New Mexico Archives and Libraries

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research in New Mexico.

New Mexico Records Center and Archives 404 Montezuma Santa Fe, NM 87501-2501 Telephone: 505-827-7332 Fax: 505-827-7331 Internet: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/

National Archives—Southwest Region

Note that all the records for New Mexico are at the Denver National Archives office, not Texas.

(Fort Worth) 501 West Felix Street - Building 1 Dock 1 Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216 Telephone: 817-334-5525 Fax: 817-334-5621 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6216 Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216 Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southwest/

New Mexico Genealogical Society P.O. Box 8283 Albuquerque, NM 87198-8283 Telephone: 505-828-2514 Internet: http://www.nmgs.org/

Historical Society of New Mexico P.O. Box 1912 Santa Fe, NM 87504 Telephone: 505-827-7332 Fax: 505-827-7331 Internet: http://www.hsnm.org/

Albuquerque Public Library 501 Copper Avenue, N.W. Albuquerque, NM 87102 Telephone: 505-768-5100 Fax: 505-768-5191 Internet: http://www.cabq.gov/library/

New Mexico State Library 325 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501-2777 Telephone: 505-827-3800 Fax: 505-827-3888 Internet: http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/

University of New Mexico Library Special Collections Albuquerque, NM 87131 Telephone: 505-277-4241 Fax: 505-277-6019 Internet: http://www.unm.edu/libraries.html

A historical account and description of records from the Spanish and Mexican periods is Henry P. Beers, Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographic Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources(Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1979; Family History Library book 973 A3bh).

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. These inventories are available at the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org.