Hispanic Family History Conference aims to spark interest in Latino genealogy research - Salt Lake City

“Ismael Orrantia and his wife spent each Saturday for four years at the LDS Family History Library in downtown Salt Lake City researching their families’ histories.

Orrantia ended up reuniting his grandmother with a brother she never knew existed in Delicias, Mexico. He learned that his mom’s relatives were Toltec Indians from the Monte Alban ruins area near Oaxaca. And he found out that his 10th great-grandfather on his dad’s side was in the Spanish army and his surname comes from the name of a town in Spanish. “*

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