Category Archives: Resources

Benefits of Going Paperless In Genealogy

The benefits of going paperless, in your genealogy, are endless. In this post I point out major reasons to do so and in future posts of this series “Going Digital With Genealogy” I will show you the tools that I use and that you can use too. Save Money The main and major reason to go paperless is to save…

Families of, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Volume Two

Volume Two of Crispin Rendon’s latest project is out, titled Families of, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Volume Two. Below you will find a short description of this particular volume and also a copy of the email that I received, both by Crispin Rendon. Description of Volume Two by Crispin Rendon: Volume two of this series contains marriage information from 500…

Defunciones of De Leal and De Leon in Cadereyta Jimenez N.L 1840 – 1846

Browsing through images can take a great deal of time and I am thankful that Juan de Leon continues to share with me and the readers of this blog with his research. His focus is on the Leal and De Leon last names. This time he shares with us the death index of Leals and De Leons that can be…

1704 Marriage of Nicolas Rodrigues and Antonia Farias in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

This is the image for the church marriage of my 7th great grandparents Nicolas Rodrigues and Antonia Farias whom got married in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico back in December 31, 1704. They married at the Sagrario Metropolitano Church. I am a descendant of their through their son Miguel Rodriguez. Here you will also find a list of all their children and…

Families of Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Volume One

This past Tuesday Crispin Rendon released his first ebook Families of Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Volume One in his new series of the Families of Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Below, you will findBelowcription of the volume by Crispin Rendon and also the email that I received which includes the link to download this eBook. This eBook is invaluable and I…

Defunciones De Cadereyta Jimenez N.L 1754-1763 y 1829-1840

Juan Jesus de Leon has once again released another eBook focusing on the Leal and De Leon last names from Cadereyta Jimenez covering the years of 1754 – 1763 and 1853 – 1889. His eBook focuses only on the death records where a Leal or De leon is mentioned. So if you happen to be researching either of those two…

English Presentation: Libro de Matrimonios de Reynosa 1790-1811 Part II

This is the second part to Mario Davila’s presentation on his book “Libro de Matrimonios de Reynosa 1790-1811“. This presentation was done for the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Genealogical Society out of Harlingen Texas. I know that you will enjoy it and learn something new. Make sure to watch it and if you have not seen part two look for…

Falcon Viejo or Ramireno de Abajo C. 1949 by Jorge Ramirez

This past Sunday Jorge Ramirez shared with us a post about Falcon Viejo or Ramireno de Abajo and several images on our Facebook Group. I think that it is a very important post and that it should not be left just on Facebook. I wanted to share it with everyone on may mailing list and every reader of We Are…

Leal y De Leon: Defunciones de Cadereyta Jimenez N. L. 1853 – 1889

Juan Jesus de Leon has released another eBook about the de Leon. This particular one also focuses on the last name Leal. I am so fortunate that he lets me play a very small role in the creation of his eBooks. I only made the cover and put it as PDF all the real hard work was done by Juan…

Families of El Potosi, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Have you found ancestors from Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico? If you have I have great news for you. This past Wednesday Crispin Rendon released his eBook “Families of El Potosi, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico”. Bellow you will find a partial image of the eBook cover and also the email that I received including the link as to where to download…

50 Websites for Your South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy

Today I have released the eBook “50 Websites for Your South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy”. This new eBook has replaced the eBook “30 Websites for Your South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy”. It is now over a year that I had released the first eBook and it needed some major updating. Some of the links were not even working…

2015 mtDNA Report From Crispin Rendon

Yesterday I got a very pleasant surprise. I received Crispins annual mtDNA report. Bellow I have included his email with a link so that you can get a copy for your own library. Also please read the report in it’s entirety it is very informative and you can get a good overview of the importance that the project has when…

Four Generations of Velas

If your last name is Vela or if you have Vela ancestors this book is an excellent resource. It is titled “Four Generations of Velas” and was compiled by Alfonso R. Ramirez back in 1986. This books focus is on the first four generations of Vela descendants of Salvador Vela and Leonor Zamora whose marriage rites were performed in the…

Index and Transcription to the Census of 1815 for the Province of Texas (San Antonio de Bexar) by Frank Dominguez

I came across a great resource yesterday while browsing facebook. Frank Dominguez just published his free eBook titled “Index and Transcription to the Census of 1815 for the Province of Texas (San Antonio de Bexar)”. He is providing it for free to everyone. The eBook is being distributed through the website of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America. Mr. Dominguez…

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