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by Lisa Kindrick, Genealogy Librarian, the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County If you are looking for information about immigrant ancestors, a key source for your search will be the PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LISTS INDEX. These 45 volumes identify over five million names of people traveling to the New World between the late 1500s to mid-1900s, departing from […]

by AGS member and Programs Committee Chairperson Tiffani Loiacono The Albuquerque Genealogical Society’s Programs Committee is looking for program proposals for the 2024 and 2025 calendar years. We are looking for a wide range of topics relating to genealogy, family history and DNA at all skill levels. If you would like to be a presenter,

by AGS member Frankie Ewing During the Covid pandemic, I have been watching a lot of genealogy webinars. One I especially enjoyed in 2021 was entitled “What’s My Lineage?” which discussed the many lineage societies one can apply to join if you can prove your descent from a member ancestor. Some of these societies, such

by AGS Member Philip Spivey The Christmas Tree stands as one of the most iconic images of the holiday season in America. Bringing trees into our homes, decorating them, and putting presents underneath is embedded in our culture. It’s hard to imagine Christmas without it. But that was not always the case. In 1848, this