Albuquerque Family History Expo 2012

The Albuquerque Family History Expo 2012

Friday, April 13th, 1 - 9 p.m.

Saturday, April 14th, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Crowne Plaza Albuquerque

Featuring Keynote Speaker

Bennett Greenspan,

Family tree DNA President and CEO

Closing Keynote Speaker

Holly T. Hansen

President of Family History Expos, Inc.

Classes and Workshops
Pre-Registration: $69, One Day: $59
At the Door: $99, Single Class: $20

* Help for beginners to professionals
* Industry experts to guide you
* New techniques & technology
* Networking with other researchers
* Great prizes
* Ask-A-Pro anything

Visit the Family History Expos website:
http://www.familyhistoryexpos.com/viewevent.aspx?eid=51&past=0.

or call 801-829-3295 to reserve your spot!
The New Mexico Genealogical Society is a local sponsor of this event.

New Mexico Roots, Ltd. Online!

Have you ever gone to the library to use Fray Angelico Chavez's work "New Mexico Roots, Ltd." and wished you had a copy of the series at home. Well, UNM has done the next best thing. They've put all 11 volumes of the work online.

Click on this http://repository.unm.edu/handle/1928//14546link to access all 11 volumes on searchable PDF!

No March 25th program - Yes!, program March 17th

I just realized that I advertised an NMGS program for March 25th. It was actually for today, February 25th. The title of my post said March 25th, but the text did say February 25th. This is the Angel Cervantes program on "Castas, DNA and Identity".

However, we do have a program for Saturday, March 17th. David Stuart "Before New Mexico Got its Name". Click on this link to find out more about this program.

ABC Genealogy Library Page

The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library website now has a dedicated page to the genealogy library. Just go to the ABC Libraries website, look under "Research Assistance" and click on "Genealogical Research Center". Or simply click on this link.
There you will find directions to the library, bus routes to the library and parking suggestions, and links to a number of websites.
Also, you'll find links to Fold3 (formerly known as Footnote.com) and Heritage Quest that allow you to access these sites from home for free! All you need is an Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library card (get one, it's worth it!)

Visit the website to find out more. And visit the library when you are in town.

Link

Only a few days left - $25 NMGS Membership

We may be in a leap year, but February is still a short month!

Time is running out to be on board for the first issue of our journal, The New Mexico Genealogist. March 1st is the last day for you to renew your membership or join the New Mexico Genealogical Society for the first time. Membership is only $25 for one year and $45 for two years and includes four issues of the New Mexico Genealogist. Click on this link, print up the form and mail it to us with your payment to join!

Articles for the March issue include:
* "Settling of the Estate of Bernardo Antonio Bustamante y Tagle" by the New Mexico State Historian Rick Hendricks, Ph.D.
* "Eight Generations of the Perez de Bustamante Family" by Henrietta M. Christmas
* "Early Settlers of the Socorro Land Grant: An 1818 List" Part II by Robert J. C. Baca
* "Civil War Widow's Pension, Maria Candelaria Medina de Martinez" and "Jose Mateo Sandoval", both articles by Nancy Anderson
* And an article from Dick Eastman's blog: "Obituaries, Yes they are Copyrighted"

A new feature introduced in the March issue is the NMGS Technology Center.

Although you can join after March 1st, there is an extra $5 fee. And you won't get the March issue of the New Mexico Genealogist at the same time as everyone else.

So, join NMGS today to enjoy our journal and other benefits of membership. Click on this link to join.

Help Index the 1940 U.S. Census!

Help Index the Greatest Generation!!

We are excited to announce that NMGS has joined the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project to help index the 1940 U.S. Federal Census! Indexing records from our state, we will be an essential part of this monumental grass-roots effort that will put one of the richest genealogical data sets in the world online, complete and free of charge forever.

Go to:
http://the1940census.com/society/
AND for Society put in New Mexico Genealogical Society
and register to participate with our society. Simply select on the profile screen when creating your account. Every new person indexing with our society gets us closer to milestones that qualify us for incentives provided by the sponsors of the project, so sign up today! Hope that you can all participate.

Henrietta Martinez Christmas

1940 Census
the1940census.com
“Unlike previous census years, images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free digital images.”

March 25, 2012 NMGS Program

Saturday, Feb 25, 2012, 1:00 PM
Albuquerque Main Library Auditorium
501 Copper NW, Albuquerque NM




The New Mexico DNA Project
the Iberian Peninsula DNA Project
and The New Mexico Genealogical Society
present
Ángel R. Cervantes
Who will discuss the

Castas, DNA, and Identity: Who are we? What did our ancestors say about themselves? What does DNA tell us about Identity?
Part I  In Part I of an ongoing series, Mr. Cervantes will explore the connection of the Castas system in colonial New Mexico. Mr. Cervantes will show how DNA studies compare to the Spanish Castas system and the ramifications on modern identity. He will discuss which families reflect the Castas system through DNA analysis.

Ángel de Cervantes is a History Instructor and the Project Administrator of the New Mexico DNA Project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Project. For more information about the New Mexico DNA Project, visit their website online at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/NewMexicoDNA/default.aspx.

This program is free and open to the public.
For more information about our program, please contact the New Mexico DNA Project at angelcervantes@gmail.com.
This presentation is sponsored by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.