After a long absence, we're back. As previously stated, I am currently in a computers and family history course and as part of that we are asked to practice using certain media types and publish them on the internet. One of these is a podcast.
Last Spring (2007), I participated in an internship with the BYU Family History Department and was able to go on a field studies to Spain working for the Center for Family History and Genealogy as well as a research group called Immigrant Ancestors Project. We traveled all over Spain and a few others (not including myself) were able to travel to other countries like France and Italy to do research there as well. This experience has been a defining point in my life for many reasons.
To fulfill our assignment of creating a podcast, I met together with two friends of mine who also went to Spain. We created a podcast describing our experiences - academic, cultural, and just plain good times. I've posted a link to it on the sidebar; You should check it out!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Spanish Parish Records
For all those hoping to learn more (or for the first time) about Spanish Parish Records, the lecture presented at the Hispanic Family History conference last month is now available online at RootsTelevision.com. It's given by my professor Lynn Turner (author of the Hispanic Genealogy blog) - and the cinematography's not too bad either. Check it out!
I am told more presentations should be available soon.
I am told more presentations should be available soon.
Friday, October 19, 2007
¡Aprender Cómo Hacer la Genealogía Hispana!
If you're wanting to learn about Hispanic Genealogy, my teacher Lynn Turner recently attended a conference in Austin, Texas and shared information about how to access Hispanic Genealogy lessons online. He has a great blog specifically for Hispanic Genealogy news. You should check it out! (See the sidebar for a link to it)
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
¿Cómo puedo emepezar mi historia familiar?
Here are a few steps to get you started on your family history and genealogy:
1. Get a four generation pedigree chart. Ancestry.com has a good one: http://c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/anchart.pdf and a couple Family Group Sheets: http://261.byu.edu/pdf/familygroupsheet.pdf
2. Call up the family and start filling them out
- be sure to keep track of where you get your information. For this Research Logs are amazing. There are innumerable versions of research logs. Find one that works for you! Here's a good one from BYU's Intro to Genealogy course: http://261.byu.edu/pdf/researchlog.pdf
3. Don't worry, people are generally excited to talk about what they know - and what do they know better than themselves and their family?
***Here are some things to focus on when trying to get to know your family:
Names - for women be sure to learn their maiden name (if known)
Dates - birth, marriage, death
Places
These three are key to doing further research and will help you determine if people you find in research are your ancestors or not.
Other things to ask about/consider:
Family traditions
Stories of ancestors
Local histories - what's going on in the area that may have effected the family?
Good Luck!
1. Get a four generation pedigree chart. Ancestry.com has a good one: http://c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/anchart.pdf and a couple Family Group Sheets: http://261.byu.edu/pdf/familygroupsheet.pdf
2. Call up the family and start filling them out
- be sure to keep track of where you get your information. For this Research Logs are amazing. There are innumerable versions of research logs. Find one that works for you! Here's a good one from BYU's Intro to Genealogy course: http://261.byu.edu/pdf/researchlog.pdf
3. Don't worry, people are generally excited to talk about what they know - and what do they know better than themselves and their family?
***Here are some things to focus on when trying to get to know your family:
Names - for women be sure to learn their maiden name (if known)
Dates - birth, marriage, death
Places
These three are key to doing further research and will help you determine if people you find in research are your ancestors or not.
Other things to ask about/consider:
Family traditions
Stories of ancestors
Local histories - what's going on in the area that may have effected the family?
Good Luck!
El Propósito
Genealogy is a great for many reasons. Here are some possibilities:
1. Stress reliever
2. Connection with current relatives
3. Learn about history and how it has effected your family
4. Find out you're indeed related to the king of some country
5. Provides a knowledge about part of who you are and who you have to thank because of it (for better or worse Ü )
Many people don't know how easy genealogy can be. And I have learned it can be difficult to explain how easy it can be (sorry to those of you who have suffered through the experience of me trying to explain). Knowing that I need practice explaining and there are people out there who want to learn, I thought this would be a great opportunity to put the two together. I hope to provide some basic practices and helpful hints that I've picked up since beginning to work on my own genealogy and that of others.
1. Stress reliever
2. Connection with current relatives
3. Learn about history and how it has effected your family
4. Find out you're indeed related to the king of some country
5. Provides a knowledge about part of who you are and who you have to thank because of it (for better or worse Ü )
Many people don't know how easy genealogy can be. And I have learned it can be difficult to explain how easy it can be (sorry to those of you who have suffered through the experience of me trying to explain). Knowing that I need practice explaining and there are people out there who want to learn, I thought this would be a great opportunity to put the two together. I hope to provide some basic practices and helpful hints that I've picked up since beginning to work on my own genealogy and that of others.
El Gozo de Genealogía
Welcome to my blog. I must admit, I am not one to have a blog. However, I am a supporter of people sharing what they know with the world and what simpler way to do that than the internet, and what better topic than genealogy?
Confession: I am currently in a genealogy class where we learn how to use the computer to make doing genealogy easier. For one of our assignments we get to create and update regularly a genealogy-related blog. So, it is safe to say that were I not in this class, there would be no joys of genealogy blog to share with you all, but since I am in the class and there is a blog, here it goes!
Confession: I am currently in a genealogy class where we learn how to use the computer to make doing genealogy easier. For one of our assignments we get to create and update regularly a genealogy-related blog. So, it is safe to say that were I not in this class, there would be no joys of genealogy blog to share with you all, but since I am in the class and there is a blog, here it goes!
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