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New Mexico Reference

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Sources

Civil Records

New Mexico, U.S., Land Records of New Spain, 1692-1916

"Registros catastrales de la Nueva España, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos, 1692–1916," images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60892/)

New Mexico, U.S., Civil Records of New Spain, 1621-1821

"Registros civiles de la Nueva España, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos, 1621–1821," images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8831/ : 2016), "New Mexico, U.S., Civil Records of New Spain, 1621-1821" > "<date>: Twitchell <pp> (Serial <serial>); citing New Mexico State Archives, Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series 2, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe, New Mexico).

Church Records

Locations

Doña Ana

Tome: Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción

Church records, 1793-1956

  • Pre-1680: lands at "lo de Tomé," Tomé's place, ownef by Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza owned who did not teturn after the 1680 revolt.
  • 1739: Foundations laid. Albuquerque settlers petitioned for Tomé's abandoned land. Took possession July 30, called the community Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Tomé Domínguez (aka lo de Tomé, or Tomé).[1][2]
    • 1742: they had built a temp wood chapel. Asked don Santiago Roybal, vicar of Santa Fe, for a license to construct a permanent chapel. October 24, 1742: Vicar forwarded their petition to Durango.[1]
    • July 1743: Bishop Martin de Elizacoechea approved license for erecting a chapel. And he had empowered Vicar Roybal, once the building was up, judged decent, and provided with the necessary appurtenances, to bless it. Only then might Mass be celebrated here. Their plea to use the temporary wooden chapel in the interim was flatly denied.
    • 1750: Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle, Bishop of Durango, wrote to Vicar Roybal to find out whether the settlers of Tomé had acted on the license issued in 1743. If they had, Roybal was to bless the church forthwith. They acted soon enough.
      • 1754: The structure, fronting west toward the river with its back to the Manzano Mountains, was up by 1754. Roybal blessed it. Because it was not yet supplied with all of the required ecclesiastical furnishings, he gave the residents four months' grace and permission to collect alms throughout the district.
    • 1760: Bishop Tamarón found everything in order. The church, "spacious and decent," measured 8 by 33 varas. It had a transept, three altars, and quarters for the priest, who rode down from Albuquerque.
    • 1769: Father Domínguez related, "the river flooded (turning east) the greater part of Tomé, to the total destruction of houses and lands. It follows this course to this day,
    • Late 1820s: Tomé's resident parish priest, don Francisco Ignacio de Madariaga, was at his wit's end. The church was in danger. Every year since 1821 he had appealed in vain to the town council to do something about "the indecent and unseemly" condition of the building. The obvious solution was to rebuild in a safe place away from the river. But his parishioners did not want to pay building assessments. Finally he threatened to inform the diocese and have the church closed. The council acted. Governor Manuel Armijo approved. Both church and plaza would be moved to higher ground. And any parishioner who refused to join in the work would be fined twenty-five pesos.

Upriver the people of Valencia, part of Tomé parish, refused in a body, saying that the church showed not even a crack. Deadlocked, the dispute was handed over to arbitrators, who decided in favor of relocation. "

      • The church at Tomé," they found in November 1828, "cannot survive, on the one hand because of its deteriorated condition and on the other because of the threat it suffers annually from the river. They reached the same decision concerning the plaza and other houses of its residents." [5]
      • A year later an ecclesiastical visitor from Durango complimented the parish on its contribution of vestments and on building a new open-air cemetery in conformity with the law. He hoped the same religious spirit would move them to get on with relocating the church "so as to avoid the anguish and hardships suffered in the past on account of the flooding river and the lakes that it forms."
      • The Tomé church was anything but closed on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, September 8, 1846. By coincidence General Kearny and his command rode into town the evening before. The Americans estimated that two to three thousand locals had converged on the village. Luminarias, "pine faggots," illuminated church and walls.
      • A dozen years after United States occupation, Jean Baptiste Rallière, a twenty-six-year-old French immigrant priest, was assigned to Tomé. He stayed a lifetime. Bishop Lamy thought enough of the young man's potential in 1868 to recommend him in third place as bishop of the proposed vicariate apostolic of Arizona, citing as qualifications "highest honors at the Clermont seminary though holding no academic degrees, eleven years a most successful missionary in New Mexico, spoke French, Spanish, English, Latin, Greek, efficient pastor of souls, excellent health, honest, discreet, prudent, never anything in his actions against moral principles, built several churches and schools." But the job went to Jean Baptiste Salpointe, and Rallière, the gentleman farmer-priest who presided over orchard and organ, woodworking shop and wine press, lived on and on and on at Tomé. [8]
      • 1861: Father Rallière hired Francis Folanfant to reroof the structure and fashioned in the Greek revival style of the day three altars, a confessional, new doors, and a choir loft with railing. New pulpit and main altar, chancel rail and sanctuary arches followed in 1865. The date and building details of the oversize bell towers projecting out from the facade are not known. Rallière did order a large bell from St. Louis in 1863.
      • 1884: Flood. Father Rallière ordered santos and movable furnishings carried out of the church. The famous Tomé Christ in the Sepulcher, still lying in the south transept today, refused to leave, so the story goes, becoming suddenly so heavy that the men could not budge it. "That section of the church did not fall although the walls of the nave were so damaged by the two feet of water covering the town that shortly after they required rebuilding."
      • May 23, 1905: flood
      • 1920: another deluge "caused the nave and facade to collapse; both were rebuilt."
      • church’s dedication in 1754 (one of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe) [2]
      • Its early priests visited missions as far away as White Oaks, to the south, and Manzano, to the east.[2]
      • Cerro de Tomé, or Tomé Hill, had long served as a pilgrimage site[2]
      • 10 year renovation conpleted in 2020[2]

