Genealogical Society of Hispanic America

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GSHA-SC Writers' Workshop via Zoom There will be discussion, two short writing prompts, and one longer writing period during each workshop. RSVP: Karen Cordova [email protected] You will receive a Zoom invitation, prior to the workshop.

Friday, October 30 and Saturday October 31st ExpoGeneologia FamilySearch has organized a family history event called ExpoGenealogía. This conference is completely online and free of charge. The program consists of entertainment, keynote speakers, classes, and personal consultations. Anyone who speaks Spanish, and especially those with Mexican heritage, will want to participate in this special event. See https://www.expogenealogia.mx/ for registration details.

GSHA-SC presents Colleen Greene and her presentation on finding digitized collections & archival aids on Saturday, October 17 at 11am. The Southwest is rich in records pertaining to the Spanish, Mexican, territorial, and statehood eras. Learn about key finding aid portals to locate specific repositories and collections to visit in-person, as well as key portals to consortia-shared digitized collections that can be accessed online for free. We will briefly cover key archival t...erminology before a walk-through of how to search, browse, and analyze these finding aids and digitized collections. Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS, is an academic librarian, college educator, and web developer who has been researching her family history since 1997. She is the Digital Literacy Librarian at California State University, Fullerton, and also teaches an online graduate-level genealogical research methods course for San Jose State University. Colleen is a nationally recognized speaker and educator specializing in methodology, Mexican & Hispanic research, libraries and archives, technology, virtual instruction, and society communications.

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Hispanic Genealogy Talk - Podcast - is now available.

With the continued closure of the Southern California Genealogical Society Library in Burbank, California, Hispanic Tuesday scheduled for June 16, 2020 is cancelled. We look forward to seeing everyone when the Library is safely reopened.

With the closure of the Southern California Genealogical Society Library in Burbank, California, Hispanic Tuesday's will be cancelled March 17, 2020 and April 21, 2020.

Help determine DNA relationships with Shared Centimorgans (cms) Chart.

What to do after you receive your DNA results, presented by Dale Alsop at the GSHA Southern California Chapter Meeting, Burbank, California.

GSHA-SC Installation of Board of Directors for 2020, Saturday, February 1, 2020, Burbank, California. -- left to right, Lenny Trujillo, Doug Daniels (Installing Officer), Rita Cardenas, Kevin Williams, Patsy Vasquez, Cathy Romero, Cecelia Brewart, Denise Castillo, missing in photo are Ricardo P. Reyes, Anthony Ray, Dr. Sunny Vasques-McMullen, Naomi Talamantes.