RootsTech in Spanish

It’s that time again, for RootsTech 2017! As with 2016, we will have classes in Spanish and you can participate in person or online. If you live in the Salt Lake City or Provo areas, we recommend you attend the classes in person. To attend classes, you must be registered; see below for more information about registration.

Registration
There are two ways to attend RootsTech. You can attend in person or via internet.

In Person

For only $29 you can participate in person in the RootsTech Spanish classes in the Family History Library. What's more, you will receive a RootsTech bag and the right to participate in the following RootsTech 2017 activities.


 * Keynote Sessions Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (in the Salt Palace).
 * A pass to see the Expo Hall (in the Salt Palace), where there will be vendors and many activities focused on family history.
 * Free entrance to the evening events on: Thursday in the Conference Center, Friday in the Salt Palace, and Saturday at the Salt Palace.

You can also attend the free classes in person, but you won't receive the aformentioned benefits.

The registration form is only in English. To register, click here.

Online

To receive the link for attend, you need to register; it is free. To register, click here and on the new page that appears, click on the Register button.

Class Descriptions
Friday, February 10

Recursos genealógicos de Hispano América en Internet (Daniel Horowitz)

It all began when Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World on August 3, 1492. When the Dutch and British began to colonize the Caribbean, several communities flourished in the islands, Central American, and South America. Many years later, Latin America became a safe port for many people that escaped WWII. Today, there are schools, clubs, cemeteries, newspapers, genealogical societies, and more in Latin America. Each institution maintains various records and each government has national affairs records where the information may be available, such as cemeteries, electoral rolls, and immigration and naturalization records. Learn how to search the internet or to get in contact with these groups by phone or email. Daniel will provide a brief history of some countries’ origins, their structures, and their community institutions. Come and see examples of genealogical resources as well as general resources available in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Caribbean.

Construir e investigar la historia familiar en el Páis Vasco - Recursos y Metodología (Iñaki Odriozola)

Become familiar with resources and tools online to genealogical research in Basque Country.

'¿Qué productos reemplazan a PAF 4? (Analía Montalvo)'

Why get a personal genealogy program? Why not only use the Family Tree?

'Dispensas e informaciones matrimoniales, ¿qué podemos encontrar? (Maria Tello, AG®)'

In this course, we’ll see where we can find these papers and what they contain. We’ll learn how we can get to know our families better by means of these documents. They reflect families and their affairs during their lives. We can find lots of information and, with luck, more family.

Saturday, February 11

'¡Nuevo! Registros de México (Karina Morales)'

The best Mexican family history records are available on FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. This class emphasizes the available collections and teaches how you can have success in discovering your family’s history.

Diviértete con tus hijos creando una fiesta de Historia Familiar (Sonia Meza)

Buscar ancestros en Italia (George Ryskamp, JD, AG®)

Recursos genealógicos de Panamá (Ada Nelson)

Because of its geography, Panama is the link that connects North and South America and the preferred route during the Spanish colonial period, during the gold rush in California, and during the selection of the ideal place for an interoceanic canal. Throughout the years, Panama has been a center of commerce and tourism on the American continent; many visitors, enthralled by its coasts, have stayed to live there. In fact, Panama’s genealogy is a crucible that is comprised of many cultures, ethnicities, and languages. In this session, we’ll primarily cover the online resources with genealogical significance for Panama. Because many Panamanian families are interconnected with Colombia, Costa Rica and the Canal Zone, we will include sources from these regions. However, the focus will be on genealogical sources from Panama, such as parish records, biographies, genealogical databases, books, magazines, and digital libraries.

Daniel Horowitz
Daniel Horowitz was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1971. Computer engineer (2002) with a specialization in Management of Educational Institutions (2004). Professor and director of the project "Búscando mis Raíces" in the Moral y Luces Herzl-Bialik high school of Venezuela (1991-2005), where he edited and created the material that was used. Founding member and speaker for the Jewish Genealogy Society of Venezuela - AGJUVE (2001-2005). Resides in Israel since 2005. Since 2006 Daniel is the Chief Genealogist for MyHeritage, providing great contributions in the areas of product development and marketing, contacting genealogical societies, bloggers and media. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA), the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS), among others. He’s spoken in diverse international conferences.

Sonia Meza
Sonia Meza knows very well how to combine the role of mother to three precious and mischievous children with work as a genealogist, carrying forward a blog, "Red de Antepasados" and the corresponding social networks. Additionally, she serves as Social Media Manager at MyHeritage, a dynamic and young company, in charge of all the Hispanic content. Something difficult to understand, even for herself, has been the creation and instruction of the first online course, “Introducción a la Genealogía de HISPAGEN” (Asociación de Genealogía Hispana), as well as writing articles in various publications in Spanish, being a volunteer in a Family History Center, or serving with FamilySerach Support. Above all, her objective is to fortify the thousands of members of the Hispanic Community to take advantage of family history technology. Sonia belongs to the Asociación de Genealogistas Profesionales (APG) and to HISPAGEN (where she recently received an award for the Spanish MyHeritage Blog). Her blog, “Red de Antepasados” has earned several awards, among them one from the Family Tree Magazine in 2012 as the best blog of the year. She also has hundreds of videos on her YouTube channel to learn from, from the Archivo General de Indias in Spain to how to find ancestors in Chile or Mexico. Those that know her well know that she is unstoppable and shows special talent when it comes to an activity that includes the word, “Genealogy,” “Family,” or “Classes” in its definition. If you run into her at RootsTech and want to speak with her for a few minutes, the conversation will surely end with a proposal to promote Hispanic genealogy or even direct questions about her own implication in it. Whatever the case may be, she will make you feel at home. In your own home.

