African Slavery in the Caribbean & South America
One of the most important things that have made me very successful in my research is reading history. Reading history provides me with clues of where to look next. While the genealogy community has taken a stronghold of dipping into DNA testing, it has opened the door to a lot of misconceptions. Note that this…
Spanish Last Names
For this next post I want to change things up a bit. For those of us that were raised in Hispanic household, things may or may not come naturally when understanding the surnames and how it works. I’m going to use visual examples for this post. In the Hispanic community, and it is true no…
Video Tutorial: Looking at Digital Records on FamilySearch
If you have written to me and I have not responded, it is not that I am ignoring you. It simply means that I cannot keep up with the questions being asked. So knowing how frustrating it can be in researching your ancestry, I created a quick tutorial on how to view digitized records. Yes,…
How to Find Ancestors on Family Search Website
I get many private messages on how to find records. I wanted to post a video that will help everyone to find records no matter where your family is from. The below video is the first that provides you with instructions on searching on the website. It is meant to be basic so that you…
1611 – 1808 Panama Census Records
FamilySearch has uploaded digital images for census records that cover from 1611 to 1808. The images for the earlier time period look to be written in Latin. However, that shouldn’t stop you from being able to determine what the records state with Google Translate. Most importantly not all images are in Latin but in Spanish. …
Panama Roman Catholic Church Records Searchable Database
FamilySearch updated the search database for Panama’s Catholic Church records just in time for the Christmas holiday. The church records cover a time period from 1707-1973. You can use the link below to search for ancestors’ records. Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1973 Or you can simply browse the images as the database search is limited. …