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-Tracing Your Spanish Ancestors in Colonial Mexico
+German Geography and History
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-This unique presentation consists of a lecture, in which the lecturer John P. Schmal will show people some of the resources for learning about Spanish settlers who came to Nueva España (New Spain), Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Galicia and Nuevo Santander. We will also discuss important research tools for learning about where your Spanish surnames originated in the Iberian Peninsula.
+Many people know that they have German ancestors, but they know and understand very little about German history. This presentation explores Germany’s history over the centuries, utilizing several maps.  There will also be a discussion of the factors that led so many Germans to come to America during the Nineteenth Century. In addition, profiles of the primary states will be discussed.
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-*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/16h5prTtaionV1QDG6kFzPROKm1Her4eo/view?usp=sharing Tracing Your Spanish Ancestors in Colonial Mexico Handout 2021]
-**<b>NOTE</b> <i>This is a large file, so it may take a while to load.</i>
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-*Saturday, December 18, 1 pm <font color="red">Registration required.</font> [https://churchofjesuschrist.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqf-GpqDkpH9yzOGqiBp6oaQsqDLq8YV7q <font color="skyblue">Click here to register.</font>]
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-Finding Your Roots in Mexico
+Tracing Your German Roots
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-This lecture will help people learn how to trace their roots in Mexico. Veteran genealogist John Schmal will show attendees how to access the records of their Mexican ancestors online and give them pointers about how to use that information once you have located it. Using a 45-page PowerPoint, John will point out some of the potential problems that arise with Mexican research and how to navigate those problems to get the results you need.
+This presentation will discuss certain research techniques for locating your German ancestors. John will discuss certain tools for LOCATING A PLACE OF ORIGIN (which is essential to even beginning your search). He will also show the attendees how to use some of the German databases available on the web. Handouts will be included.
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-Search for your Indigenous Roots in Mexico
+Tracing Your California Roots Through FamilySearch
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-When most people think about the Indigenous people of Mexico, they think of the Aztecs and Mayans, but the Aztec Empire only ruled over eight of the current 32 states of Mexico and the Mayans inhabited only five states of present-day Mexico.  We believe that every Mexican state has a story to tell and every one of Mexico's ethnolingistic groups has a story to tell.  We hope to give them a voice by telling their stories.
+This presentation discusses how you can do research on your California roots, utilizing the FamilySearch catalog. Many people don’t realize how valuable the catalog is, but sample searches will show people how to utilize the catalog to find the records you are looking for.
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-Indigenous Chihuahua: Past and Present
+Indigenous Guanajuato and Michoacán
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-The Mexican state of Chicuahua has been a crossroads between the north and south for many centureies.  Dozens of indigenous people inhabited the region, but the silver industry and the mission system transformed the region during the colonial period.  However, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Apaches terrorized the area, and many native people either joined the Apaches or fled to the Spanish settlements for protection. John P Schmal will discuss Chihuahua's indigenous people through five centuries from the early colonial period to the present day status of its indigenous citizens.
+This presentation will explore the history of the indigenous groups of these two Mexican states. Both Guanajuato and Michoacán were conquered by the Spaniards in the Sixteenth Century, but many Americans are curious about the history of their distant indigenous ancestors, including the Purépecha (Tarascans), Otomies, Guamares and Pames.
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-Exploring Jalisco’s Indigenous People
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-This is a lecture to help people learn about the wonderful diversity of Jalisco’s original inhabitants. Using a PowerPoint presentation, genealogist and historian John Schmal will discuss the languages and the history of the Indigenous peoples who lived in Jalisco during the Sixteenth Century. He will also discuss the Indian revolts of the Nineteenth Century and show Jalisco’s recent census data relating to indigenous languages.
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-Mexico’s Great Diversity in 2020
+An Introduction to Mexico’s Remarkable Diversity
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-Using a PowerPoint Presentation, genealogist John Schmal will show the results of the 2020 Mexican census with regards to its indigenous languages and Afro-Mexicans.  Using census charts, he will show the decline of Mexico's indigenous languages since 1895, and will highlight the indigenous languages that are considered to be at great risk of extinction.  Mexico is proud to be the first nation in the world to publish its 2020 census this year.
+John Schmal’s presentation “Indigenous Mexico: An Introduction to Mexico’s Remarkable Diversity” is a PowerPoint Presentation that discusses many aspects of Mexico’s indigenous people from the pre-colonial days to the most recent censuses.  This lecture will help the attendees to understand that Mexico’s indigenous peoples thrived in every corner of Mexico. While many of the original native groups have disappeared as “distinguishable cultural entities,” many others still survive today in many parts of the today’s Mexican Republic. And although most Mexicans do not speak indigenous languages, recent census data indicates that many do recognize their indigenous roots, thanks to the “autoadscripción indígena” (indigenous self-identification) policy utilized by the Mexican census since 2000.
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-German Research and Genealogy
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-To understand your German ancestors and why they came to America, it is important to know about its history. In a 45-page PowerPoint presentation, John Schmal will discuss German history, as well as the primary motivating factors for Germans to emigrate to the United States during the 19th Century. He will also discuss online genealogical resources for German research, including some websites that have only become available in recent years.
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-[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oL2kNI7q-Ghgux0o_C9qDLgVOkjltRdk/view?usp=sharing| German History & Genealogical Research, 34 pages]<br>
-[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bWiRzUCBhaJ4VJKGfxIoL-KKXYNeEkNp/view?usp=sharing German Research Websites, 2 pages]<br>
-[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vlCSAk0u2lujUd0GStHoJ2MTmzfBE7v4/view?usp=sharing| German History and Genealogical Research - John P Schmal]
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-Locating Your Immigrant Ancestors
+Finding Your Roots in Mexico
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-John Schmal will discuss locating a point of origin for Mexican, Irish or German ancestors by locating church records, county biographies, passenger lists, obituaries, Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, and border crossings that shed light on those topics.
+If your ancestors came from Mexico, you have a unique opportunity that is not available to many other ethnic groups. Many Mexican church records going back over 300 years are filled with details that are lacking in many other countries. Some Mexican records even go back to the 1500s and 1600s and many of them are available to you in the comfort of your home. Veteran genealogist John Schmal will show attendees how to access the records of their Mexican ancestors online and give them pointers about how to use that information once you have located it.
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-*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xzhuRf4HMPJ6HEQwIUi-E6ojPy7ficTM/view?usp=sharing Locating Your Immigrant Ancestors]
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-Searching for your Indigenous California Ancestors
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-John Schmal is involved in the Early California Population Project (ECPP).  He will discuss how to utilize the Huntington Library database, county records, land records, mission records and newspapers.
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-*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P4k6wjBHXF50-6Wdm1ZeSTRQ-CU2MAl5/view?usp=sharing Indigenous California Research Links pdf]
-*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/19NSBPom3tL5sY2AvMD0JQ9tFSim49N1C/view?usp=sharing Indigenous California Handout August 28 pdf]
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