We received the following news from Hispanic Research Project, which we wish to share. As a non profit organization, GSHA-SC in the past has supported this organization in monetary sum to help buy equipment for the preservation of records in the Hispanic realm for posterity. This week the board of GSHA-SC has authorized another donation to help them purchase equipment. If you as an individual member or supporting wish to donate directly to the cause, the board had authorized us to advertised the link below to the membership.
"Exciting News! The Hispanic Heritage Project and a representative of FamilySearch will be meeting together with the director of the Archdiocese in Chihuahua, Mexico May 2, 2022. I will be presenting our plan to place a scanner there so that the ecclesiastical documents can be digitized something very important to the Diocese."
"FamilySearch will provide a contractor to digitize the sacramental records however they are not authorized to have access to the ecclesiastical ones. By providing a scanner, the Diocese can then digitize their own ecclesiastical records and at the same time, those missing records that were not originally microfilmed by FamilySearch. The public will then have access to these documents on a fee basis providing income for the Diocese."
"However, we need funding to purchase the scanners that we plan to also place in additional parishes, dioceses, and archives. Furthermore, we have a request to provide a Franciscan archive with a scanner. Please go to this link to learn further details of our plans."
Hispanic Research Project
