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Finding your Sephardic Jewish ancestors in Mexico

Nefi Arenas Salazar, AG®
May 16, 2025
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Edicto de Granada - 1492
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Conversos
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How to Find Jewish Origins
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Inquisition Records
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Libros Verdes
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Case Study
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Explore the hidden stories of Mexico’s colonial past and uncover the legacy of Sephardic Jews in New Spain. In this webinar, we’ll examine the types of documents—such as Inquisition records, church registries, and others —that reveal traces of Jewish ancestry. Learn the strategies used to build genealogical cases and prove ancestral connections to unlikely ancestors.

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Valid through: May 20, 2025

About the speaker

About the speaker

Nefi Arenas Salazar, AG®
Nefi Arenas graduated from Brigham Young University – Idaho where he studied business management and also took many genealogy classes. He inherited a passion for genealogy from his grandmother, who for many years served as volunteer in a Fam
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    Risela Tyma
    1 day ago

    FANTASTIC!!! The presentation was very well researched and the amount of information is overwhelming! The documents themselves were so beautiful and illuminating. Will definitely be reviewing this webinar several times!

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    Allison Willis
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    Well-presented webinar with lots of excellent information. A must-watch again, so you don’t miss a thing!!

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    Extremely interesting! I don’t know how I will translate all those Spanish/Mexican records, but it will be fun to at least FIND them!

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    Excellent coverage of a fascinating subject.

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    Very helpful!

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    Interesting presentation and history

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    Most interesting cases shown and compels me to search further in my family.

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    Very interesting topic; My DNA has shown Sephardic Jewish and I have an ancestor from Spain.

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