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{{TOC left}}These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in New Mexico.<br><br>

=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in New Mexico ===
[[Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library Genealogy Center|ABC Library Genealogy Center]]{{·}} [[Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library Special Collections|ABC Library Special Collections]]{{·}} [[Bancroft Library]]{{·}} [[Carlsbad New Mexico Family History Center|Carlsbad NM Family History Center]]{{·}} [[Center for Southwest Research (UNM)]]{{·}} [[Family History Library]]{{·}} [[Fray Angélico Chávez History Library]]{{·}} [[Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC)]]{{·}} [[Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico]]{{·}} [[Historical Society of New Mexico]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Denver]]{{·}} [[National Hispanic Cultural Center]]{{·}} [[New Mexico Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[New Mexico State Library]]{{·}} [[New Mexico State Records Center and Archives]]{{·}} [[New Mexico State University Library Rio Grande Historical Collections]]{{·}} [[Portales Public Library]]{{·}} [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe]]<br><br>

=== Online Records  ===

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[[Image:Bancroft Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Bancroft Library at Univ California Berkeley]]<br>
=== National Repositories ===
==== Bancroft Library  ====
'''[[Bancroft Library]]'''<br> University of California<br>Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 <br>Telephone: 510-642-6481 (Reference desk)<br>Fax: 510-642-7589<br>E-mail: [mailto:bancref@library.berkeley.edu bancref@library.berkeley.edu]<br>Website:&nbsp;[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/ The Bancroft Library]
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:The Bancroft Library has premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, religious and Utopian communities, and ethnic communities. This library has more about western North America than any other site. Includes many sources about '''New Mexico'''.<ref>[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/ Collections] in ''The Bancroft Library'' Internet site (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref> <ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 19 and 21. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
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==== Family History Library  ====
'''[[Family History Library]]'''<br>35 N. West Temple St. <br>Salt Lake City, Utah 84150<br>Telephone: 801-240-6996 or 1-866-406-1830<br>E-mail: [mailto:https://familysearch.org/ask/help Ask help (Send a message)]<br>Website: [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]<br>
:Holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes a good collection for '''New Mexico'''.
|}[[Image:NARA Denver.jpg|thumb|right|260px|National Archives at Denver (in Broomfield)]]
==== National Archives at Denver  ====
'''[[National Archives at Denver|National Archives at Denver]]'''<br>17101 Huron Street<br>Broomfield, CO 80023<br>Telephone: 303-604-4740<br>Fax: 303-407-5707<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/denver/ National Archives at Denver]<br>
:Holds the old federal court records and federal government agency records for '''New Mexico''', Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/denver/ National Archives at Denver] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 11 May 2016).</ref> They also have federal censuses 1790-1930, some pre-1900 military service and pension records, bounty land warrants, selected U.S. passenger arrivals and indexes, some naturalization papers and indexes for Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico, and some American Indian censuses for Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/denver/finding-aids/denver.pdf NARA Regional Archives: Rocky Mountain Region] pdf (accessed 11 May 2016).</ref><br><br>

==== National Hispanic Cultural Center  ====
'''[[National Hispanic Cultural Center]]'''[[Image:NationalHispanicCulturalCenter.jpg|thumb|right|292px|National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque]] <br>1701 4th Street SW <br>Albuquerque, NM 87102<br>Telephone: 505-246-2261 or 505-724-4771<br> Fax: 505-246-2613 <br>Website: [http://www.nhccnm.org/ National Hispanic Cultural Center]<br>
:The archives have photographs, maps, manuscripts, and genealogies.<ref>[http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org/index.php?option=com_content{{amp}}task=view{{amp}}id=77{{amp}}Itemid=150 Archives] in ''National Hispanic Cultural Center'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref> The library contains 12,500 book titles about the history and culture of the Hispano world from the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, Central America, Latin America to Spain, and Portugal.<ref>[http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org/index.php?option=com_content{{amp}}task=view{{amp}}id=76{{amp}}Itemid=151 Research Library] in ''National Hispanic Cultural Center'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref>

:Genealogy resources include 2000 films of Spanish colonial, Mexican, and American territorial history, Archdiocese of Santa Fe (and earlier Durango) records 1678-1950, Ayuntamiento de Hidalgo de Parral Chihuahua collection, U.S. federal censuses for New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, a list of over 50 Hispanic genealogy and heraldry Internet sites, Hispanic genealogical publications, historic maps of counties, towns, and land grants, and archival finding guides.<ref>[http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org/index.php?option=com_content{{amp}}task=view{{amp}}id=78{{amp}}Itemid=119 Genealogy Resources] in ''National Hispanic Cultural Center'' (accessed 21 January 2015).</ref><br><br>