Analía Montalvo
Analía (Ana) Montalvo has a Bachelors in Sociology and a minor in Journalism from California State University, Northridge. She is originally from Argentina, born to Bolivian parents andperuvian ancestors. She has lived in the United States since she was 11 years old and has been an avid genealogical researcher for more than 30 years. She has been a family history consultant and part of her nearby Family History Center’s personnel. She teaches regularly in the regional Los Angeles FamilySearch Library and in family history conferences, specializing in Latin American research. Analía is in her fourth year as a FamilySearch Family History missionary, serving a Spanish mission on the Support team and as a representative of international languages on the translation team.

Karina Morales
Karina E. Morales es licenciada en Historia Familiar y Genealogía por la Universidad Brigham Young. Trabaja para FamilySearch desde hace 3 años supervisando las prioridades de registros en Latinoamérica, España y las Filipinas. También trabajó por 5 años para Ancestry.com haciendo investigación para clientes. Fue una de las principales investigadoras de la serie de NBC “Who do you think you are?”

Ada Nelson
Ada Luque Nelson tiene más de 10 años haciendo investigaciones genealógicas acerca de Panamá, los Estados Unidos, y varios países europeos. Posee bachillerato y maestría en Ingeniería de la Universidad del Estado de Utah y también ha tenido experiencia en el manejo de información y del conocimiento y en la creación de sistemas de información en línea. Es oriunda de Panamá y cuenta entre sus antepasados a ibéricos, sefardíes, indígenas y chinos, lo cual le ha dado ímpetu para explorar los orígenes de varias etnias en Panamá. Ha sido consultora de historia familiar y actualmente es voluntaria en la Biblioteca de Historia Familiar en Salt Lake City con especialidad en la genealogía de Latinoamérica.

Iñaki Odriozola
Iñaki Odriozola nació en Bilbao, Bizkaia, España en 1964. Comenzó su relación con la historia familiar en 1982, al rastrear sus orígenes familiares y adquirir experiencia en la investigación documental. Ha servido como consultor de historia familiar del Centro de Historia Familiar de Bilbao entre los años 1993 y 1997; y director del mismo entre 1997-1999 y 2007-2013. Ha sido miembro de la asociación de genealogistas vascos Antzinako, y es en la actualidad miembro de la APG, y de la asociación de historia local Saratxeta de Basauri, en Bizkaia. Entre las diversas publicaciones de sus estudios de investigación cabe destacar “Anteiglesia de San Miguel de Basauri, Linajes y Blasones” III Premio de investigación Histórica del Ayuntamiento de Basauri, año 1999. Ha colaborado en la realización de algunas obras teatrales, y musicales basadas en el pasado histórico de la localidad en la que reside; e igualmente con el investigador Koldo San Sebastián especialista de la emigración vasca a los Estados Unidos de América. Ha sido orador en congresos y eventos relacionados con la historia familiar, en Francia y España. En el aspecto profesional de la historia familiar ha realizado proyectos de investigación para Ancestry, y otros particulares. Desde el año 2009 escribe en el blog “El Alma de la Genealogía”. En 2016 ha creado GeneaPro.

George Ryskamp, JD, AG®
GEORGE R. RYSKAMP, J.D., A.G., Profesor de History en Brigham Young University con mas de 40 años de experiencia investigando en archivos en España, Francia, Italia y Mèxico. Es autor de muchos libros y artículos sobre la investigación genealógica en Europa del sur y Latinoamérica Es experto, así como ponente/instructor en conferencias nacionales e internacionales, sobre la búsqueda genealógica en documentos e historia en español, italiano y francés. Ha llevado más de 15 grupos de estudiantes universitarios a investigar en los archivos de España, Francia e Italia. Está casado y hace trabajos genealógicos con Peggy Ryskamp, CG. Ellos tienen 4 hijos e 18 nietos.

Maria Tello, AG®
Maria Tello, AG®, ha estado trabajando en los estudios de genealogía por 42 años. Primero, en investigaciones sobre la familia de su esposo en los archivos de Nueva Inglaterra durante los años de los Peregrinos y el barco, el Mayflower. También sirvió de voluntaria en los centros de familia en California por 20 años, ayudando patrones en sus búsquedas por sus parientes. En tiempo, los archivos de México eran más disponibles y empezó a trabajar en las investigaciones sobre su propia familia. En los años trabajó con el condado de Ventura, California. También, trabajó con la Cruz Roja Americana, ayudando durante desastres y como instructor, siempre trabajando con la gente que no hablan inglés. Ayuda por los asientos de publicidad en inglés y español. Durante los años 1996 – 2002 trabajó como “productor y anfitrión” en su show llamada “For Pet’s Sake,” un show sobre animales y sus personas. También trabajando en las noticias sobre desastres y asuntos sobre animales. En 2014 llego a vivir en Salt Lake City, para trabajar por Ancestry en capacidad de genealogista. Haciendo investigaciones por el show de televisión, “Who Do You Think You Are?”. Ahora, trabaja independiente, aceptando clientes en Salt Lake City.