Finding Your Hispanic Roots

by George R. Ryskamp

Book Overview

This is quite possibly the most useful manual on Hispanic ancestry ever published. Building on the previously published Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage (1984), it provides detailed information on the records, sources, and reference works used in research in all major Hispanic countries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806315172
• ISBN13: 9780806315171
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Spain and forward

I was a bit disappointed that there was not more about locating genealogy going back from Florida, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Many of the author's suggestions are based on Mexican family research. However I have found some information useful...after all, if you don't learn something new from a book, you must be omnipotent!

GENEALOGY for Hispanics

By far, the best book for Hispanic Genealogy. Highly recommended for all levels of genealogy.

Finding Your Hispanic Roots

This was actually a gift for my husband, who is enjoying the resource book. It has been one of his (young)life long goals to find his roots, which has been a struggle: especially with his Mexican roots. Our wish is that the book will give us excellent leads as to where he can continue his search or where to begin. Thank you from a very satisfied costomer.

A very important tool for research

Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced, this book will help you understand many aspects of Hispanic genealogy. Language, abbreviations, paleography, jurisdictional boundaries and its effects on record keeping, etc... this is THE book to get for researching ancestors in Mexico, Central and South America, and Southern Europe. This is one of two books I recommend my classes to purchase. The other I recommend, if doing American Research, is THE SOURCE.