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San Miguel County, New Mexico
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Location of New Mexico in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	September 22, 1846
County Seat	Las Vegas
Courthouse
Address	San Miguel County Courthouse 500 W National Street Las Vegas, NM 87701 Phone: 505.425.9331 San Miguel County Website

County Courthouse

San Miguel County Courthouse
500 W National Street
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Phone: 505.425.9331 

County Clerk has marriage records from 1880, probate records from 1939, and land records from 1800’s; Clerk of the District Court has divorce and court records from 1882.^[1]

History

Parent County

• Up until 1821 -  New Spain controlled land that later would become New Mexico and Arizona. Some records of early settlers may have been sent to an archives in Seville, Spain, or to archives in Mexico City.
  
• From 1821 until 1846 - Mexico had jurisdiction over the land that later would become New Mexico and Arizona. Some records of this period may have been sent to archives in Mexico City.
  
• 22 September 1846 - San Miguel (del Bado) County was created based on an old Mexican government partido  as one of seven original New Mexico counties under General Stephen W. Kearny's Kearny Code of laws for the occupied Mexican territory.^[2] It formally became a part of the United States when the Mexican-American War ended in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  

Boundary Changes

• 9 January 1852 - All New Mexico counties were redefined.^{[3] [4] [5]} 
  

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Guadalupe
• Harding
• Mora
• Quay
• Santa Fe
• Torrance

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing San Miguel County, New Mexico census records online, see: New Mexico Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in San Miguel County.

• March 26-28, 1862 = Glorieta Pass, also known as La Glorieta Pass^[6]

Map showing Civil War battles in New Mexico. 

Newspapers

NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of Santa Fe and Albuquerque newspapers online. Their database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Las Vegas New Mexico Family History Center
  
  • Las Vegas, New Mexico

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), De Baca County, New Mexico page 473, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Courts and Judicial Powers, Sec. 6” Kearny Code: Laws for the Government of the Territory of New Mexico, September 22, 1846 (Santa Fe, N. Mex.: S. W. Kearny, 1846), 47. Digital online edition.
3. ↑ N.M. Terr. Laws 1851, 1st assy., 2d sess. /p. 291
4. ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 26. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 X2th.
5. ↑ Original Counties of New Mexico Territory (map) at http://www.nmgs.org/Graphics/nmcoun-orig.jpg (accessed 9 August 2011).
6. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 8 August, 2012)

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