Taos County, New Mexico Genealogy

United States New Mexico  Taos County

County Courthouse
Taos County Courthouse 105 Albright St #D; Taos, NM 87571-0676 Phone: 505.751.8654 County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records from 1846.

Parent County

 * 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.
 * In 1821 - 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.
 * 22 September 1846 - Taos County was created based on an old Mexican government partido  as one of seven original New Mexico counties under  of laws for the occupied Mexican territory. Code named after General
 * 1848 Taos county formally became a part of the United States when the ended in 1848 with the signing of the.

Boundary Changes

 * 9 January 1852 - All New Mexico counties were redefined. Taos county was extended west to the California border including land in present day Arizona and Nevada.  Residents who lived far from the county seat, probably didn't send many records to the county offices.
 * 1 February 1860 - TAOS county lost land to the creation of MORA county.
 * 12 January 1861 - TAOS county lost land to the creation of SAN JUAN county (original, extinct).
 * 28 February 1861 - TAOS county lost land to the creation of Colorado Territory.
 * 18 January 1862 - TAOS county regained all of SAN JUAN county (original, extinct) when the law creating SAN JUAN was repealed.
 * 24 February 1863 Arizona Territory created from the western half of New Mexico Territory. Taos county reduced in size to the portion still within New Mexico Territory.

Populated Places

 * Las Trampas since 1751 [Santo Tomas Apostol del Rio de las Trampas]
 * Llano de San Juan Nepomuceno since about 1796
 * Penasco since 1796
 * Picuries Pueblo since around 750 AD
 * Questa since 1883
 * San Fernando de Taos since about 1710
 * Taos since 1885
 * Taos Pueblo continuously inhabited for over 1000 years

Neighboring Counties

 * Colfax, New Mexico
 * Conejos County, Colorado
 * Costilla County, Colorado
 * Mora, New Mexico
 * Rio Arriba, New Mexico

Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Taos County, New Mexico at Find A Grave

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Taos

Maps
1895 Map of Taos County, New Mexico

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Taos New Mexico Family History Center
 * Taos, New Mexico


 * Tres Piedras New Mexico Family History Center
 * Tres Piedras, New Mexico

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.