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Finding Your Hispanic Roots New Book

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Finding your Hispanic Roots
George R. Ryskamp
Softbound   volume totaling
306
pages. Book is in new  condition. Per the publisher.
Finding Your Hispanic Roots
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. Starting with an  examination of basic research principles and techniques, illustrated with  examples from actual Hispanic research experience, it goes on to discuss such  important subjects as language and handwriting, Hispanic surnames, methods of  tracing Hispanic immigrants in U.S. records, and, most importantly, how to  conduct Hispanic genealogical research in LDS Family History Centers, where the  researcher has access to the largest body of Hispanic records in the United  States.
With this foundation in place, the work proceeds with an  examination of the types of records found in all Hispanic countries, using  examples from many of them and indicating where particular record types are  found. Covered here are such indispensable records as civil registers of births,  marriages, and deaths; church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials;  census records; military records; and the often under-utilized notarial records.  This discussion is enriched by the introduction of numerous documents that have  been transcribed and translated, allowing the reader to teach himself to read  and work with old records.
George R. Ryskamp, the author, is an Assistant Professor of  History at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and an Accredited Genealogist  specializing in Spanish language research and United States probate and legal  systems.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"The handbook is an excellent introduction to research basics as well as a major  guide to unique aspects of Hispanic genealogy...and merits a place in libraries'  genealogy sections."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL (1997).
"It is obvious that George Ryskamp knows his subject well. For those of Hispanic  descent seeking detailed information about how to research family history,  Ryskamp's
Finding Your Hispanic Roots
is
the
book to consult. It  has many more wonderfully detailed graphic illustrations, common-sense  instructions, and references to primary sources than earlier guides. Even  non-Hispanics with ancestors in areas of the United States once governed by  Spain could benefit from learning how to delve into Spanish records for evidence  of their forebears."--FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES FORUM, Vol. 9, No. 4,  pp. 30-31.
"
Finding Your Hispanic Roots
is a fine example of true scholarship in any  subject area, not just in genealogy. All who have Hispanic ancestry will benefit  greatly from having this book as part of their permanent research collection."
--NATIONAL  GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol. 85, No. 3, p. 228.
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