A Selected Bibliography for Hispanic Research

Instructional Books and Guides to Sources

  • Byers, Paula K, ed. Hispanic American Genealogical Sourcebook [CS 21 B93]
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Major Genealogical Record Sources in Mexico [Mexico G 2.5]
  • Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: a Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola [Fla. L P387. 5]
  • Feldman, Lawrence H. Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives [CS 68 F44]
  • Flores, Norma P. A Beginner's Guide to Hispanic Genealogy=Introduction a la Investigacion Genealogica Latin Americana [LATIN AMERICA G]
  • Fourquet, Charles The Origin of Hispanic Surnames [CS 2745 F68]
  • Geiger, Maynard Biographical Dictionary of the Franciscans in Spanish Florida & Cuba, 1528-1841 [Fla. G 4]
  • Hilton, Ronald Who's Who in Latin America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Latin America [Latin America G 1.6]
  • Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York Hispanic Genealogy Workbook [CS 21 H5 H57]
  • Index to the Archives of Spanish West Florida 1782-1810 [Fla. G 16]
  • Konrad, J. Mexican and Spanish Family Research [Mexico G 1]
  • NALEO 1987 National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials [ E 184 S75 N37]
  • Nauman, Ann K. Handbook of Latin America & Caribbean National [Latin America G 2.1]
  • Platt, Lyman D. Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States [CS 14 P55]
  • Platt, Lyman D. Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America [Latin America G 2.3]
  • Platt, Lyman D. Hispanic Surnames and Family History [E 184 S75 P55]
  • Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society Toolkit [E 184 P85 T66]
  • Rubincam, Milton ed. Materials in Foreign Archives For Writing Pennsylvanian History [Penn. G 5.5]
  • Ryskamp, George R. Finding Your Hispanic Roots [CS 21 R97]
  • Ryskamp, George R. Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage [Spain G 2]
  • Sanchez-Johnson, Mayra F. Research Guide for Cuba[ Cuba G 1]
  • Shea, Jonathan and William F. Hoffman Following the Paper Trail: Multilingual TranslationGuide [CS 401 S53]

Histories: General

  • Gallop, Rodney A Book of the Basques [Spain G 2]
  • Hart, Charles Henry Memoir of George Ticknor-Historian of Spanish Literature [CT 275 T538 H37]
  • James, Thomas. Three Years among the Indians and Mexicans [E 340 J25 A3]
  • Klingberg, Frank J. Old Sherry: Portrait of a Virginia Family [G W 9966]
  • MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Carnage at Cartegena: Captain William Hopkins and His Rhode Island Recruits in the Campaign against Cartagena & Cuba, 1741 [Rhode I. G 46.2]
  • Northrop, Marie E. Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850 [Cal. G 1.2]
  • Oberly, James W. Sixty Million Acres: American Veterans and the Public Lands before the Civil War [HD 240 O24]
  • Potter, Dorothy Williams Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish, and other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina [South.States G 21]
  • Rose, Richard H. Utilla: Past and Present [Honduras G 1]
  • Walsh, Micheline ed. Spanish Knights of Irish Origins [Ireland G 40]

Histories: Spanish-American War

  • Burdick, Henry Hagaman, ed. New York Division, National Guard War Record [ N.Y. G 59.81]
  • Gilfillan, James R. and Herbert E. Riley Northampton in the Spanish-American War [Mass. L N812.8]
  • Lyster, Winifred Lee and Anne Hollingsworth Wharton Memorial to the Soldiers & Sailors of the U.S Who Gave up Their Lives for Their Country in the War of 1898-`99 with Spain [E 725.8 N37]
  • Wright, Marcus J. Wright's Official History of the Spanish-American War [E 717 W74 Oversize]

Histories: Mexican War

  • Anderson, Robert An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War 1846-7 [E 411 A 54]
  • White, Virgil D. Index to Mexican War Pension Files [ E 409.4 W45]

Genealogies

  • Burman, Conchita and Eric Beerman Un Vasco en América: José Francisco Navarro Arzac, 1823-1909 [N.Y. L M314.99 B293]
  • Jupiter, Del Alexa Eagan Agustina of Spanish West Florida and Her Descendants, with Related Families of Eagan, Kelker, Palmer, and Taylor [G K 279]
  • Franjul, Marcos Pena. Los Franjul: Una Familia del Banilejismo [G F 8515]
  • Nouel, Luis Jose Americo Prieto. Arzobispo Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla y Su Familia: Investigacion Genealogica [G N 8505]

Compiled by Carla M. Moscoso, Library Assistant and Catherine M. Ellard, Assistant Librarian

Note. The references listed in the excellent bibliography above are no longer available at the NYG&B Library. They are, however, available at the New York Public Library where our collection is now housed.