Collections

Church records, 1900-1956

Church records, 1900-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/355228), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Sacred Heart (Albuquerque, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16629-16633.

Digital Collection: New Mexico Catholic Church records, 1701-1956
"New Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1701-1956," Images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2341907 : 18 Jul 2022), Salt Lake City, Utah : Genealogical Society of Utah (2014), Multiple Catholic Church parishes, New Mexico;
citing:
  • "Church records, 1777-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/303098), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Santo Tomás Apóstol Catholic Church (Abiquiu, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16619-16621.
  • Church records, 1703-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/355358), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), San Felipe Catholic Church (Albuquerque, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16634-16646.
  • "Church records, 1859-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/388728), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Our Lady Purification Mission Catholic Church (Doña Ana, New Mexico), microfilm reel 16758.
  • "Church records, 1726-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/388682), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), St. Augustine Catholic Church (Isleta, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16781-16784.
  • "Church records, 1856-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/371649), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Santa Gertrudis Catholic Church (Mora, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16837-16841.
  • "Church records (Mora County, New Mexico), 1872-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/431592), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Santa Clara Catholic Church (Wagon Mound, New Mexico), microfilm reels 17035-17038.
  • "Church records, 1707-1869, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/371677), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Catholic Church (Nambe, New Mexico), microfilm reel 16849.
  • "Church records, 1883-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/371665), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), St. Joseph Catholic Church (Park View, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16850-16854.
  • "Church records, 1699-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372984), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), San Antonio Catholic Church (Pecos, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16855-16859.
  • "Church records of the Catholic Church, St. Lawrence Mission in Picuris, New Mexico, 1726-1867, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/375684), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), St. Lawrence Mission Catholic Church (Picuris, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16868-16869.
  • "Church records (Pojoaque, New Mexico), 1774-1853, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/375675), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Catholic Church (Pojoaque, New Mexico), microfilm reel 16870.
  • "Church records, 1846-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/383067), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), San Miguel Catholic Church (Ribera, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16875-16879.
  • "Church records (Rio Arriba County, New Mexico), 1726-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/399083), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), San Juan de los Caballeros Catholic Church (San Juan, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16976-16982.
  • "Parish registers, 1820-1847, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/262078), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Catholic Church (San Miguel, New Mexico), microfilm reels 17001-17002.
  • "Church records, 1726-1880, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/399079), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Santa Clara Mission Catholic Church (Santa Clara, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16974-16975.
  • "Church records, 1726-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/401297), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Holy Cross Catholic Church (Santa Cruz, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16964-16973.
  • "Church records, 1821-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/414524), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1957), San Miguel Catholic Church (Socorro, New Mexico), microfilm reels 16993-16997.
  • "Church records, 1701-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/414536), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1957), Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church (Taos, New Mexico), microfilm reels 17010-17023.
  • "Church records, 1694-1728, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/431546), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), San Diego Mission Catholic Church (Tesuque, New Mexico), microfilm reel 17030.
  • "Church records, 1793-1956, Manuscript on Film, Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/431525), El Paso, Texas : Golightly (1956), Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Tome, New Mexico), microfilm reels 17026-17029.
Manzano
Anton Chico
microfilm-collection: Church records, 1857-1956
author-location:
Microfilms:
16624 7836222 Baptisms 1857-1912
16625 8302191 Baptisms 1912-1956
16626 8302192 Confirmations 1895-1954
16627 7836223
16628 8339284 Deaths 1857-1956

Tularosa
microfilm-collection: Church records, 1867-1956
author-location:

St. Francis of Paula

Microfilms:
17008 7854394 879 Baptisms 1869-1956 Confirmations 1878-1916
17009 7854395 590 Confirmations 1923-1955, First communions 1931-1956, Marriages 1869-1956, Deaths 1870-1956

Las Vegas
microfilm-collection: Catholic Church records, 1852-1956
author-location:

