RootsTech in Spanish

It’s that time again, for RootsTech 2017! As with 2016, we will have classes in Spanish and you can participate in person or online. If you live in the Salt Lake City or Provo areas, we recommend you attend the classes in person. To attend classes, you must be registered; see below for more information about registration.

Registration
There are two ways to attend RootsTech. You can attend in person or via internet.

In Person

For only $29 you can participate in person in the RootsTech Spanish classes in the Family History Library. What's more, you will receive a RootsTech bag and the right to participate in the following RootsTech 2017 activities.


 * Keynote Sessions Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (in the Salt Palace).
 * A pass to see the Expo Hall (in the Salt Palace), where there will be vendors and many activities focused on family history.
 * Free entrance to the evening events on: Thursday in the Conference Center, Friday in the Salt Palace, and Saturday at the Salt Palace.

You can also attend the free classes in person, but you won't receive the aformentioned benefits.

The registration form is only in English. To register, click here.

Online

To receive the link for attend, you need to register; it is free. To register, click here and on the new page that appears, click on the Register button.

Class Descriptions
Friday, February 10

Recursos genealógicos de Hispano América en Internet (Daniel Horowitz)

It all began when Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World on August 3, 1492. When the Dutch and British began to colonize the Caribbean, several communities flourished in the islands, Central American, and South America. Many years later, Latin America became a safe port for many people that escaped WWII. Today, there are schools, clubs, cemeteries, newspapers, genealogical societies, and more in Latin America. Each institution maintains various records and each government has national affairs records where the information may be available, such as cemeteries, electoral rolls, and immigration and naturalization records. Learn how to search the internet or to get in contact with these groups by phone or email. Daniel will provide a brief history of some countries’ origins, their structures, and their community institutions. Come and see examples of genealogical resources as well as general resources available in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Caribbean.

Construir e investigar la historia familiar en el Páis Vasco - Recursos y Metodología (Iñaki Odriozola)

Become familiar with resources and tools online to genealogical research in Basque Country.

'¿Qué productos reemplazan a PAF 4? (Analía Montalvo)'

Why get a personal genealogy program? Why not only use the Family Tree?

'Dispensas e informaciones matrimoniales, ¿qué podemos encontrar? (Maria Tello, AG®)'

In this course, we’ll see where we can find these papers and what they contain. We’ll learn how we can get to know our families better by means of these documents. They reflect families and their affairs during their lives. We can find lots of information and, with luck, more family.

Saturday, February 11

'¡Nuevo! Registros de México (Karina Morales)'

The best Mexican family history records are available on FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. This class emphasizes the available collections and teaches how you can have success in discovering your family’s history.

Diviértete con tus hijos creando una fiesta de Historia Familiar (Sonia Meza)

Buscar ancestros en Italia (George Ryskamp, JD, AG®)

Recursos genealógicos de Panamá (Ada Nelson)

Because of its geography, Panama is the link that connects North and South America and the preferred route during the Spanish colonial period, during the gold rush in California, and during the selection of the ideal place for an interoceanic canal. Throughout the years, Panama has been a center of commerce and tourism on the American continent; many visitors, enthralled by its coasts, have stayed to live there. In fact, Panama’s genealogy is a crucible that is comprised of many cultures, ethnicities, and languages. In this session, we’ll primarily cover the online resources with genealogical significance for Panama. Because many Panamanian families are interconnected with Colombia, Costa Rica and the Canal Zone, we will include sources from these regions. However, the focus will be on genealogical sources from Panama, such as parish records, biographies, genealogical databases, books, magazines, and digital libraries.

Daniel Horowitz
Daniel Horowitz was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1971. Computer engineer (2002) with a specialization in Management of Educational Institutions (2004). Professor and director of the project "Búscando mis Raíces" in the Moral y Luces Herzl-Bialik high school of Venezuela (1991-2005), where he edited and created the material that was used. Founding member and speaker for the Jewish Genealogy Society of Venezuela - AGJUVE (2001-2005). Resides in Israel since 2005. Since 2006 Daniel is the Chief Genealogist for MyHeritage, providing great contributions in the areas of product development and marketing, contacting genealogical societies, bloggers and media. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA), the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS), among others. He’s spoken in diverse international conferences.

