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Resources
Aids to research your Terlingua-area family


Kinds of resources FdT can help you with:
  • Facebook Pages and Groups
  • Family Tree Sites
  • Mexican Databases
  • Portuguese Databases
  • Spain Databases
  • Census Index census records by location and year
  • DNA Genealogy
  • Genealogical Researchers for Hire
  • Genealogical Societies
  • US Databases


Facebook: Pages and Groups
for Terlingua-related Genealogy


All Genetic Genealogy https://www.facebook.com/groups/ALLGeneticGenealogy/
Chihuahua State Genealogy Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1176254035735078/ 
Discovering Your Mexican Genealogy https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiscoveringyourMexicanGenealogy/
Mexican Genealogy  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mexicangenealogy/
El Polvo, Texas (Established 1872 renamed Redford) https://www.facebook.com/groups/169172018285836
Family Tree Sites: 
Build, Research existing trees and other databases.


FamilySearch Mormon Church database https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

OneGreatFamily.com http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Search/Options.aspx

RootsWeb World Connect  https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

United States Databases
Library of Congress
Immigration Records Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Presidio, Texas, ca. 1911 - 1955

Mexican Databases

Mexican Genealogy.info  mexicangenealogy.info/?fbclid=IwAR1uItybjD9qrnj6bw5vEvwifzqScBxE65GZroBnya5bGb0GfEeXjajiJCk

Archivo General de la Nación de México http://www.agn.gob.mx/
Tel.: (00 52) 51339900; Contact: http://www.agn.gob.mx/barra/contacto.php
Address: Eduardo Molina 113
                esquina con Albañiles
                Col. Penitenciaría Ampliación
                Deleg. Venustiano Carranza, C.P. 15350 México, D.F.

Portuguese Databases

The Portuguese Inquisition (Inquisição) Legal Proceedings (Processos )
Summary of Processos for the crime of being Jewish
https://inquisicao.deadbsd.org/search?key=Judaismo&cat=2&page=1
there are 5163 pages each with 5 processo summaries with links to their details
Example
This is a where the inquisition trial of Manuel G Franco is found:

  • TSO Tribunal do Santo Ofício 1536/1821
    • IL Inquisição de Lisboa 1536/1821
      • 028 Processos 1536/1821
        • 00443 Processo de Manuel Garcia Franco 1629-08-16/1634-04-02

Spanish Databases

Portal de Archivos Espanoles http://pares.mcu.es/

Archivo General de India (AGI) Search Tips http://www.rogerlouismartinez.com/?p=3002&lang=es


Genealogical Societies

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 Texas State Genealogical Society


Albuquerque Genealogical Society, PO Box 24412, Albuquerque, NM 87125-0012
President: Marianne Eaton
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of each month, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Main Library, Albuquerque
Website: www.abqgen.swnet.com


Los Bexareños Genealogical Society,PO Box 1935, San Antonio, TX 78297-1935
email: losbexarenos@gmail.com
Website: http://www.losbexarenos.org
Meetings are normally held at 9:30 a.m. every first Saturday of the month on the first floor, Main Auditorium, of the San Antonio Public Library, 600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, Texas.
Visitors are always welcome to attend.  Membership is not required.  Speakers at the meetings are people with a passion for history, professional historians, genealogists, archaeologists and researchers.


El Paso Genealogical Society, 
c/o Sandra K. Lewis, Treasurer,
10768 Janway Dr., El Paso, TX 79935-2906
Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txepgs/



Midland Genealogical Society,
c/o Midland County Centennial Library, 2503 W. Loop 250 N., Midland, TX 79705-3108
Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmidlan/


New Mexico Genealogical Society, 501 Copper Avenue, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505-796-0376
email: info@nmgs.org
Website: www.nmgs.org

Permian Basin Genealogical Society, 321 W. 5th Street, Odessa, TX 79761-5024
President: David Hess
Library Website: www.ector.lib.tx.us
Website: www.permiangen.com




Genealogical Researchers for Hire

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Books to help you research families:


Coyame Books

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Updated December 22, 2018
Last updated December 28, 2020 with research by Antonio S Franco.
Updated February 21, 2023


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