Our New Mexico genealogists research on location. They will find and analyze the best records available to further your family history research. They can search the archives and libraries in New Mexico, including:
- New Mexico Records Center and Archives
Records from New Mexico’s Spanish (1621-1821), Mexican (1821-1846), and Territorial (1846-1912) periods. Includes Government records (1621- present), County records (1850-1912), manuscripts, Catholic church records, censuses, family histories, wills, maps, photographs - New Mexico Genealogical Society
Census records, updated Martín Serrano genealogy, burial records for the Rio Abajo (Southern NM) - Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
Home of the Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD), which organizes research results from GEDCOM files of researchers and from printed records into one database of Hispanic ancestry - Historical Society of New Mexico
Oldest historical society west of the Mississippi River - Albuquerque/Bernalillo County (ABC) Libraries
Books, manuscripts, newspapers, directories, maps of local history - New Mexico State Library
Includes New Mexico history and culture, federal and state documents - University of New Mexico
Excellent newspaper collection
Our genealogists can do research projects of many sizes and for many budgets. We customize the amount of research provided according to your needs.
If you would like to learn how our genealogists can further your research, request a research quote.
Some of the major records sources that can be used for genealogy research in New Mexico include:
- Birth and death records were kept by some towns as early as 1700s
- Marriages were kept by some towns as early as county formation
- Birth, marriage, and death records have been recorded by the state government from 1920 to the present
- Federal census records were recorded every 10 years starting in 1850
- State, territorial, and colonial censuses were recorded in 1885 and 1890
- Land records were kept by the towns and counties from the time they were settled
- Probate records were kept by the local courts from early 1800s to the present
- Churches kept records of the christenings, marriages, deaths, or other information about their members
- Newspapers were written in many areas and time periods that contain information such as notices of marriages, notices of death, and obituaries
- Military records
- Town and county histories about the settlers and their families
- Naturalization and citizenship records were recorded by the courts since mid-1800s
- Ship passenger lists, tax lists, and town records were recorded for many areas
