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== New Mexico Birth, Marriage and Death Records == | == New Mexico Birth, Marriage and Death Records == | ||
[[Image:Vital Records.jpg|thumb|right|300px | [[Image:Vital Records.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] | ||
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New Mexico vital records start the following years: | New Mexico vital records start the following years: | ||
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{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" | {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1" | ||
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| | | align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [[New Mexico Vital Records#Birth_Records|Births]] | ||
| | | align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [[New Mexico Vital Records#Marriage_Records|Marriages]] | ||
| | | align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [[New Mexico Vital Records#Death_Records|Deaths]] | ||
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| | | align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Earliest | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | | align="center" width="16.6%" | 1907* | ||
| align="center" width="16.6%" | County Formation | |||
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1907* | |||
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| | | align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Statewide Registration | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | | align="center" width="16.6%" | 1920 | ||
| align="center" width="16.6%" | - | |||
| width="16.6% | | align="center" width="16.6%" | 1920 | ||
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<center></center> | <center></center> | ||
<nowiki>* </nowiki> New Mexico counties were required to keep birth and death records beginning on this date. | <nowiki>* </nowiki>New Mexico counties were required to keep birth and death records beginning on this date. | ||
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=== Adoption Records === | === Adoption Records === | ||
open / closed / state statues | open / closed / state statues | ||
== Marriage Records == | == Marriage Records == | ||
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Marriage records were usually kept from the date each county was organized. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office in the county where the marriage was performed. | Marriage records were usually kept from the date each county was organized. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office in the county where the marriage was performed. | ||
Marriage records for Bernalillo, Chavez, Eddy, San Juan, Oterro, Quay, Roosevelt, and Curry counties for 1880 to 1920 have been published in ''Some Marriage Records of the State of New Mexico''. <ref name="null">''Some Marriage Records of the State of New Mexico'', (ca. 1880-1920) 2 vols. (N.p.: New Mexico DAR, 1971-1973); FHL {{FHL|157315|title-id|disp=book 978.9 V25d; vol. 1 on film 908289 and vol. 2 on 908026 item 4}}.</ref> | Marriage records for Bernalillo, Chavez, Eddy, San Juan, Oterro, Quay, Roosevelt, and Curry counties for 1880 to 1920 have been published in ''Some Marriage Records of the State of New Mexico''. <ref name="null">''Some Marriage Records of the State of New Mexico'', (ca. 1880-1920) 2 vols. (N.p.: New Mexico DAR, 1971-1973); FHL {{FHL|157315|title-id|disp=book 978.9 V25d; vol. 1 on film 908289 and vol. 2 on 908026 item 4}}.</ref> | ||
Many of the marriages for the state are searchable online at no cost in the [[Western States Marriage Index|Western States Marriage Index]]. | Many of the marriages for the state are searchable online at no cost in the [[Western States Marriage Index|Western States Marriage Index]]. | ||
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=== Divorce Records === | === Divorce Records === | ||
Divorce records are available only from the clerk of the district court in the county where the decree was granted. | Divorce records are available only from the clerk of the district court in the county where the decree was granted. | ||
== Death Records == | == Death Records == | ||
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NMSA 24-14-27 C states:<br> | NMSA 24-14-27 C states:<br> | ||
"When one hundred years have elapsed after the date of birth or fifty years have elapsed after the date of death, the vital records of these events in the custody of the state registrar shall become open public records, and information shall be made available in accordance with regulations that provide for the continued safekeeping of the records; provided that vital records of birth shall not become open public records prior to the individual's death." | "When one hundred years have elapsed after the date of birth or fifty years have elapsed after the date of death, the vital records of these events in the custody of the state registrar shall become open public records, and information shall be made available in accordance with regulations that provide for the continued safekeeping of the records; provided that vital records of birth shall not become open public records prior to the individual's death." | ||
== Substitute Records == | == Substitute Records == | ||