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Article #305: Where to Look for the Mexico Family Genealogy Information You Need

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The second greatest challenge that people a person to tell you stories using
experience in starting their Mexico questions like, "So how did you and my
family genealogy is just not having father meet?" or "What did he/she like to
enough information or not knowing where do during the weekends?" Engaging the
to get started gathering information. people that you talk to in your family
This article will give you the and circle of friends in stories is a
fundamentals you will need to gather great way to jog their memory. Sometimes
information to finding someone in Mexico with story telling they recall a
and get your family genealogy research particular person or item they may have
moving forward. otherwise forgotten.
You have probably already spent time Story telling is an incredible tool to
doing a lot of family genealogy research. get people to tell you the information
I'm sure you have tried many ways to find you want. It will also give you an idea
the information you need to find someone of who this person was and what they were
in Mexico, from searching online to doing and may lead you to other ideas.
speaking to friends and family. You may Here is a key. Talk to every relative you
have been searching the Internet for have. There is always someone in every
hours and hours. You may have talked to family who knows a little bit about
relatives or friends of the person you everyone. And it does not matter if they
are searching for, but you just have not are your third cousin or they are four
gotten the information you need and are times removed. They could be an
not able to find this person living in ex-husband, an ex-uncle. It does not
Mexico. matter. You would be amazed at how much
Let's start with the fundamentals of what information other people in the family
information you should be searching for. have about your side of the family. You
Your first goal should be to have the may think that your immediate family
complete name of the person you are should know everything about the family,
looking for. Let's use the name Juan but that is not always true. I urge you
Carlos Garcia Gonzalez as an example. to go talk to every possible relative.
If you have a friend who has a name like Maybe they talked to someone from another
Juan Carlos, that is his name. In English group, such as a priest or teacher. Go
we might separate out two names. Someone after as many leads as you can. You are
named Billy Bob may also be called Bob or going to have to interview many people to
Billy. However, in Mexico Juan Carlos is gather all the facts.
this person's name. It's not correct to The second key piece of information that
call him Juan or to him Carlos. His name you need to have is the city and the
is Juan Carlos. Be aware of this because state of where they are or where they
having the complete and full name is very were living.
important in your search and will help Finding out where they did live can be
you to more quickly locate this person. helpful if you do not know where they are
The complete name is not only their first living right now. If someone has lived in
name(s) but also both of their last Guadalajara and they came to the United
names. In Spanish a person has two last States for, say, ten years, there is a
names. The first last name in Spanish is very good possibility they may be going
the name of the father (for example: back to Guadalajara at some point. Also
Garcia). Gonzalez is the second last name finding where they did live is very
and this is the equivalent of our helpful because their family and friends
mother's maiden name. By putting the two may still be there.
together and you have a complete name. Why do you need to know the city and
Doing Mexico family genealogy can often state? If you tried to go to an Internet
be 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. Ask questions such as where did this this person is living. If you do not have
person come from. Ask how they ended up that basic information, you are not going
in the United States. Ask where they went to get an answer. It is almost impossible
to school or where they vacationed as to find a person if you do not have the
they were growing up. Asking different city and the state where they are living.
questions can help trigger memories and These two key pieces of information will
details that will help you to find the go far in helping with your search. In
information and the person you are the next article, we will organize all
looking for. the information you have collected.
A great way to get information is to get






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