New Mexico

Welcome from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico

	New Mexico Online Records

Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. United States provides more information about the federal records.
The New Mexico Records Center and Archives has muster rolls, cemetery records, and files of the Adjutant General's office from 1848 to 1945. Read more...

Originally known as a part of Aztlan [the land of the north].  Home of the ancestors of many native american and hispanic populations. 

• 1598 - El Reino de Nuevo Mexico, Nueva Espana [The Kingdom of New Mexico, New Spain].  Look for Spanish land records and Spanish census record. See also Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
  

• 1821 - Territorio de Nuevo Mexico, Mexico [The Territory of New Mexico, Mexico].  Look for Mexican records

• 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo transferred much of the southwest to the United States

• 1850 - 1st United States Federal Census in New Mexico Territory

• 1912 - New Mexico becomes the 47th state in the United States

Did You Know?

• The best collection of published biographies in New Mexico is at the New Mexico State Library.
• The Family History Library has some biographies. Read more...
  
• Gretna Greens. When a New Mexico couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, or Yuma, Yuma, Arizona.^[1]

Counties

Extinct or Renamed Counties:  Arizona County  · Mesilla  · San Juan (extinct) · Santa Ana

 Research Tools

• Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
• David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
• The New Mexico GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.
• Place Names of New Mexico by Robert Julyan gives a short explanation about the towns and cities in New Mexico. ISBN: 0-8263-1689-1
• Origins of New Mexico Families, A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period by Fray Angelico Chavez (Museum of New Mexico Press, 1992): lists information about the founding families of Hispanic New Mexico for the 17th and 18th centuries.  ISBN: 0-89013-239-0.
• BYU New Mexico Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.
  
• Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - New Mexico

External Links

New Mexico Genealogical Society

New Mexico DNA Project

Wiki articles describing online collecions are found at:

• New Mexico Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• New Mexico, County Death Records FamilySearch Historical Records)
• New Mexico Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• New Mexico Death Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• New Mexico Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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