Harding County, New Mexico Genealogy

United States New Mexico  Harding County

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



County Courthouse
Harding County Courthouse 3rd &amp; Pine; PO Box 1002 Mosquero, NM 87733-1002 Phone: 505.673.2301 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court, and land records from 1921.

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


 * 1921--Harding County was created 4 March 1921 from Mora and Union 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

 * Colfax
 * Mora
 * Quay
 * San Miguel
 * Union

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

Search by Cemetery Name
Alamosa Cemetery, Armenta Plaza Cemetery, Bryantine Cemetery, Bueyeros Cemetery, Calvert Cemetery, Cejita Cemetery, David Cemetery, Garcia Cemetery, Hartley Ranch Cemetery, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Kelly Cemetery, Maytum Cemetery, Mestenito Cemetery, Mills Cemetery, Mitchell Ranch Cemetery, Mofax Cemetery, Mosquero Cemetery, Rosebud Cemetery, Roy Cemetery, Saint Joseph Cemetery, Solano Cemetery, Trujillo Cemetery, Vigil Cemetery

Search by Location
Alamitos, Bates, Bueyeros, Gallegos, Mills, Mosquero, Roy, Solano,

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 $

Websites

 * Harding 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.