How Testing Multiple Relatives Can Turbocharge Your DNA Research May 26, 2021 11:00am PDT

 FREE WEBINAR How Testing Multiple Relatives Can Turbocharge Your DNA Research presented by Michelle Leonard, Wed May 26th, 2021, 2:00 pm EDT / 1:00 pm CDT  click HERE to register for FREE - via Legacy Family Tree Webinars. It will also be available for 6 days after the airing date.

Pueblo Indian Sovereignty June 2, 2021. 11 - 12 pm. PDT

Please join Rick Hendricks, State Records Administrator, New Mexico; Former New Mexico State Historian. ONLINE. Lecture URL: https://youtu.be/q5R0z1OrRUU

This talk will discuss the way in which Pueblo Indian have fought to preserve tribal sovereignty as it related to issues of land and water from the Spanish Colonial Period to the present day. Case studies of five pueblos will be examined, four in New Mexico and one in Texas: Pojoaque, Nambe, Tesuque, Isleta, and Ysleta del Sur.


Rick Hendricks, is the New Mexico state records administrator. He is a former state historian and editor of the Vargas Project at the University of New Mexico. He has written extensively on the history of the American Southwest and Mexico. His most recent book, Pueblo Indian Sovereignty: Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas, was coauthored with Malcolm Ebright and published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 2019.

How many generations back is 3% ethnicity in your DNA test results?

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Join Family History Fanatics' on their education on knowing your DNA test results.  How far back is an ancestor on your family tree based on your DNA Test ethnicity percentages? Where should you begin looking for which ancestor represents your 5% or 2% ethnicity from Ancestry, MyHeritage, or genetic genealogy companies?

Top 10 Family History Interview Questions to Ask Your Relatives

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Watch Lisa Louise Cooke answered the questions.

Today is the day to interview your relatives about the family history. Great questions can uncover great stories in an interview, so she is going to share with you:

- her top 10 family history interview questions

- her Pro Tip for getting an exceptional interview

- a Bonus Idea that will add value to your family history TODAY.

Be sure to watch to the end of the video for an added surprise that she will guarantee will put a smile on your face. 

Latest update on Panes.info

 Great News!

We thank our TikTok friends who have joined us in helping to shoulder the financial burden of digitizing and cataloging genealogical and historical history. As a result, we now have 79 additional supporters! It's exciting to see so many people interested in Hispanic Genealogical research. Because of their efforts, we now have funding for the coming twelve months.

Additionally, we are pleased to announce Sylvia Hernandez Magdaleno's most recent transcription from Chihuahua, the 1829 census from Ojinaga.

 Due to an unforeseen circumstance this month's writers group will be cancelled.  

GSHA-SC Writer's Workshop May 23rd, 2pm PDT

 Please join us to see how you can improve your writing skills.

How did European Countries get their names

 This is informational video that provides some information to how European Countries got their names. To watch the video, hit here

Date in history

 MEXICAN WAR DECLARED: 175th ANNIVERSARY. May 13, 1846. Although fighting had begun days earlier, Congress officially declared war on Mexico on this date. The struggle cost the lives of more than 13,000 Americans and 25,000 Mexicans and resulted in the annexation by the US of land that became parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and Colorado. The war ended in 1848.

Genealogists are not immune to scams

 Genealogy's Star's James Tanner wrote an interesting article that most genealogist should read to prevent becoming a victim. To read his article hit here

Hispanic Research with Rachel Rodriguez Wednesday, May 19, 2021 6 PM PDT

 Please join us by preparing your questions in advance with supplemental paperwork (family trees and other pertinent information) to assist Rachel in researching in advance by emailing them to gshasocal@gmail.com .

Big Y DNA Part 3 Zoom Presentation by FACC/GSHA May 15 10 Am PDT

 Part 3 of Lee Martinez presentation on the Y-DNA Test, specifically about the Big Y 700 test, the most useful and powerful of the DNA tests for purposes of genealogy.

bio: Growing up in a Mormon family in the Española Valley of Northern New Mexico, Lee was immersed in genealogy from a young age, scouring small, remote cemeteries throughout the mountain villages in the area with his parents from the age of 10. Lee’s parents served for a time as the local LDS Family History Librarians, based in the valley, back in the day when micro-fiche was a primary research resource. Now with over 40 years of genealogical research under his belt, Dr. Martinez directly manages 24 Y-DNA accounts, representing 13 surnames, and consults with the NMGS-DNA team on Y-DNA projects

Time

May 15, 2021 10:00 AM in Pacific Daylight Time (US and Canada)

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Genealogy Garage: Scottish Prisoners of War Saturday May 15, 2021 11:00am PDT via Facebook or YouTube

 

FOR A SHORT TIME YOU ARE ABLE TO WATCH A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION BY HITTING HERE

Saturday, May 15, 2021 Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

In the early 1650s, England defeated Scotland in the Battles of Dunbar and Worcester. Almost 500 Scottish prisoners were transported to America to become indentured servants—which is why some of you might find Scottish surnames in colonial New England genealogical records. In 2013, an archaeological discovery in Durham led to the piecing together of their story: how they came to be prisoners and how they fared in the New World. Join us as colonial historian Erica Hahn weaves the story of this fascinating and little-known chapter of history.

