MISSION

The mission of Early Settlers of Spanish and Mexican Land Grants (ESSMLG) is to research, preserve, and promote the lost history, heritage, and culture of the early settlers on Spanish and Mexican grants in land now part of the United States of America.

It is the first national lineage society formed:

to recognize the important contributions of those early settlers from whom our Spanish-speaking culture evolved,
with a board-certified genealogist confirming all member applications meet accepted genealogical standards,
with a DNA component for ground-breaking scholarly research and to link family groups,
and with an all-digital research library.

The society administers a database of fully-substantiated lineages of early settlers to assist people in locating their ancestors and documenting their family history. The database includes traditional genealogical records as well as DNA profiles of selected members to confirm and support family links.

In addition to preserving family historical documents in our all-digital research library, the society supports the preservation of historical records from Mexico and in American counties where land grants were made by the Spanish and Mexican governments.

GOALS

The goals of the society are to:

protect and preserve records in a centralized location,
acquire records collections held by individuals,
digitize all records,
provide DNA scholarships for key lineage links,
and acquire an historic building for a museum/archive, reenactments, and heritage farm.

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MISSION

GOALS