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

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County Facts
County seat: Las Cruces
Organized: January 9, 1852
Parent County(s): unorganized land in New Mexico Territory[1]
Neighboring Counties
Luna • Otero • Sierra • El Paso (TX) • Chihuahua, Mexico
See County Maps
Courthouse
Doña Ana County New Mexico Government Center.jpg
Location Map
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County Information

Description

Doña Ana County was named for Doña Ana Robledo.[2] Doña Ana County is a county located in the southern part of the state of New Mexico. [3]

County Government Center

Doña Ana County Government Center
845 N Motel Blvd
Las Cruces, NM 88007
Phone: 575-647-7421
Doña Ana County Website

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1870 and land records from 1801;
Clerk District Court has divorce and court records.[1]

Doña Ana County, New Mexico Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1907 1870 1907 #3 1901 1870 1790
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1907. General compliance by 1930.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Doña Ana and other counties in New Mexico Territory in 1852.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[10]

Cities
Towns
Villages
Unincorporated communities
Census-designated places


History Timeline

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Dona Ana County, New Mexico online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See New Mexico Cemeteries for more information

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1910 12,893 —
1920 16,548 28.3%
1930 27,455 65.9%
1940 30,411 10.8%
1950 39,557 30.1%
1960 59,948 51.5%
1970 69,773 16.4%
1980 96,340 38.1%
1990 135,510 40.7%
2000 174,682 28.9%
2010 209,233 19.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for New Mexico starting in 1850. For links to Federal census indexes, see New Mexico Census.

State Census Records

Church Records

Catholic

Parish registers (baptisms, marriages, and burials) are available online for the following years:

FS = FamilySearch - free[11]
Our Lady of the Purification, Dona Ana, Parish Registers Online

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

 Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
FS 1859-1956 1859-1956 1859-1876, 1913-1935, 1947-1955 1859-1876, 1913-1935, 1947-1955
1726-1857

LDS

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • Hatch
  • Las Cruces

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See New Mexico Land and Property for additional information about early New Mexico land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Dona Ana county online record search You do not need to Register, Sign on as Guest. Some records found online go back to the 1950's. But most are from the 1970 to the present. If searching for an older record, you may have to visit the County Clerks Office.

Online Land Indexes and Records

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Dona Ana County, New Mexico Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section New Mexico Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers

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Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Migration

Military Records

Revolutionary War

Civil War

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers


Obituaries

Other Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

Since statehood in 1912, probate matters have been under the jurisdiction of probate courts in each county. Records of guardianship and adoption have usually been transferred to the district courts. In 1953 the district courts were given concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court over all probate matters in each county.

See the wiki page New Mexico Probate Records for information about how to find earlier probate records.

The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of the New Mexico county probate records. They are available at each county courthouse. You can obtain copies by contacting the county clerk.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, and adoption.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

New Mexico tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information, see the Wiki page New Mexico Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. See the Wiki page, New Mexico Vital Records, for additional information about the vital records in New Mexico.

Marriage records - are at the County Clerk's office

Divorce records - are at the office of the County Clerk of Court

Birth and death records - are at the New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics Office which has records since 1920 and delayed records since 1880.

See also How to order New Mexico Vital Records or download an application for New Mexico Birth or Death Certificate to mail.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Dona Ana County. For state-wide archival repositories, see New Mexico Archives and Libraries.

NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections
Phone: 575-646-4756
Website

Dennis Daily, archivist

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Dona Ana County. For state-wide library facilities, see New Mexico Archives and Libraries.

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Dona Ana County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see New Mexico Societies.

Doña Ana County Genealogical Society (DACGS)
PO Box 123
Las Cruces, NM 88004-0123
Email: dacgslc@gmail.com
Facebook
Website

Doña Ana County Historical Society
500 N Water St
Box 16045
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Email: 19dachs63@gmail.com
Website

Gadsen Historical Society
PO Box 147
Mesilla, NM 88046

Southern New Mexico Genealogical Society
PO Box 2563
Las Cruces, NM 88004-2563

Websites

Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), New Mexico.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Doña Ana, New Mexico," in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%C3%B1a_Ana_County,_New_Mexico accessed 8/29/2018
  3. ↑ https://donaanacounty.org/about accessed 09/29/2016
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Donna Anna County, New Mexico. Page 473 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 470.
  5. ↑ Doña Ana county extended from Texas on the east onto land in present day Arizona on the west.
  6. ↑ N.M. Terr. Laws 1851, 1st assy., 2d sess. /p. 291
  7. ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 26. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 X2th.
  8. ↑ Original Counties of New Mexico Territory (map) at https://web.archive.org/web/20150629223153/https://www.nmgs.org/Graphics/nmcoun-orig.jpg (accessed 9 August 2011).
  9. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), New Mexico.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  10. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Doña Ana County, New Mexico, New Mexico," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%C3%B1a_Ana_County,_New_Mexico, accessed 30 January 2019.
  11. ↑ FamilySearch Catalog. Accessed 12 May 2016.
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