgo, Salinas Victoria, San Nicolás de los Garzas, Santiago, Vallecillo, Vallaldama, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi

Tamaulipas

Camargo, CD. Victoria, Llera de Canales, Matamoros, Mendez, Mier, Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, San Fernando de Presas, Santander Jimenez, Villagran, Xicotencatl

Texas

San Antonio, Port Lavaca, Seguin, Corpus Christi, Refugio, Victoria, Laredo