{"id":49915,"date":"2019-05-03T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=49915"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:55:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:55:56","slug":"genealogy-101-translation-tools-for-your-spanish-language-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/genealogy-101-translation-tools-for-your-spanish-language-research.html","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy 101: Translation Tools for Your Spanish-Language Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/em><\/strong>: In this article \u2013 in honor of Cinco de Mayo this Sunday \u2013 Gena Philibert-Ortega provides tips and links to resources to help you translate Spanish-language newspapers and records. Gena is a genealogist and author of the book \u201cFrom the Family Kitchen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

With Cinco de Mayo celebrations this Sunday, some genealogists will be inspired to explore their Hispanic roots this weekend. Researching your Spanish-speaking ancestors in old newspapers and genealogical documents can be intimidating if you don\u2019t read or speak Spanish \u2013 but it doesn\u2019t have to be. With a little planning and preparation, you can be ready to tackle that branch of your family tree.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Cinco de Mayo parade in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Credit: Rena Dehler; Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before you even begin to search for your ancestor, I would recommend compiling a research guide to help you with the resources you need to research your family. Your research guide should include information about the place\/s your ancestor lived and take into consideration resources that might help you answer your research questions. This guide should include maps, links to online genealogical collections, relevant repositories, and research tools \u2013 such as letter writing and word guides \u2013 so that you can research non-English newspaper articles and records.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to identify Spanish-language newspapers in GenealogyBank<\/a> and add those to your research guide so that you can learn more about your ancestor and their life.<\/p>\n

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Prensa (San Antonio, Texas), 23 September 1934, page 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plenty of online tools exist to help you translate and conduct searches for Spanish-language historical newspapers and documents. Consider what you want to learn about your ancestor and then identify genealogically relevant words that might be used to describe a birth, marriage, or a death. The following are just some of the tools that may be of help.<\/p>\n