Bernalillo County, New Mexico Genealogy

United States New Mexico  Bernalillo County



County Courthouse
Bernalillo County Courthouse 1 Civic Plaza NW; Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone:. 505.768.4090 County Clerk has marriage records from 1885, probate records from 1895 and land records from 1888; District Court Clerk has divorce and court records

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 - Bernalillo County was created based on an old Mexican government partido  as one of seven original New Mexico counties under General 's  of laws for the occupied Mexican territory. It formally became a part of the United States when the ended in 1848 with the signing of the.



Boundary Changes

 * 9 January 1852 - All New Mexico counties were redefined. Bernalillo county was extended west to the California border including land in present day Arizona and Nevada.  There is a small chance that a few records from 1846 to 1963 in what is now Arizona may  have been sent to courthouses in their respective New Mexico counties.
 * 29 December 1863 Arizona's three judicial districts were established by the Arizona Territory Organic Act  from the western half of New Mexico Territory. All previous counties were dissolved, and eventually four new counties were created in the new Arizona Territory.

Populated Places
Los Lunas

Neighboring Counties

 * Cibola
 * Sandoval
 * Santa Fe
 * Torrance
 * Valencia

Cemeteries

 * Tijeras Cemetery, Tijeras BillionGraves. Cemetery appears to be inside south part of freeway interchange involving State Highway 337, US 85, and I-40. A small church is also inside this as well.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Albuquerque

Newspapers

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Albuquerque New Mexico
 * Albuquerque, New Mexico,


 * Albuquerque New Mexico East 
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 * Albuquerque New Mexico West
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 * Zimmerman Library  University of New Mexico
 * Albuquerque, New Mexico,

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.