In 2014 I completed my Masters in Nobility Law, Genealogy and Heraldry by the National University of Distance University (Spain), but my passion for family history began during my childhood. Over the years, I have combined my own personal research mainly in England, Italy and Spain with contributions to the world of genealogy through articles, conferences and webinars around the globe. In 2020 I and two other volunteers founded Revista Descendientes, the first free, digital, quarterly magazine exclusively dedicated to genealogy and family history research in the Spanish-speaking world.
Speaking at the CGHUE conference in Brussels in 2017.
Conferences & Webinars
2016-2919
- 28-30 April 2016, Who Do You Think You Are? Live (as participant only), Birmingham (UK)
- 7-8 April 2017, Who Do You Think You Are? Live (as participant only), Birmingham (UK)
- 7 November 2017, Conference (with Christian Juliusson) on Genetic Genealogy: How to apply genetics to your family tree research, CGHUE, Brussels (Belgium)
- 23 March 2019, Webinar on An Introduction to Spanish Surnames, The Surname Society (online)
- 8 June 2019, Talk on Carrying out Research in Spain, The Genealogy Show 2019, Birmingham (UK)
- 6-8 September 2019, MyHeritage Live (as participant only), Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2020
- 6 March 2020, Talk on “Retrouver ses ancêtres en Espagne” (collaboration with Eric Jariod, of Gen-Ibérica), Salon de Généalogie Paris 15, Paris (France)
- 18 March 2020, Webinar on Top 5 resources to expand your Spanish genealogical research, part of the 2020 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series (online).
- 18 April 2020, Workshop on Spanish genealogy – online tools and resources, Family Tree Live, London (UK) – cancelled due to COVID19 epidemic
- 26 June 2020, Talk on Finding Paul: How I discovered a cousin I never knew I had!, The Genealogy Show 2020, Birmingham (UK) – cancelled due to COVID19 epidemic
- 30-31 October 2020, ExpoGenealogía 2020 (as participant only), online event
- 14 November 2020, Using the Italian National Archives “Antenati” (as participant only), online event organised by the Anglo-Italian Family History Society
2021
- 28 January 2021, Revisioning Iberian Blackness, Representación e Identidad de la Diáspora Negra en la España y el Atlántico Modernos, siglos XVI-XVII, Asociación Española de Jóvenes Modernistas, online event
- 25-27 February 2021, Three talks in Spanish and French on Spanish genealogical research (El Registro Civil Español, Los Registros Eclesiásticos de España y Cinco Fuentes indispensables para tu investigación genealógica española), RootsTech Connect, online event
- 14 March 2021, An Introduction to pre-1750 Spanish records, Sephardic Genealogy, online event
- 27 March 2021, Italian genealogy: a practical study on combining DNA and traditional research, Anglo-Italian Family History Society, online event
- 10 April 2021, Matrimonium: Spanish marital customs & marriage records, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, online event
- 9 May 2021, Spain: Essential pre-1750 records, Sephardic Genealogy, online event
- 25-26 June 2021, THE Genealogy Show, Birmingham (UK), online event
Publications & Contributions
- Article: “How I Brought Down an Old Family Brick Wall”, Tree Tappers bulletin, Malvern Family History Society (spring 2018 issue)
- Regular contributions to THE Genealogy Show 2019‘s blog
- Article: “Experts Choice column”, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (May 2018 issue)
- Article (Spanish): Anota en tu calendario: ¡THE Genealogy Show!, MyHeritage Blog (21 January 2019)
- Article: “Cousins marrying cousins”, Tree Tappers bulletin, Malvern Family History Society (spring 2019 issue)
- Article: “A Scribbled Address Helped Us Find My GI Grandfather“, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (December 2019 issue)
- Contribution to John Boeren’s article for the “News from Europe” section of the Quarterly Newsletter of the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, Volume 31, Number 4 (December 2019)
- Regular contributions to THE Genealogy Show 2020‘s blog
Speaking at THE Genealogy Show in 2019.
Academic background
- Bachelor’s Degree in English and French Translation and Interpreting, University of Salamanca (Spain), 2003-2008
- Master’s Degree in Diplomacy and International Relations, Diplomatic School of Madrid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, 2009-2010
- Masters’ Degree in Nobility Law, Genealogy and Heraldry, National University of Distance Education (UNED, Spain), 2014
Current and past memberships
- Anglo-Italian Family History Society
- Association of Genealogy, Heraldry and Nobility of Galicia (AGHN)
- Board member of THE Genealogy Show
- Circle of Genealogy and Heraldry of the European Union, European Commission (CGHUE)
- Gen-Ibérica
- Herefordshire Family History Society
- International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)
- Malvern Family History Society
- Society for One Place Studies and the Directory of One-Place Studies
