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The [http://elibrary.unm.edu/ University of New Mexico Library] and the [http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/Museum of New Mexico Library] have good collections of local histories. | The [http://elibrary.unm.edu/ University of New Mexico Library] and the [http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/Museum of New Mexico Library] have good collections of local histories. | ||
== Colonial Period == | |||
For information on some of the earliest records for New Mexico, you will want to examine this inventory made by Ralph Emerson Twitchell | For information on some of the earliest records for New Mexico, you will want to examine this inventory made by Ralph Emerson Twitchell | ||
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To view the documents mentioned by Twitchell on microfilm, see ''Calendar of the microfilm edition of the Spanish archives of New Mexico, 1621-1821'' Santa Fe, NM: New Mexico Records Center, 1968. {{FHL|156556|title|disp=FHL book 978.9 A3nm}}. | To view the documents mentioned by Twitchell on microfilm, see ''Calendar of the microfilm edition of the Spanish archives of New Mexico, 1621-1821'' Santa Fe, NM: New Mexico Records Center, 1968. {{FHL|156556|title|disp=FHL book 978.9 A3nm}}. | ||
Visit the website of the [http://164.64.110.131/webcat/request/DoMenuRequest?SystemName=New+Mexico+State+Archives&UserName=NMA+Public&Password=&UniqueID=0&TemplateProcessID=6000_12203_20096&bCachable=1&MenuName=Public+keyword+search&ControlLoc=T&ControlPer=15 New Mexico State Archives] to help correlate Twitchell's document numbers with the microfilm desired. The microfilms are available through FamilySearch {{FHL|188041|title|disp=FHL | Visit the website of the [http://164.64.110.131/webcat/request/DoMenuRequest?SystemName=New+Mexico+State+Archives&UserName=NMA+Public&Password=&UniqueID=0&TemplateProcessID=6000_12203_20096&bCachable=1&MenuName=Public+keyword+search&ControlLoc=T&ControlPer=15 New Mexico State Archives] to help correlate Twitchell's document numbers with the microfilm desired. The microfilms are available through FamilySearch {{FHL|188041|title|disp=FHL films 581463-581478}}. | ||
More documents from the early history of New Mexico can be found among the manuscripts of the National Archive of Mexico in Mexico City or the Archivo General de la Nación. Transcripts of this early history can be found on microfilm from FamilySearch. ''Ramo de Historia: 1522-1822. '' {{FHL|693641|title|disp=FHL INTL films 1857420, Items 2-3 and 1857433, Item 1}}. | |||
== State Histories Useful to Genealogists == | == State Histories Useful to Genealogists == | ||