Spanish Tutorials and Genealogy Guides

Hispanic Learning Resources

Here is a list of organizations that provide online tutorials and genealogy guides outside of FamilySearch. FamilySearch includes genealogy tutorials and guides and provides access to its seminars through its Research Wiki. For FamilySearch webinars, click here.

Tutorials and Guides for Hispanic Research

Genealogy Guides

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
Spanish	Asociación de Genealogía Hispana (HISPAGEN)	Spain Hispanic America	Free online resources for Spain and Hispanic American genealogy research.
Spanish	Historia y Genealogia Hispanoamericana	South America Argentina	Free genealogy blog on South American genealogy, with emphasis in Argentina, that includes over 1,000 articles on South American families, genealogy databases, and other online resources.
Spanish	La Guia de Informaciion Genealogica	Latin America Argentina	Free genealogy blog and directory based in Argentina that offers resources for Latin America as well as Argentina.
English	Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)	Latin America	Portal for Latin American studies established by the University of Texas at Austin. Explore the history, geography, culture and educational centers of individual Latin American countries.
English	FamilySearch / BYU Research Outlines	Latin America	Research outlines for each country in Latin America, showing available records and location. The original publications are in Spanish and were upgraded by BYU with additional material in English.
English	Colleen (Robledo) Greene	Mexico Spain	Free genealogy guides for Hispanic research with focus on Mexican research. You can sign up for a free newsletter that includes blogs on Hispanic research.
English	Our Caribbean Ancestry	Caribbean Central America	Extensive blog that includes resources for Caribbean countries such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic, as well as Central America and parts of Venezuela and Colombia.
English	The Genealogy Corner	Hispanic America	Free blog that includes some Hispanic research topics.
Spanish	The Genealogy of Mexico	Mexico Hispanic America	An encyclopedia of genealogical resources for colonial Mexico and other Hispanic countries
English	Hispanic Local History and Genealogy in the US	United States Hispanic America	Research guide to the Hispanic genealogy resources for the United States at the Library of Congress.
English	Las Villas del Norte	Mexico Spain Latin America	Free blog on Hispanic research, primarily for Mexico but also for Latin America in general. Video library available with subscription. Other content is free, including recent videos. You can sign up to a free newsletter.
English/Spanish	FamilySearch Research Wiki	Latin America	You can search by country and for areas within each country for genealogy research guidance. English and Spanish versions usually have different content.
English	The Family History Guide Hispanic Resources	Latin America	Free genealogy guides and tutorials include a brief tutorial for Hispanic research.
Spanish	Anillo de Genealogia Hispana	Hispanic America	Genealogy hub that contains information on over 30 genealogy sites for Spain and Hispanic America.
English	We Are Cousins (Somos Primos)	United States Latin America	Blog dedicated to Hispanic heritage, especially in the US, includes many articles since 2000 and is published by the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research in California.
English	Top Hispanic Genealogy Websites	United States Latin America	Article published in Family Tree Magazine that gives a list of top Hispanic websites.

Genealogy Tutorials

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
Spanish	Busqueda de Antepasados	Spain	Free tutorial available at the National Library of Spain (BNE) on researching ancestors with personal, civil, parish records and FamilySearch resources.
Spanish	Manual de Genealogia Hispana	Spain Latin America	Comprehensive blog and tutorials on Hispanic research. Web Site is based in Spain but also covers Latin America.
Spanish	Mauricio Melendez Genealogias	Central America	Free genealogy tutorials on hispanic genealogy, with emphasis in Costa Rica, published by Mauricio Melendez, including all the articles that appered in his newspaper column, Raices.
English	The Family History Guide Hispanic Resources	Latin America	Free genealogy guides and tutorials include a brief tutorial for Hispanic research.

Genealogy Webinars

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
Spanish	FamilySearch Classes in Spanish	Latin America	Over 80 webinars presented at the Family History Library (FHL) over several years, in Spanish. Each year the FHL hosts a week-long Latin American Research Seminar. The classes are usually recorded and uploaded to FamilySearch.
English	FamilySearch Classes in English	Latin America	Around 20 webinars presented at the Family History Library over several years, in English. Classes from the English track of the Latin American Research Seminar are usually uploaded to FamilySearch.
English	Virtual Genealogical Association (Hispanic SIG)	Mexico Spain	Webinars for Hispanic research with focus on Mexican research. Low cost $ annual membership is required. Also includes Facebook membership in the Hispanic SIG (Special Interest Group).
English	Las Villas del Norte	Mexico	Free blog on Hispanic research, primarily for Mexico but also for Latin America in general. Video library available with subscription. Other content is free, including recent videos. You can sign up to a free newsletter.
Spanish	Red de Antepasados	Spain Hispanic America	Free videos and classes offered in Spanish, based in Spain. There are also many interviews with respected professionals in the Genealogy Community.
Spanish/English	Gens Video Web Channel	Spain Latin America	A collection of video tutorials on Hispanic genealogy and Hispanic surnames. Individual contributions are welcome.
English	BYU Family History Webinars	Latin America	Free repository of weekly genealogy webinars from Brigham Young University (BYU). More Hispanic webinars may be added in the future. Also includes basic genealogy tutorials.
Spanish	Genealogy Tips	Latin America	Free short YouTube video clips that provide helpful tips for researching your family history.

Hispanic Archives and Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
Spanish	Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE)	Spain Latin America	The National Library of Spain has a large digital collection of Latin American books, newspaper articles, and genealogical materials.
Spanish	Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano (BDPI)	Spain Latin America	The Digital Library of Iberoamerican Heritage is a cooperative venture of the National Library of Spain and several digital libraries in Latin America. Collections include maps, history, culture, and some genealogical resources.
Spanish	Biblioteca Digital Miguel de Cervantes	Spain Latin America	Based in Spain, this virtual library has formed alliances to present material not just from Spain, but also from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia.

