San Juan County, New Mexico Genealogy

Guide to San Juan County, New Mexico ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The county seat is Aztec. San Juan County is located on the Colorado Plateau. It was formed on February 24, 1887.

County Courthouse
San Juan County Courthouse 100 S Oliver Drive Aztec, NM 87410 Phone: 505.334.9471 San Juan County Website County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1887 and probate records from 1899; Clerk District Court has divorce and court records

Populated Places
The following are locations in San Juan County, New Mexico:

Cities

Census-designated places

Other communities


 * Fruitland
 * Riverside

Cemeteries

 * New Mexico Cemetery Records
 * AHGP New Mexico Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project
 * New Mexico Cemetery Records, Luna to Valencia
 * New Mexico Cemetery Record Information Online
 * New Mexico Tombstone Transcription Project
 * New Mexico Cemeteries Project
 * New Mexico Vital Record Information: Cemeteries
 * Online New Mexico Death Records and Indexes
 * Cemeteries of New Mexico
 * BillionGraves.com - Provides photos and GPS locations of grave markers.
 * Cyndi's List - Cemeteries &amp; funeral homes
 * Findagrave.com
 * Interment.net
 * Rootsweb
 * UsGenweb.org
 * Archunde Farm
 * Aztec
 * Beclabito
 * Black House Mesa
 * Blanco-Turley
 * Bloomfield Catholic
 * Bloomfield
 * Borrego Pass Community
 * Brethren in Christ Mission
 * Brock Family
 * Cedar Hill
 * Chaco Canyon
 * Chaco Plant
 * Crystal
 * Cudel
 * Dustin Masonic Memorial Park
 * East Hammond
 * Emanuel Mission
 * Escrito
 * Family
 * Farmington Memory Gardens
 * First Presbyterian Church Columbarium
 * Flora Vista
 * Garnanez
 * Greenhorn
 * Greenlawn Findagrave
 * Greenlawn BillionGraves
 * Hammond
 * Haynes
 * Highalnd
 * Hogback
 * Huerfano
 * Jewett Valley (Waterflow)
 * Kimbeto
 * Kirtland
 * Kirkland (Kirtland-Fruitland)
 * La Plata
 * Lake Valley
 * Little Water
 * Los Martinez
 * Lybrook
 * Memorial Gardens
 * Memory Gardens
 * Memory Gardens
 * Mitten Rock
 * Monscisco
 * Mountain View
 * Nageezi
 * Naschitt
 * Navajo Methodist Mission
 * Nez Family
 * Otis
 * Our Lady of Guadalupe
 * Pillow Hill Family
 * Rose Garden
 * Sacred Heart
 * Saint Luke
 * Saint Marys Catholic
 * Saint Rose de Lima Catholic Church
 * San Juan Mission
 * Sanostee
 * Santa Rosa
 * Sheep Springs
 * Shiprock
 * Shiprock Veterans
 * Silago Altsosie Ba alchini
 * St. Mary's Columbarium St. Mary's Catholic Church
 * Table Mesa
 * Toadlena Northwest Community
 * Top of Sullivan Hill
 * Turley
 * Two Gray Hills
 * Waterflow (Jewett Valley)
 * Wetherill
 * White Rock
 * Yellowpoint
 * Yucca Hills Garden Family

Census Records
Federal Census Records Federal Censuses were taken for New Mexico starting in 1850. For links to Federal census indexes, see New Mexico Census.

State Census Records


 * 1885 New Mexico Territorial Census 1885 at Ancestry (free)
 * Late 1800s 1800s Arizona and New Mexico Territories Census, Late 1800s ($)

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Aztec
 * Bloomfield
 * Farmington
 * Jewett
 * Kirtland

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of New Mexico - shows boundary changes for New Mexico Counties
 * NMGenWeb - historical maps

Revolutionary War

 * 1775 - 1783 - at FamilySearch - images only
 * For more nationwide Revolutionary War databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch
 * For more nationwide Civil War databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - New Mexico, World War I Records, 1917-1919 at Ancestry ($)
 * For more natiowide World War I databases, see US Military OnlineGenealogy Records.''

World War II

 * 1941 - 1945 - World War II Records, 1941-1945 State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel from: New Mexico
 * 1941 - 1945 - World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from: New Mexico
 * 1941 - 1945 - New Mexico, World War II Records, 1941-1945 at Ancestry ($)
 * For more nationwide World War II databases, see US Military Online Genealogy.

Newspapers

 * New Mexico Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites.

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1801 – 1993 New Mexico Wills and Probate Records 1801-1993 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1726 – 1918 at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1727 - 1900 New Mexico Marriages 1727-1900 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1751 - 1918 at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1788 – 1798; 1838 – 1955 at FamilySearch
 * 1889 - 1945 at FamilySearch

Family History Centers
Farmington New Mexico Family History Center 400 W Apache St Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, Telephone: 505-325-5813 - Location Map

Museums
Aztec Museum 125 North Main Street Aztgec, New Mexico, 87410 Telephone: 505-334-9829

Farmington Museum 302 N. Orchard Farmington, New Mexico, 87401-6227

Societies
San Juan County Historical Society PO Box 37 Flora Vista, New Mexico, 87415-0037

Totah Tracers Genealogical Society 1412 Anna Lane Farmington, NM 87401 Telephone: 505-632-2013 Website

Websites

 * San Juan County, NM History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * New Mexico Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * New Mexico Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records