The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research.

• New Mexico Records Center and Archives

404 Montezuma
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2501
Telephone: 505-827-7332
Fax: 505-827-7331

• National Archives—Southwest Region (Fort Worth)

501 West Felix Street - Building 1 dock 1
Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216
Telephone: 817-334-5525
Fax: 817-334-5621

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6216
Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216

• New Mexico Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 8283
Albuquerque, NM 87198-8283
Telephone: 505-828-2514

• Historical Society of New Mexico

P.O. Box 1912
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Telephone: 505-827-7332
Fax: 505-827-7331

• Albuquerque Public Library

501 Copper Ave. N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Telephone: 505-768-5100
Fax: 505-768-5191

• New Mexico State Library

325 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2777
Telephone: 505-827-3800
Fax: 505-827-3888

• University of New Mexico Library

Special Collections
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Telephone: 505-277-4241
Fax: 505-277-6019

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of New Mexico counties, use the 15 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. These inventories are available at the Family History Library.

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:

• Locate other researchers
• Post queries
• Send and receive E-mail
• Search large databases
• Search computer libraries
• Join in computer chat and lecture sessions

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from New Mexico in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

• USGenWeb

http://www.usgenweb.com/
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

• Roots-L

http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., “Archives and Libraries” section.

FamilySearch™

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch, a collection of computer files containing several million names, is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

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