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About Us
| Organization Name: | The Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York |
| Web Sites: | http://www.hispanicgenealogy.com, http://www.prroots.com |
| Telephone: | 212-340-4659 |
| Date Organized: | 21 March 1995 |
| Incorporated in the state of: | New York City, NY, 7 June 1996 |
| Contact: | Debbie Figueroa, President Phone: 212-340-4659 Email: president@prroots.com |
| Join Info: | Membership runs for 1 year join date. |
| Benefits of membership: | All members receive a free copy of HGSNY’s WORKBOOK OF HISPANIC GENEALOGY, the latest issue of our newsletter, NUESTRA HERENCIA, access to our MEMBER SERVICES area and their membership card with special entitlements. |
| Join Email: | members@hispanicgenealogy.com |
| Chapters/Special Interest Groups: | HGSNY works with La Sociedad Genealogica Puertorriqueña, El Instituto de Genealogia Dominicana and The Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage House |
| Officers: | President: Debbie Figueroa Vice-President: Charlie Fourquet Batiz VP / Treasurer: Ann Margret Feliciano Duminski Members Administrator: Alice Garcia Events Coordinator: OPEN Eulogio Villanueva – Member |
| Periodicals: | Title: NUESTRA HERENCIA (Frequency: QUARTERLY, back issues available) Price: FREE w/ membership / $8.00 yr for non-members Description: English/ Spanish: News and articles written by members and guest writers providing members with genealogical source information for Hispanic researchers. |
| Publications: | Title: Workbook of Hispanic Genealogy I: Beginning Hispanic Genealogy Author: HGSNY Copyright: 1996-2008 Price: $15.00 or free with membership Description: Beginner genealogical information. Chapters include: The Origins of Hispanic Surnames and Hispanic Genealogy online. |
| Ordering Instructions: | Contact the society by mail for copies of our publications |
| Meetings: | Regularly Scheduled meetings in March, June, September and December |
| Services: | HGSNY conducts free workshops, discounted conferences for members. Free query publication on our website as well as out newsletter. |
| Specialty: | We specialize in Puerto Rican and Dominican genealogy. |
| Special Certificates: (Awards, recognitions, etc.) | HGSNY was the first Hispanic Genealogy related group to first establish itself on the internet before creating a society and reaching others. In 1990, founding members began on Compuserve’s Latin American Forum and on American Online’s Genealogy Forum.
HGSNY’s Newsletter NUESTRA HERENCIA has also won several prizes in the National Genealogical Society’s National Newsletter Competition. |
| Office: | Currently looking for space |
| Library: | HGSNY has an extensive collection of books, compilations, transcriptions, and copies of original documentation. |
| Recommended Resources
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| El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños | |
| Summary of the history of the towns of Puerto Rico, information about their flags, crests and hymns |
