Genealogy Group
Watch Eligio Peña's presentation "Visiting a Cemetery and Uploading Photos to Find a Grave". Learn the basics of things you need to know before visiting a cemetery for research or to photograph its tombstones.
Also, learn about Find a Grave and how to upload images to it to help make them available to everyone.
You will also be
Listen to Moises Garza present "Making Sense of Endogamy and its Effect in our DNA". Endogamy is the tendency of intermarrying within a close-knit society. Moises provides some examples of his own ancestors and explain as to how it effects his and your DNA cousin matches estimates. This presentation includes great genealogical information as well as knowledge to help you
Beatrice de Leon Edwards in her "The Militarization of the Texas - Mexican Border 1910-1920". presentation provided attendees with background of the events that lead to this militarization and provided us with an idea of how your ancestors might have had been impacted by it. This presentation is excellent for any family historian, genealogist, or History buff.
She also
Esther Camacho made a very good presentation titled "Hidden History Hidalgo Cemetery 1884" for Las Villas del Norte this past Monday. If you missed it make sure to become a member of Las Villas del Norte to watch the video.
This presentation will be of interest to family historians and genealogists alike. Also to anyone interested in the history
Jose Sierra's presentation "Two Countries One Lie is a must watch for anyone interested with history and the land grants of Texas. He portrays a picture of what some of our ancestors experienced when Tejas became part of the United States.
Mr. Sierra talked about the various treaties between Mexico and the United States and of the injustices done
Here is the Recap of my Presentation “Researching Your Ancestors in the Rio Grande Valley”. Make sure to watch it to learn about the best places to do research when visiting the RGV. Moises Garza talks about how to plan your trip and also he will provide you with the various local archives in the Rio Grande Valley of where
In this post you will find the recap of presentation "Families of Burgos, Tamaulipas" that was done by Carlos Martin Herrera de la Garza. If you have roots in Tmaulipas and South Texas then I highly recommend that you watch this presentation.
He presented on the most popular last names of Burgos, Tamaulipas dating form the 1750's all the
I had fun and enjoyed listening to Alfredo E. Cardenas present his book La Voz de Amor. His book is a compilation of poems that his father Servando Cardenas wrote throughout his life. I especially think it is great that he was able to publish them for future generations.
Make sure to read the following outline of the video
Author Roberto Herrera Ritte presented, for Las Villas del Norte, his historical and biographical novel on one of his own ancestors "El Diezmero de Reynosa Don Vicente Lopez de Herrera". As he mentioned, the novel is the result of his many genealogical investigations.
If you are interested in genealogy, family history, and or are looking for a great novel
Are you struggling to organize your genealogical information? If you are, make sure to join Las Villas del Norte in order to listen to my presentation on how you can organize your genealogy information and stay on top of your game.
In this presentation I provide examples of popular methods of organizing genealogy information and then he will present