Grant County, New Mexico Genealogy

United States New Mexico  Grant County



County Courthouse
Grant County Courthouse 201 N Cooper St; PO Box 898; Silver City, NM 88062 Phone:. 505.538.2979 County Clerk has marriage records Clerk has marriage records from 1872, probate records from 1884, land records from 1871 and newspapers from 1900; Clerk District Court has divorce Records; Municipal Court has 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. Starting in 1846 United States forces occupied New Mexico during the.
 * 1848 - Part of the land that became Grant County formally became a part of the United States when the Mexican War ended with ratification of the.
 * 1855 - The  of Mexican land was added to Doña County, New Mexico, part of which later became part of Grant County.


 * 1868--Grant County was created 30 January 1868 from Dona Ana County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Catron
 * Greenlee County, Arizona
 * Hidalgo
 * Luna
 * Sierra

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Gila
 * Hachita
 * Silver City

Vital Records
For a comprehensive death index of over 75,000 death records for Grant County, visit Carl W. Scholl Grant County New Mexico Death and Cemetery Records. Sources used to create this index include cemeteries, church records, death certificates (state and local copies), funeral home records, mining records, mortuary records, obituaries, and voter purge records.

Family History Centers

 * Silver City New Mexico Family History Center
 * Silver City, New Mexico

Web Sites

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