Tewa Pueblo

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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Brief Timeline
1540: Fancisco Vasquez DE Coronado arrives

1598: Governor Don Juan Onate comes with missionaries

1680: Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish

1823: Mexico declares independence from Spain

1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo, New Mexico becomes a territory of the United States

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records