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Genealogy Center
FamilySearch Affiliate Library
We are a FamilySearch Affiliate Library
The Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. FamilySearch.org is the world's largest non-profit database of genealogical records. As an Affiliate Library, we are able to provide access at all of our branches from our public computers to millions of restricted digital images that will not be accessible to you from home. By contract with some of their information providers, FamilySearch does not have rights to share all images with Affiliate Libraries. You will need to create your own free account in order to view records on FamilySearch.
Available Microfilm
Microform Collections
The Genealogy Center has state of the art equipment for viewing microfilm and microfiche. Please bring a flash/USB drive with you to save your images.
Early Catholic Church Records
The Catholic Church in New Mexico kept meticulous records for baptisms, marriages and burials beginning in the late 1600s. Many of these records still survive and are available at the Genealogy Center on microfilm.
Many of these records have now been digitized and are available at FamilySearch.org. The New Mexico Genealogical Society website has handy tips and pointers for accessing these records.
- Catholic Church microfilm at the Genealogy CenterA list of early Catholic Church records for New Mexico and southern Colorado available on microfilm at the Genealogy Center.
Spanish, Mexican, and Territorial Archives
The Genealogy Center has the Spanish, Mexican and Territorial Archives of New Mexico available on microfilm.
The guides below will help you to determine which rolls of film will be pertinent to your research. Spanish Archives series I are records related to Spanish land grants. Series II are other types of records.
The Spanish and Mexican Archives of New Mexico have now been digitized and are available on Ancestry Library Edition and Ancestry.com.
- Inventory of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico I, 1685-1912An inventory of documents from the Spanish Archives of New Mexico I is available on New Mexico Archives Online.
On Ancestry Library Edition or Ancestry.com the digitized documents are called "New Mexico, U.S., Land Records of New Spain, 1692-1846" - Inventory of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico II, 1621-1821An inventory of this microfilm is available on the New Mexico Archives Online.
On Ancestry Library Edition or Ancestry.com the digitized documents are called "New Mexico, U.S., Civil Records of New Spain, 1621-1821".
The Mexican Archives of New Mexico are called "New Mexico, U.S., Census, Military, and Other Records of Mexico, 1821-1846" on Ancestry Library Edition and Ancestry.com. To aid in locating materials in this collection, there is a finding aid, Calendar of the Mexican Archives of New Mexico, 1821–1846, by Myra Ellen Jenkins available at the Genealogy Center.
New Mexico County Records
- NM County MicrofilmSummary of records from New Mexico counties available on microfilm at the Genealogy Center, including tax assessment rolls, probate, property/deeds, and mining records.
- NM Death & Delayed Birth RecordsNM death certificates available on microfilm and on the local area network at the Genealogy Center. An indexed database of these records is available on the LAN.
New Mexico City Directories
- NM City DirectoriesSummary of City Directories from New Mexico cities and town available on microfilm at the ABC Library Genealogy Center.
Other Available Microfilm for New Mexico at the Genealogy Center
- Catalogo de pasajeros a Indias durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII
- Albuquerque newspapers 1890-
- Also use your library card to access Albuquerque newspapers for free through NewspaperARCHIVES, ProQuest Historic Newspapers, or NewsBank
- New Mexico Territorial era newspapers
- Indian Census from 1885 to 1940
- Also use your library card to access through Fold3
- Santa Fe Indian School, 1890-1918 films M1473 1 through 38
- Returns from U.S. Military Forts, 1800-1916
- New Mexico Union Soldier service records
- Sender Collection, 1697-1884
- World War I New Mexico Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- World War I biographical records, casualties, wounded, and National Guard Enlistment Records from the New Mexico Office of the Adjutant General
- Thomas B. Catron Papers series 302-310 (Land Title Records)
- Census rolls to 1930
More Catholic Church Microfilm Now Available!
The Genealogy Center has all available microfilmed records for Catholic churches in over 130 New Mexico and southern Colorado communities.
Many New Mexico church records have now been digitized and can be viewed on FamilySearch.org after creating a free account. We can provide assistance with using FamilySearch to search these records. The New Mexico Genealogical Society has created a convenient list of Catholic church records available online and on microfilm with links to the digitized films. NMGS E-Resources
