San Antonio College Library

"While most genealogy books focus on original records and primary sources, this title focuses on secondary sources that have proliferated because of the growth of genealogy. It identifies and explains the vast number of published genealogical sources, acting both as a guidebook and a bibliography to the printed material in the field. The introduction alone is a treasure trove of information, and should be called Genealogy Sources 101. Coverage includes...

A comprehensive analytical work on Hispanic surnames and an extensive bibliography of family histories. This is not a study of surnames or family history in Spain per se. Rather it is a review of the development of Spanish surnames in Latin America and the Hispanic United States, with references to the availability of surname studies in Spain, found in the appendices and in a few cases in the bibliography.

In 1719, the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo in a report to the king of Spain proposed that 400 families be transported from the Canary Islands, Galicia, or Havana to populate the province of Texas. His plan was approved, and notice was given the Canary Islanders to furnish 200 families. By June 1730, twenty-five families had reached Cuba and ten families had been sent on to Veracruz before orders from Spain to stop the movement arrived. the group...