Streaming live on YouTube and Facebook.

When "Colorado" was Apache Country: Why the history of Indigenous Homelands (and Borderlands) Matters / Paul Conrad May 13, 2021 5PM PDT

 We are used to thinking about the shifting borders of the West in terms of nations and empires—Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Louisiana Purchase, and so on. Such histories are important, but so too are the dynamic histories of this region’s Indigenous peoples, and the contested and shifting borders their confrontations with imperial powers produced. Dr. Paul Conrad (University of Texas at Arlington) will chart this story through the lens of Apache (Ndé) history, placing what is now Colorado in a broader context. To join, hit here

For those who missed the event, there is a YouTube encore presentation. Please hit here

Give mom the gift of discovery this Mother's Day with a 23andMe DNA kit on sale

 SAVE UP TO $50: As of April 26, get the 23andMe Ancestry + Traits DNA kit for $88.95 and the 23andMe Health + Ancestry kit for only $149.95 — a $10.05 and $50 savings, respectively.

Looking for a more unique Mother's Day gift than flowers and jewelry this year? Help mom reconnect with her culture and get personalized genetic reports with a 23andMe DNA kit. As of April 26, you can score the classic Ancestry + Traits DNA kit for $10.05 off, or the upgraded Health + Ancestry kit for $50 off. 

The 23andMe ancestry and traits kit will help the mom in your life discover which global regions her DNA comes from. After taking a saliva test and sending it back in for analysis, mom will be able to get insights on her maternal and paternal ancestors, and see how they moved around the world in previous generations. Even if you think you're a mixture of a bunch of different ethnicities, you can trace down your ancestry to 0.1%. 

If she's looking to build up the family tree, there's a DNA relatives feature, which lets you connect with other users who share the same DNA as you. The ancestry and traits kit will also let mom dig into the traits that make her, her. Discover how DNA influences traits like freckles, taste and smell preferences, and more.

If you want to take the DNA testing a bit further, 23andMe also offers the Health + Ancestry kit, which has all the great cultural and family tracing features as the original kit, plus some insightful health reports. This kit will let you get to know how your DNA makeup might influence your overall health and wellness.

Help your mom discover herself, her culture, and more this Mother's Day, and snag a 23andMe DNA kit while these deals last.

(Please note that all companies have sales on the major holidays such as DNA Day April 23, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas. We do not have any affiliation to this company or any company. To read the article online, hit here

"Cinco de Mayo," is it a Gringo celebration?

 Cinco de Mayo in Mexico, Spanish for "Fifth of May" is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. The victory of the smaller Mexican force against a larger French force was a morale boost for the Mexicans. Zaragoza died months after the battle due to illness. A year after the battle, a larger French force defeated the Mexican army at the Second Battle of Puebla, and Mexico City soon fell to the invaders.

More popularly celebrated in the United States than in Mexico, the date has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture. These celebrations began in California, where they have been observed annually since 1863. The day gained nationwide popularity in the 1980s thanks especially to advertising campaigns by beer and wine and tequila companies. Today, Cinco de Mayo generates beer sales on par with the Super Bowl. In Mexico, the commemoration of the battle continues to be mostly ceremonial, such as through military parades or battle reenactments. The city of Puebla marks the event with an arts festival, a festival of local cuisine, and re-enactments of the battle.

Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16, commemorating the Cry of Dolores, which, in 1810, initiated the war of Mexican independence from Spain.

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Battle of Puebla

GSHA-FACC presents "Nuevomejicano Ancestors with Spanish and Indian Antecedants 1598 -1700" May 8, 2021 at 10am PDT

 

Monthly General Meeting of the FACC/GSHA.
José Antonio Esquibel will be our presenter this month speaking about our early 17th century ancestors. Deep family roots combining European and Indian ancestry. Our FACC Business Meeting will be held after the talk.

Bio—

José Antonio Esquibel is a genealogical researcher, historian, and author of articles related to Spanish colonial genealogy and history, with particular regard to seventeenth-century New Mexico. He has contributed to four anthologies on New Mexico history, served as a research consultant for the Vargas Project and El Camino Real Project, and is co-author with France V. Scholes, Eleanor B. Adams, and Marc Simmons of the book Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1629-1693 (UNM Press, 2012). In 2009, Juan Carlos II, King of Spain, admitted José Antonio to the knightly Orden de Isabel la Católica for his dedication to uncovering and preserving the history of Spain and Spanish heritage in New Mexico. He is a former Vice President of the Historical Society of New Mexico and maintains the Beyond Origins of NM Families web site.

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GSHA Virtual Conference & Annual Meeting August 13-14, 2021