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Researching New Mexico Families
Researching New Mexico Families
The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library Genealogy Center is a great place to research families who have been in New Mexico or southern Colorado for a long time. Here are just a few of the resources available:
- expert researchers who have done extensive work in this area
- extraction books for early Catholic Church records
- microfilmed copies of Catholic church records for New Mexico and southern Colorado and, as a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, access to digitized films on the FamilySearch.org website
- a New Mexico combined index which lists records in which New Mexicans appear
- indexed death certificates for people who died in New Mexico between 1912 and 1951
- Albuquerque newspapers, 1890 - present on microfilm, including an obituary and some vital record indexing of these papers on a Local Area Network
- hundreds of books on New Mexico families, history and counties
- yearbooks from Albuquerque high schools
- Albuquerque city directories, 1890s - present, and city directories for some other New Mexico communities
- information about the founding families and pioneers of Albuquerque (Dreesen Files)
- pueblo census records
- many New Mexico territorial newspapers on microfilm
- county records on microfilm (see Microform Collections)
- vertical files of pamphlets, pedigree charts, and articles on New Mexico families
- NM Census Indexes Census index books available at the Genealogy Center
Catholic Church Records for New Mexico & Southern Colorado
Catholic Church Records for New Mexico & Southern Colorado
The Catholic Church kept meticulous records and researchers find these baptismal, marriage and burial records especially helpful for tracing their New Mexico ancestry back to the late 1600s. The Genealogy Center has available records on microfilm, books of extracted and translated records, and digital access to many of these records through FamilySearch.org.
- 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.
The Genealogy Center has copies of all available microfilmed Catholic church records for New Mexico and southern Colorado. Microfilmed church records available at the Genealogy Center are primarily from the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Originals are located at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Office of Historic Artistic Patrimony in Santa Fe.
Records from the Diocese of Gallup are available from the Diocese of Gallup office in Gallup. Some of these microfilmed records are also available at the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico office in Albuquerque and the Genealogy Center has extraction books for this microfilm.
Records from the Diocese of Las Cruces may be viewed by contacting the Diocese. The Genealogy Center has some microfilmed records for this Diocese and books which are extractions of the records from Las Cruces, Mesilla, and surrounding areas.
Useful Sites
Other Useful Sites
- Aaron Magdalano Research (Paseo del Norte) Spanish Colonial records from the Paseo del Norte Juarez-El Paso border region.
- African American Museum and Cultural Center of New Mexico With a mission is to research, collect, document, and interpret the history and culture of Americans of African descent and Africans throughout the diaspora with a particular emphasis on New Mexico and the Southwest.
- African Americans in New Mexico from UNM Center for Southwest Research Links to resources available on African American research from the Center for Southwest Research
- Bernalillo County Record Lookup Search for information about marriages and property transactions in Bernalillo County.
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- Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families José Antonio Esquibel's website which provides corrections and additions to Origins of New Mexico Families in the Spanish Colonial Period based on credible research.
- Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico
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- Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, Palace of the Governors
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- French in New Mexico Developed by Santa Fe author François-Marie Patorni, this website explores the history of French families in New Mexico and encourages families with French ancestors to share information.
- Great New Mexico Pedigree Database from HGRC of NM A project of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico to organize one connected genealogical pedigree chart of New Mexico's Hispanic ancestry.
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- Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
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- Indigenous Digital Archive A project of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the New Mexico State Library Tribal Libraries Program and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to provide free access to research.materials related to indigenous peoples.
- Linealist - New Mexican History and Archives Projects Explores the history of New Mexican families, culture and ancestry
- Manitos Digital Resolana Memory and community-based archive focused on Indo-Hispano communities in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
- A Most Splendid Company: A Database of People from 16th Century New Spain Companion digital project to Shirley and Richard Flint's history A Most Splendid Company: The Coronado Expedition in Global Perspective. Data the Flints amassed during research concerning hundreds of people who participated in or were associated with the Coronado Expedition of 1539-1542 into what is now northwest Mexico and the American Southwest.
- New Mexico Archives Online Information about archival collections in nineteen repositories in New Mexico. Specialized guides give detailed descriptions of primary source materials.
- New Mexico Digital Collections Search portal for digital collections about New Mexico. A service of the University of New Mexico Libraries, it provides access to digitized photographs, manuscripts, posters, oral histories, videos, maps, and books from libraries, museums, and cultural centers across the state.
- New Mexico Genealogical Society
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- New Mexico GenWeb
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- New Mexico History - Office of the State Historian
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- New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Programs and information on the fascinating history of Jewish families in New Mexico.
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- New Mexico Roots (diligencias matrimoniales) Fray Angelico Chavez' classic work on pre-nuptial investigations (1678-1869) from the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
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- New Mexico Tombstone Transcription Project
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- New Mexico USGenWeb Archives A well-organized and extensive archive of genealogical records for New Mexico families.
- New Mexico Vital Records Birth and death certificates from New Mexico Vital Records.
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- Prenuptial Investigations from the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, Mexico, 1760-1799 From the New Mexico State University Archives, download extractions from these Catholic marriage investigations compiled by John B. Colligan and edited by Rick Hendricks.
- Prenuptial Investigations from the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, Mexico, 1800-1893 From the New Mexico State University Archives, download extractions from these Catholic marriage investigations compiled by John B. Colligan and edited by Rick Hendricks.
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- Prenuptial Investigations Guadalupe del Paso (Juarez) 1715-1769 Diligencias Matrimoniales from Guadalupe del Paso (Marriage Investigations, Juarez) 1715 – 1730, 1750 - 1769
- Socorro Land Grant Research Project Robert J. C. Baca's compilation of information on the history and genealogy of the people of the Socorro Land Grant and early Socorro, New Mexico.
- Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico - UNM-Taos A partnership between the Harwood Museum of Art, the Millicent Rogers Museum, and Taos Historic Museums. Includes genealogy records for Taos County, an extensive Native American collection, legal documents pertaining to land grants, etc.
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- State Archives of New Mexico New Mexico State Archives and Record Center in Santa Fe has a wealth of early records for New Mexico.
- Taos Resources A great site that has brought together many of the resources for Taos genealogical research.
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