Lincoln County, New Mexico Genealogy

United States New Mexico  Lincoln County

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



County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse 300 Central Avenue Carrizozo, NM 88301 Phone: 505.648.2331 County Clerk has marriage records from 1882, probate records from 1880, and newspapers from 1890.

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 - Land that became Lincoln County formally became a part of the United States when the Mexican-American War ended with ratification of the.


 * 1869--Lincoln County was created 16 January 1869 from Socorro and Doña Ana counties.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating New Mexico County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation New Mexico County Boundary Maps" (1845-1981) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chaves
 * De Baca
 * Guadalupe
 * Otero
 * Sierra
 * Socorro
 * Torrance

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

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

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

Probate
Online Probate Records


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

Societies and Libraries
Lincoln County Heritage Trust PO Box 36 Lincoln 88338

Carrizozo Historical Society Box 657 Carrizozo, NM, 88301

Lincoln County Historical Society P.O. Box 579 Lincoln, NM 88301

Web Sites

 * Lincoln 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.