HGSNY AT A GLANCE
Date Organized: 13 March 1996
Incorporated: 2 April 1997, New York City, in the state of New York
Mission: The Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York is non-profit organization committed to providing the Hispanic community with the tools, encouragement and education needed to help reconstruct their family history, while actively seeking and preserving the resources relative to our genealogical past.
Board of Directors: President: Dr. Jorge Camuñas Muñoz
VP / Administration: Charlie Fourquet Batiz
VP / Treasury: Ann Margret Feliciano-Duminski
VP / Publications - Debbie Figueroa
Events Coordinator: Maria Matos Rosado
Technical Librarian: Dulce Juarbe
Web Administrator: Luis A. Cordero Santoni
Members Secretary: Alice Garcia
Correspondence Secretary: Annie Rivera Chupcavich
Recording Secretary: Juanita Castro
Legacy Board Members: Miguel Gelpi and Eulogio Villanueva
Web sites: http://www.hispanicgenealogy.com
http://www.prroots.com
Email: society@prroots.com
Member Benefits: Membership runs for 1 year. All members receive a free copy of HGSNY's WORKBOOK OF HISPANIC GENEALOGY, the latest copy of our newsletter, a CD-ROM with helpful forms, tools, articles, links and starter software, along with a membership card with special entitlements for $20.00 per year.

During the course of the year, members receive quarterly issues of our multi award winning newsletter, “NUESTRA HERENCIA”, and also quarterly issues of “HGSNY Events”, a 2 page newsletter with news and pictures of the society activities. Members also receive invitations to meetings, events, genealogy workshops and agendas for membership meetings held 4 times a year.
Services: HGSNY conducts free beginner workshops, discounted conferences for members. Free query publication on our web site as well as our newsletter. Free assistance at recognized genealogical resource centers.
Committees: Committee for Puerto Rican Research (1998); Committee for Dominican Genealogical Research (2004); 10th Anniversary Celebration Committee (2005); HGSNY Fundraising Committee (2005); Committee for Columbian Genealogical Research (2006).
Periodicals:   “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.

“HGSNY Events”
(Frequency: QUARTERLY)
Price: FREE. Only available to members
Description: Society News and photos of events
Publications: Workbook of Hispanic Genealogy I: Beginning Hispanic Genealogy
Author: HGSNY
Copyright: 1996-2005 Price: $15.00 or free with membership
Description: Beginner genealogical information. Chapters include: The Origins of Hispanic Surnames and Hispanic Genealogy online.

Workbook of Hispanic Genealogy II: Researching Puerto Rican Family History
Author: HGSNY, available March 2006
Price: $20.00, members $15.00
Description: Puerto Rican Genealogy is highlighted in this issue as chapters cover Social Security records, U.S. Census records, Civil, Church records and more.

NH on CD: Nuestra Herencia Collection on CD-ROM
Author: HGSNY
Price: Disks are $15.00 + $5.00 p&h each, or 2 for $25.00 + $5.00 p&h
Description: Back issues of Nuestra Herencia from 1997-2000 (12 issues) contained on Disk #1 and 2000-2003 (12 issues) on Disk #2. Disks come with index and search engine instructions.
Specialty: Puerto Rican and Dominican genealogy.
Special Awards and Recognition:

HGSNY's Newsletter NUESTRA HERENCIA won first prize in the National Genealogical Society's 2001 Newsletter Competition and Honorable Recognition for 2000, 2003 and 2004.

NUESTRA HERENCIA also won first prize in the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library’s Family Tree Newsletter Contest, this June/July 2004.

HGSNY was the first Hispanic Genealogy group to establish itself on the internet in 1996.
Special Interest Groups: The Center for Puerto Rican Research (CENTRO)
The Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage House
The Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
The Puerto Rican/ Hispanic Genealogical Society
La Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogia
The Cuban Genealogical Society
El Instituto de Genealogia Dominicana
…and Family History Centers all over New York City