Immigration and Heraldry Resources for Hispanic Research

Immigration Resources

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
English	Immigrant Ancestors Project	South America Spain Portugal Italy	BYU project dedicated to extract emigration data from European ports regarding migration of people from Spain, Portugal, Italy and other countries to South America (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil) and other countries.
Spanish	Barcos e Inmigrantes	Argentina Spain	Passenger lists, origination, and destination of ships traveling between Spain and Latin America. Primarily focused on Argentina.
Spanish	Movimientos Migratorios Iberoamericanos	Spain Cuba Puerto Rico Mexico Dominican Republic Argentina	Lists of passengers and emigrants from the Spanish Consulate in Veracruz, boarding permits for travelling to Cuba and Puerto Rico, National Register of Foreigners in Mexico, requests for residency permits for the Dominican Republic, passenger Log Books of the Montevideo Police, and Nationality Register of the Spanish Consulate in Rosario, Argentina.
Spanish	Historia y Arqueología Marítima	Europe South America Argentina	Based in Argentina, this website contains detailed information about ships that sailed between Europe and Latin America.
English	Immigrant Records at the National Archives	Latin America United States	Resources available at the National Archives for researching Hispanic roots. Includes immigration, visa, passport, naturalization, and alien records.
Spanish	Historia Comparada de las Migraciones en las Americas	Latin America Spain	Digitized book that describes migrations in the Americas from the time of the Spanish conquest until today.
Spanish	Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA)	Argentina Latin America	Database of immigrants to Latin America, based in Argentina.
English	Index to the Enciclopedia Heráldica Hispano-Americana of Alberto and Arturo García Carraffa	Spain Hispanic America	An index to the Heraldic Hispanic American Encyclopedia of the Carraffa brothers. This encyclopedia describes the history of hispanic surnames and consists of nearly 100 volumes. The index allows you to search your surname online to find out if it is included in the collection and which volume has it. The Family History Library has a complete collection.

Ethnic Resources

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
Spanish	Diaspora y Cultura Vasca	Basque Spain	Basque culture website that includes a Genealogy center with links to Basque families and surnames, plus important Basque genealogy links to other sites.
Spanish	La Migracion Asiatica a Latinoamerica	Asia China	19-page magazine article available in Jstor that describes the migration of Chinese, Japanese, Syrian, and Lebanese people to Latin America since the Spanish colonization. (Note: you can subscribe to Jstor and read up to 6 articles per month for free.)
Spanish	La Diaspora Judia	Jewish Latin America	Web page in LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) that contains links for researching Jewish groups in Latin America, broken down by country.
Spanish	Historia de los Judios en America Latina	Jewish Latin America	Web page in the Shalom Israel website that describes the Jewish migration to various countries in Latin America.
Spanish	Immigracion Arabe en America	Arab, Chile Latin America	Website based in Chile that includes history and resources for the Arab immigration to America, including the United States.
Spanish	Apellidos Italianos	Italy Argentina	Free resource for finding your Italian roots. Based in Argentina but also includes other countries in Latin America.
Spanish	La Migracion Italiana a Argentina, Brazil y Uruguay: Bibliografia Selectiva	Italy Argentina, Brazil Uruguay	60-page downloadable pdf stored in the ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) digital repository. It contains an extensive bibliography to resources on the Italian migration to Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Spanish	History of the Italian Migration to South America	Italy Argentina, Brazil Chile, Peru, Uruguay	Web page from Renata Bueno that describes the Italian migration to South America. This website also includes links to contact Italian embassies and consulates in South America. Renata Bueno is the first Brazilian born Italian citizen elected to the Italian Parliament.
Spanish	Emigraciones Transoceanicas. Los Alemanes en America	Germany Latin America	Downloadable 34-page pdf that describes the German migration to Latin America. Its author is based in Argentina.
Spanish/English	Emigracion-Immigracion Francia - America Latina	France Latin America	Documents migratory movements between France and Latin America and vice versa.
Spanish/English	Portal to Departmental Archives for France and its overseas territories	France Latin America

Heraldry Resources

Language	Website	Keywords	Details
Spanish	Heraldaria	Spain Hispanic America	Includes free guide to heraldry in Spain and Latin America and free tutorials on genealogy. You can search for your surname coat of arms for free, but they also sell services.
Spanish	Biblioteca Heraldica Biblioteca Heraldica (new platform)	Spain	Allows you to search for coat of arms and provides forums you can join. Subscription is free. The newer version is not identical to the older version.
Spanish	Blog de Heraldica	Spain	Blog that was updated from 2007 to 2012, includes weekly articles regarding Spanish heraldry.
Spanish	Heraldica Hispana	Spain	Includes tutorials on heraldry and information on coat of arms for the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Toledo.
Spanish	Heraldica de Apellidos	Spain	Extensive collection of surnames with corresponding detailed descriptions of surname origins and coat of arms.
English	Index to the Carraffa and Mogrobejo Heraldic Encyclopedia	Spain Hispanic America	Hosted at the Library of Congress, this index covers the 86-volume heraldic encyclopedia of Hispanic America by Alberto and Arturo Garcia Carraffa plus 6 additional volumes by Endika Mogrobejo. The Family History Library has the entire Carraffa collection plus 16 volumes from Mogrobejo.
Spanish	Diccionario Hipanoamericano de Heraldica, Onomastica y Genealogia	Spain Hispanic America	Endika de Mogrobejo and his sons are working on a new dictionary that updates and expands the content of the Carraffa encyclopedia. It is expected to be completed in 2023 and to include about 100 volumes.

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