New Mexico Directories

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Record Synopsis
A directory is defined as a “book containing names, addresses, and occupations of inhabitants.” It may also be “any list or compilation, usually in book or pamphlet form, of persons, professional organizations, firms or corporations.” Several types of directories have been published in the United States over the last two hundred years including: city directories, telephone directories, county and regional business directories, professional, organizational, and religious directories, post office directories, and street directories. Directories have tremendous value to genealogists as both an original record and as a reference aid.

The sections below provide information about New Mexico directories. For further information about directories in general, see United States Directories.

Online Resources

 * Ancestry.com ($) has New Mexico directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
 * US City Directories identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
 * http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/library.html

The Family History Library
The Family History Library has directories for:

Albuquerque


 * 1883 "Albuquerque and Las Vegas business directory for 1883" (Worldcat)
 * 1905/06-1935, 1923, 1940, 1960, 1965, and 1970

Santa Fe


 * 1940, 1960, 1968, and 1983

Libraries, Archives and Societies
"Most libraries, historical societies, and archives at the state level have fairly extensive collections of in-state directories and may also have directories from major out-of-state cities." The New Mexico History Museum's Fray Angelico Chavez History Library has a good collection of city directories.