=== Statewide Repositories  ===

==== Fray Angélico Chávez History Library  ====
'''[[Fray Angélico Chávez History Library]] (aka Museum of New Mexico History Library)'''[[Image:NewMexicoPalaceSantaFe.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe]] <br>120 Washington Avenue<br>Santa Fe, NM 87501<br>Telephone: 505-476-7948 or 505-819-3563<br>Fax: 505-476-5104<br>E-mail: [mailto:historylibrary@state.nm.us historylibrary@state.nm.us]<br>Website: [http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/library.html Fray Angélico Chávez History Library]
:Exhibits and archives at the Palace of the Governors for the Spanish colonial (1540-1821), Mexican (1821-1846), U.S. Territorial (1846-1912) and statehood (1912-present) periods of history. Archives topics include NM celebrities, Santa Fe Trail, American Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, Spain, Mexico, Central America, American Southwest, and American Indians.<ref>[http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/collections.html Collections] in ''Palace of the Governors'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref> Manuscripts, papers, newspapers, rare books, maps, and photos—rivals in size the ''State Records Center and Archives''.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

==== Hispanic Genealogical Research Center  ====
'''[[Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC)]] of New Mexico'''<br>Lourdes Hall, Archdiocese of Santa Fe Campus<br>4060 St Joseph Pl. NW<br>Albuquerque, NM 87125<br>Telephone: 505-833-4197<br>Website: [http://www.hgrc-nm.org HGRC Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico]<br>
:Maintains the ''Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD)'' for Hispanic ancestors of New Mexico and their descendants, and provides a variety of other genealogical and historical research or reference materials.<ref>[http://www.hgrc-nm.org/ HGRC Home] in ''Hispanic Genealogical Research Center'' (accessed 21 January 2015).</ref><br><br>

==== Historical Society of New Mexico  ====
'''[[Historical Society of New Mexico]]''' <br>P.O. Box 1912<br>Santa Fe, NM 87504<br>Website: [http://www.hsnm.org/ Historical Society of New Mexico]
:They strive to increase knowledge of New Mexico history, and encourage preservation of historic objects and property. They sponsor publications, an annual history conference, a speakers bureau, plaques at historic sites, and a page of Internet links to organizations, museums, and places of historic interest in New Mexico.<ref>[http://www.hsnm.org/ Home] in ''Historical Society of New Mexico'' (accessed 31 January 2015).</ref><br><br>

==== New Mexico Genealogical Society  ====
'''[[New Mexico Genealogical Society]]''' <br>P.O. Box 27559<br>Albuquerque, NM 87125<br>Website: [http://www.nmgs.org/ The New Mexico Genealogical Society]<br>

[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/deaths.htm '''New Mexico USGenWeb Project Archives'''] Scroll down to search statewide index, click links to county and tombstone Photos and etc.

==== New Mexico State Library  ====
'''[[New Mexico State Library]]'''<br>1209 Camino Carlos Rey<br>Santa Fe, NM 87507<br>Telephone: 505-476-9700<br>Website: [http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/ New Mexico State Library] <br>
:Largest book collection in New Mexico including government documents, maps, periodicals, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

==== NM State Records Center and Archives  ====
'''[[New Mexico State Records Center and Archives]]'''<br>1205 Camino Carlos Rey<br>Santa Fe, NM 87507<br>Telephone: 505-476-7948<br>Fax: 505-476-7909<br>Email: [mailto:archives@state.nm.us archives@state.nm.us]<br>Website: [http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/ State Records Center and Archives]
:New Mexico's best genealogy repository because of their original territorial, state, and county records.<ref name="DB79">Dollarhide and Bremer, 79.</ref><br>
[http://econtent.unm.edu/ '''New Mexico Digital Collections'''] Access to digitized manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, maps and Newspapers Databases, and more.

==== NM State Univ Library Rio Grande Hist Coll  ====
'''[[New Mexico State University Library Rio Grande Historical Collections]]'''[[Image:Branson Library New Mexico State University Las Cruces.jpg|thumb|right|280px|NMSU Branson Library in Las Cruces]]<br>4th Floor Branson Library<br>1305 Frenger Mall<br>Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006<br>Telephone: 575-646-3839 or 575-646-2932<br>E-mail: [http://liblc.nmsu.edu/archives-questions-or-comments/# E-mail us]<br>Website: [http://lib.nmsu.edu/depts/archives/rghc.shtml Rio Grande Historical Collections (RGHC)] 
:Early colonial Spanish records starting in 1598 for families along the [[Camino Real de Tierra Adentro|Camino Real]] (Spanish mission road) from the Sangre de Christo Mountains of Colorado down to Mexico City.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

=== Regional Repositories ===

==== Albuquerque and Bernalillo Co Public Library  ====
[[Image:Mainlibrary albuquerque.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Albuquerque {{amp}} Bernalillo County Main Library]]
===== ABC Library Genealogy Center  =====
:*'''''[[Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library Genealogy Center|Genealogy Center]]''''' (Main Library)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;501 Copper Ave NW<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Albuquerque, NM 87102<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telephone: 505-768-5131<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-mail: [mailto:librarygenealogy@cabq.gov librarygenealogy@cabq.gov]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fax: 505-768-5191 <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Website: [http://abclibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy Center]<br>
::::This facility is devoted to genealogy and Southwestern history, including New Mexico vital records, history, biography, periodicals, and family folders.<ref name="DB79" /><br>[[Image:Old Main Library, Albuquerque NM.jpg|thumb|thumb|right|280px|ABC Library Special Collections, Albuquerque]]