Our Lady of Sorrows

Microfilms:
microfilm dgs images description
16811 San Geronimo baptisms, 1895-1902
16812 7854356 Baptisms 1912-1947
16813 8502027 Baptisms 1947-1956; Confirmations 1944-1955
16814 7854357 Marriages, 1870-1956
16815 7854358 Deaths, 1882-1956

Belen
microfilm-collection: Church records, 1793-1956
author-location: Nuestra Señora de Belen (Belen, New Mexico)
Microfilms:
16730 8124852 801 Baptisms 1793-1851 Marriages 1826-1884
16731 7854338 1126 Baptisms 1849-1930
16732 8133003 983 Baptisms 1930-1956 Marriages 1912-1917 List of godparents and blessings 1919 Confirmations 1891, 1922-1926, 1936-1955
16733 8124851 287 Marriages 1826-1852 Deaths 1838-1884
16734 8124850 502 Marriages 1856-1911, 1917-1956
16735 8139121 353 Deaths 1884-1956

Monticello
microfilm-collection: Church records, 1869-1956

San Ignacio Mission

Microfilms:
16842 7854366 991 1886-1956 Confirmations 1903-1955
16843 7854367 409 Marriages 1869-1956 Deaths 1869-1956 Baptisms 1951-1956 Marriages 1952-1956 Deaths 1951-1954

Tome
microfilm-collection: Church records, 1793-1956
author-location: Our Lady of Immaculate Conception (Tomé, New Mexico)
Microfilms:
17026 7548734 991 Baptisms 1793-1847 Marriages 1793-1826 Deaths 1793-1833
17027 7548735 991 Baptisms 1847-1956 Confirmations 1914-1934
17028 7854400 991 Marriages 1809-1855 Deaths 1810-1855
17029 7548736 991 Marriages 1858-1956 Deaths 1858-1956

Santa Fe

[Church records, 1841-1956 (Peña Blanca)

"Church records, 1841-1956," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/375505 : acc. ), FHL microfilm , img , Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church (Peña Blanca, New Mexico).

Land & Tax Records

Valencia County

"Deed records, 1873-1922, 1930-1964; indexes, 1873-1948" [digital images], FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/451543 : dd mmm yy); Salt Lake City, Utah : Genealogical Society of Utah (1988, 2004), " ... " (microfilm ...), Family History Library; citing Valencia county, New Mexico: County Clerk.

Census Records

Bernalillo County

[digital images], Archives.gov (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/358 : dd mmm 2023), NAID 2791166 >

  • "Schedules of the Special Census of 1885"

(NAID 210450177) > image xxx of 629; Washington, DC: National Archives & Records Administration (1971), Schedules of the New Mexico Territory Census of 1885 (M846), Bernalillo county (Roll 1), Inhabitants Schedule; citing Department of the Interior, 10th Decennial Census Office (1877-1885), Bernalillo county, New Mexico, ED x, p. xX, line x.

San Miguel County

(NAID 239972914) > image xxx of 509; Washington, DC: National Archives & Records Administration (1971), Schedules of the New Mexico Territory Census of 1885 (M846), San Miguel county (Roll 4), Inhabitants Schedule; citing Department of the Interior, 10th Decennial Census Office (1877-1885), San Miguel county, New Mexico, ED x, p. xX, line x.

Santa Fe, Sierra, and Socorro Counties

*(NAID 210452284) > image xxx of 766; Washington, DC: National Archives & Records Administration (1971), Schedules of the New Mexico Territory Census of 1885 (M846), Santa Fe, Sierra, and Socorro Counties (Roll 5), Inhabitants Schedule; citing Department of the Interior, 10th Decennial Census Office (1877-1885), {Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro} county, New Mexico, ED x, p. xX, line x.

Otero County

  • [digital images], Archives.gov (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16660414 : dd mmm 2023), NAID 16660414 > (NAID 57228315) > image xxx of 629; Washington, DC: National Archives & Records Administration (1971), 1940 Census Population Schedules, Otero County, New Mexico, ED 18-4A (NAID 131374840); citing Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1913-1972), Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940

UNM Digital Repository

Angelico Chavez

, New Mexico roots ltd : a demographic perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the diligencias matrimoniales or pre-nuptial investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe : multiple data extracted and here edited in a uniform presentation by years and family surnames, UNM Digital Repository; University of New Mexico General Library, Copy/Media Center (1983).

NM USGenWeb Project

New Mexico USGenWeb Project Archives

Reference/Notes

Utah

Utah Digital Newspapers

Research Log

San Pedro Land Grant

  • Serial 10296 Day Book C Register of Land Titles
    Ancestry.com. New Mexico, U.S., Land Records of New Spain, 1692-1916 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data:Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series 2, 1621-1821. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.





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