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Article #301: Mexico Family Genealogy Information: Finding What You Need to Know

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You have probably spent several hours you want. It will also give you an idea
doing family genealogy research. You may of who this person was and what they were
have tried several ways to identify the doing and may lead you to other ideas.
genealogy information you need to find an Here is a key. Talk to every relative you
individual in Mexico, from visiting free have. There is always someone in every
genealogy web sites to speaking to family who knows a little bit about
friends and relatives. You may have been everyone. And it does not matter if they
searching the Internet for hours and are your third cousin or they are four
hours. You may have talked to family or times removed. They could be an
friends of the person you are searching ex-mother-in-law, a fifth cousin. It does
for, but you just have not gotten the not matter. You would be surprised at how
information you need and are not able to much information distant family members
find this person living in Mexico. have about your side of the family. You
Let's start with the fundamentals of what may think that your immediate family
genealogy information you should be should know everything about the family,
searching for. but that is not always true. I urge you
Your first goal should be to have the to go talk to every possible relative.
complete name of the person you are Maybe they talked to someone from another
looking for. Let's use the name Juan group, such as a priest or teacher. Go
Carlos Garcia Gonzalez as an example. after as many leads as you can. You
If you have a friend who has a name like should plan to interview several people
Juan Carlos, that is his name. In English to get all the facts.
we might separate out two names. Someone The second key piece of information that
named Billy Bob may also be called Bob or you need to have is the city and the
Billy. However, in Mexico Juan Carlos is state of where they are or where they
this person's name. It's not correct to were living.
call him Juan or to him Carlos. His name Finding out where they did live can be
is Juan Carlos. Be aware of this because helpful if you do not know where they are
having the complete and full name is very living right now. If someone has lived in
important in your search and will help Guadalajara and they came to the United
you to more quickly locate this person. States for, say, ten years, there is a
The complete name is not only their first very good possibility they may be going
name(s) but also both of their last back to Guadalajara at some point. Also
names. In Spanish a person has two last finding where they did live is very
names. The first last name in Spanish is helpful because their family and friends
the name of the father (for example: may still be there. This is especially
Garcia). Gonzalez is the second last name true for someone who wants to find a
and this is the equivalent of our birth father or birth mother still living
mother's maiden name. By putting the two in Mexico.
together, you have a complete name. Doing Why do you need to know the city and
Mexico family genealogy can often be state? If you tried to go to an Internet
easier because the two last names search engine site, maybe one that
minimize the chance of accidentally specialized in genealogy research and put
researching someone else's family in only a person's name without the city
lineage. and state you are not going to get any
You can also discover this information by information. Why? Even in the United
talking to every relative this person States you have to tell the site where
has. You want to ask questions such as this individual is presently residing. If
where did this person come from. Ask how you do not have that basic information,
they came to be in the United States. Ask you are not going to get an answer. It is
where they went to school or where they virtually impossible to locate a person
vacationed as they were growing up. if you do not have the city and the state
Different questions can help trigger where they are living.
memories and details that will help you These two key pieces of information will
find the information and the person you go far in helping with your search and
are looking for. Mexico family genealogy research. In the
A great way to get family genealogy next article, we will organize all the
information is to get a person to tell information you have collected.
you stories using questions like, "So how Find relatives, birth parents and friends
did you and my father meet?" or "What did living in Mexico. Stop the frustration
he/she like to do during the weekends?" and confusion. Richard Villasana, leading
Engaging the people that you talk to in authority on Mexico Family History, has
your family and circle of friends in helped thousands find information on
stories is an excellent method to jog their Mexican family genealogy as well as
their memory. Sometimes with story find friends living in Mexico. Don't
telling they remember something they may waste more time. Get key shortcuts and
have otherwise forgotten. save weeks, months even years. Click here
Story telling is an incredible tool to to get proven advice so you can find
get people to tell you the information someone in Mexico.






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