===== ABC Library Special Collections  =====
:*'''''[[Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library Special Collections|Special Collections]]''''' (local history collection at the Old Main Library)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;423 Central NE<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Albuquerque, NM 87102<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telephone: 505-848-1376<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Website: [http://abqlibrary.org/specialcollections Special Collections Library]<br>
::::Research collections on Albuquerque history and New Mexico history and culture. In-house use only.<ref>[http://abclibrary.v1.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=specialcollections Overview - Special Collections] in ''Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref> <br><br>

==== Carlsbad New Mexico Family History Center  ====
'''[[Carlsbad New Mexico Family History Center]]'''<br>1203 West Church Street<br>Carlsbad, NM 88220<br>Telephone: 575-885-1368<br>Website: [[Carlsbad_New_Mexico_Family_History_Center|Carlsbad New Mexico Family History Center]]<br>
:Strong genealogy collection acquired thanks to the Carlsbad Public Library and "snowbird" family history hobbyists bringing their genealogies from all over the United States.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

==== Center for Southwest Research (UNM)  ====
[[Image:Zimmerman Library, UNM, Albuquerque NM.jpg|thumb|right|280px|UNM Zimmerman Library in Albuquerque]]'''[[Center for Southwest Research (UNM)|Center for Southwest Research (UNM)]]'''<br>Zimmerman Library 1st Floor, West Wing<br>University of New Mexico <br>800 Yale Blvd NE<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Zimmerman+Library/@35.084945,-106.620708,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87220b5bf3686517:0x97be9796db17b264 Zimmerman Library] in ''Google Maps'' (accessed 17 January 2015).</ref> <br>Albuquerque, NM 87106<br>Telephone:<ref name="Center" /> &nbsp;505-277-6451 <br>E-mail:<ref name="Center">[http://library.unm.edu/cswr/index.php Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections] in ''University of New Mexico University Libraries'' (accessed 19 January 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:cswrref@unm.edu cswrref@unm.edu]<br>Website: [http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/index.php Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections]<br>
:Large manuscript collection in Spanish, including early Mexican records. Also, censuses, and early Anglo sources.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

==== Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico  ====
'''[[Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico]]'''[[Image:Historical-museum.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Historical Society for Southeast NM in Roswell]] <br>200 North Lea Street<br>Roswell, New Mexico 88201<br>Telephone: 505-622-8333<br>Website: [http://roswellnmhistory.org/ Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico]<br>
:A good regional collection of manuscripts, histories, journals, and indexes of the earliest pioneers, cattlemen, range wars, and miners.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

==== Portales Public Library  ====
'''[[Portales Public Library]]'''<br>218 S Avenue B<br>Portales, NM 88130<br>Telephone: 575-356-3940<br>Fax: 575-356-3964<br>E-mail: [mailto:dburnett@poralesnm.gov dburnett@poralesnm.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.portalesnm.gov/department/?structureid=43 Portales Public Library] <br>
:A nice library of genealogies, periodicals, and family folders for New Mexico and out-of-state places such as Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas.<ref name="DB79" /><br><br>

==== Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe  ====
'''[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe|Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe]] Archives''' <br>223 Cathedral Place <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505 <br>Telephone: 505-983-3811<br>E-mail: [http://www.archdiocesesantafe.org/contact/?c=6341ae90-4f15-11de-8a39-0800200c9a66 Contact Us]<br>Website: [https://archdiosf.org/archives Office of Historic-Artistic Patrimony and Archives] <br>
:Created in 1850 from part of the Archdiocese of Durango (Mexico), the Archdiocese of Santa Fe once also included Arizona, and Colorado, but is now limited to only part of northern New Mexico. <ref>[http://www.archdiocesesantafe.org/AboutASF/AboutASF.html About the Archdiocese of Santa Fe] in ''Archdiocese of Santa Fe'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref> The Archives houses records from 1678-1950 for dozens of parishes in three states.<br><br>

=== For Further Reading  ===

*Henry Putney Beers, ''Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographic Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources'' (Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1979). {{WorldCat|4804700|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|21312|title-id|disp=FHL Book 973 A3bh}}. An historical account and description of records from the Spanish and Mexican periods of New Mexico history. 
*New Mexico State Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe, New Mexico), ''Guide to the Microfilm of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico, 1697-1821'' (Santa Fe, New Mexico&nbsp;: New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, 1967). {{WorldCat|866011489|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|339704|item|disp=FHL Films 468381-84}}. Includes index. 
*Border Regional Archives Group (BRAG), [http://www.elpasolibrary.org/research/border-heritage-section Guide to Archives of El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, and Mesilla Valley] (pdf). The Mesilla Valley is an historically important part of southern New Mexico. 
*To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of New Mexico counties, use the 15 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Most of these inventories are cited in the FamilySearch Catalog under {{FHL|473760|author_id|disp=Historical Records Survey (New Mexico); United States. Work Projects Administration (New Mexico)}}.<br><br>

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