Hispanic or Latin... Does one of these terms apply to you? According to Al Sosa, many people are confused as to the proper use of the terms Hispanic and Latin. Spanish speakers are themselves often in disagreement as to how these two terms should be applied! Read Al Sosa's attempt to settle the issue in a scholarly rather than emotional fashion. As Al believes, "perhaps if we know what these words originally meant, it might be easier to draw the appropriate conclusions and use the words as they were intended to be used."

Hispanic Links

An excellent country-by-country list of resources! Caribbean Genealogy Research Here's your chance to contact others with similar Hispanic genealogical interests. Hispanic Query Boards A Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York Website with info not necessarily limitied to New York. Hispanic Genealogy Center The National Society of Hispanic Genealogy promotes the study of history, ancestry, culture, and the contributions of the people of the southwest area of the United States previously known as New Spain and Mexico. The National Society of Hispanic Genealogy