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A crowd of men, women, and children exit an adobe church in Taos Pueblo (Native American), New Mexico. The church has a walled courtyard, stepped arch gate with a cross, wood steeple with a cross, and a bell on the roof. A car is parked in back.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 10

Nveva Hispania tabvla nova

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 9

Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 8

The “Atlas geográfico e histórico de la República Mexicana” on display in the DPL Gates Reading Room.

Rare Atlas of Mexico and Other Titles Added to the Library’s Genealogy Collection

Studio group portrait taken at the time of the baptism of Mercedes Gómez in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Members of the Hispanic American Gómez family are identified: top left to right: Carolina Gómez, Lucía Gómez, Domecinda Gómez. Front, left-right: Juanita M. Girardot Gómez, Mercedes Gómez (baby). and Leandro Gómez.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 7

Census enumerator visiting a Virginia household during the 1950 U.S. Census. Image courtesy of the National Archives.

1950 U.S. Census research tips and strategies

The Spanish Colonial mission at Santa Cruz, New Mexico is adobe and has two pitched-roof steeples with crosses on top. A woman with a dark shawl wrapped over her head and shoulders walks in the foreground down a path at the side of the mission.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 6

A Book Finds Its Way Home

A Book Finds Its Way Home

Two men, two women, a girl, and a baby are seated for a meal, probably in Denver, Colorado. Items on the table include: a tablecloth, plates, cups, a coffee pot, a water pitcher, glasses, silverware, and food.

Holiday Season is Genealogy Season

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