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• Family History Research
• Speaking / Presenting
• Writing /Publishing

I am a professional genealogist with more than 25 years of experience specializing in Mexican and Mexican-American family history, particularly the interconnected families of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and South Texas.

I help clients solve difficult genealogical problems, identify unknown parents and ancestors, break through family-history brick walls, verify existing family trees, locate original records, and extend documented family lines into earlier generations.

My research includes Mexican civil and Catholic church records, Spanish colonial records, archival collections, census records, land and probate records, historical publications, and other sources from Mexico and the United States.

My goal is not simply to find names and dates, but to identify and analyze the historical evidence needed to support genealogical conclusions.

Geographic Specialities
All of Texas, USA
    Specially South Texas, USA

All Mexican States
    Specially:
    Nuevo Leon, Mexico
    Tamaulipas, Mexico
    Coahuila, Mexico

Publications/Media
I have published 71 books that are of interest to anyone with roots in South Texas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leon. I am also the current editor of Las Villas del Norte Journal. Visit my website to see all my publications.

My publications reflect more than two decades of research into the families, records, and history of this region.

Lectures
I speak on many topics regarding genealogy research and Mexican Genealogy. Visit my website https://moisesgarza.com for more details. I also host the We Are Cousins Virtual Genealogy Conference at www.wacconference.com

Repositories
Lower Rio Grande Valley Special Collections (Texas)
The Monterrey Municipal Archives (Mexico)
The Camargo Archives (Tamaulipas, Mexico)

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century
• 16th Century and Earlier

Languages
Spanish and English

Affiliations
Founder of Las Villas del Norte Genealogy Group, member of Los Bexareños Genealogical and Historical Society, member of the Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin, member of the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Genealogy Society, and member of the Hispanic Organization for Genealogy and Research.

Degrees
BCJ, SOC