Sonia Meza
Sonia Meza knows very well how to combine the role of mother to three precious and mischievous children with work as a genealogist, carrying forward a blog, "Red de Antepasados" and the corresponding social networks. Additionally, she serves as Social Media Manager at MyHeritage, a dynamic and young company, in charge of all the Hispanic content. Something difficult to understand, even for herself, has been the creation and instruction of the first online course, “Introducción a la Genealogía de HISPAGEN” (Asociación de Genealogía Hispana), as well as writing articles in various publications in Spanish, being a volunteer in a Family History Center, or serving with FamilySerach Support. Above all, her objective is to fortify the thousands of members of the Hispanic Community to take advantage of family history technology. Sonia belongs to the Asociación de Genealogistas Profesionales (APG) and to HISPAGEN (where she recently received an award for the Spanish MyHeritage Blog). Her blog, “Red de Antepasados” has earned several awards, among them one from the Family Tree Magazine in 2012 as the best blog of the year. She also has hundreds of videos on her YouTube channel to learn from, from the Archivo General de Indias in Spain to how to find ancestors in Chile or Mexico. Those that know her well know that she is unstoppable and shows special talent when it comes to an activity that includes the word, “Genealogy,” “Family,” or “Classes” in its definition. If you run into her at RootsTech and want to speak with her for a few minutes, the conversation will surely end with a proposal to promote Hispanic genealogy or even direct questions about her own implication in it. Whatever the case may be, she will make you feel at home. In your own home.

Analía Montalvo
Analía (Ana) Montalvo has a Bachelors in Sociology and a minor in Journalism from California State University, Northridge. She is originally from Argentina, born to Bolivian parents and Peruvian ancestors. She has lived in the United States since she was 11 years old and has been an avid genealogical researcher for more than 30 years. She has been a family history consultant and part of her nearby Family History Center’s personnel. She teaches regularly in the regional Los Angeles FamilySearch Library and in family history conferences, specializing in Latin American research. Analía is in her fourth year as a FamilySearch Family History missionary, serving a Spanish mission on the Support team and as a representative of international languages on the translation team.

Karina Morales
Karina E. Morales is licensed in Family History and Genealogy from Brigham Young University. She has worked for FamilySearch for 3 years, supervising record priorities for Latin America, Spain, and the Philippines. She also worked for 5 years for Ancestry.com doing research for clients. She was one of the primary researchers on the NBC series, “Who do you think you are?”

Ada Nelson
Ada Luque Nelson has more than 10 years doing genealogical research about Panama, the United States, and various European countries. She has a Bachelors and Masters in Engineering from the University of Utah and also has experience in information and knowledge management and in the creation of online information systems. She is an native of Panama and has Iberian, Sephardic, Indigenous, and Chinese ancestry, which has been the impetus for her to explore various ethnic origins in Panama. She has been a Family History consultant and currently is a volunteer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, specializing in Latin American genealogy.

Iñaki Odriozola
Iñaki Odriozola was born in Bilbao, Biskay, Spain in 1964. She began her relationship with family history in 1982 by tracking down her family origins and acquiring documentary research experience. She served as a Family History consultant at the Family History Center in Bilbao from 1993-1997 and as its director in 1997-1999 and 2007-2013. She has been a member of the Basque genealogists’ association, Antzinako, and is currently a member of the APG as well as the local history association, Saratxeta de Basauri in Biscay. Highlighted among her diverse research publications is “Anteiglesia de San Miguel de Basauri, Linajes y Blasones,” III Historical Research Prize of the Basauri City Council in 1999. She has collaborated in the performance of some theatrical plays and musicals based on the historical past of the town where she lives and also collaborated with the researcher Koldo San Sebastián, specialist in the Basque emigration to the United States of America. She has been a speaker in conferences and events related to family history in France and Spain. In the professional aspect of family history, she has carried out research projects for Ancestry, and other particulars. Since 2009, she has been writing in the blog, “El Alma de la Genealogía”. In 2016, she created GeneaPro.

George Ryskamp, JD, AG®
George Ryskamp, JD, AG®, Professor of History at Brigham Young University with more than 40 years of experience researching in archives in Spain, France, Italy, and Mexico. He is the author of many books and articles about genealogical research in Southern Europe and Latin America. He is an expert, as well as speaker/instructor in national and international conferences about genealogical research in documents and history in Spanish, Italian, and French. He has taken more than 15 groups of university students to research in the archives in Spain, France, and Italy. He is married to and does genealogical work with Peggy Ryskamp, CG. They have 4 children and 18 grandchildren.

Maria Tello, AG®
Maria Tello, AG®, has been working in genealogical studies for 42 years. First, in research in the New England archives about her husband’s family during the years of the Pilgrims and the ship, the Mayflower. She also served as a volunteer in Family History Centers in California for 20 years, helping patrons search for their ancestors. In time, the Mexico archives became more available and she began to work on researching her own family. Over the years, she has worked with Ventura County, California. Additionally, she worked with the American Red Cross, helping during disasters and as an instructor, always working with people who don’t speak English. She also works in the news about disasters and animal-related topics. She helps with publishing in English and Spanish. From 1996-2002 she worked as producer and host on her show, “For Pet’s Sake,” a show about pets and their people. In 2014, she came to live in Salt Lake City to work for Ancestry as a genealogist doing research for the television show, “Who Do You Think You Are?”. Now she works independently, accepting clients in Salt Lake City.