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==Online Resources==
=== Resources for New Mexico Directories ===


*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4652 New Mexico Resident Index, 1790] Index ($)
==== Libraries and Archives ====
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27490 Polk's Arizona and New Mexico pictorial state gazetteer and business directory : 1912-1913] ($)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=P0VOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=New+Mexico+State+Business+Directory&hl=en#v=onepage&q=New%20Mexico%20State%20Business%20Directory&f=false A Complete Business Directory of New Mexico, and Gazetteer of the Territory ... 1882]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2CIzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA287&dq=New+Mexico+State+Business+Directory&hl=en#v=onepage&q=New%20Mexico%20State%20Business%20Directory&f=false Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5. Volume 1]


==History==
The Museum of New Mexico History Library has a good collection of city directories.


Several types of directories have been published in the United States over the last two hundred years including: city directories, telephone directories, county and regional business directories, professional, organizational, and religious directories, post office directories, and street directories. Directories have tremendous value to genealogists as both an original record and as a reference aid.
==== Directories Online ====


The sections below provide information about New Mexico directories. For further information about directories in general, see [[United States Directories]].


==Resources for New Mexico Directories==


===Libraries and Archives===
==== The Family History Library ====


[http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/ The New Mexico History Museum's] [http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/library.html Fray Angelico Chavez History Library] has a good collection of city directories.
The Family History Library has directories for:


Business Directories
'''Albuquerque'''
*1883 "Albuquerque and Las Vegas business directory for 1883" {{FHL|214494|title-id|disp=FHL film 1303032}} ([http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Albuquerque+and+Las+Vegas+business+directory+for+1883 Worldcat])
*1905/06-1935, 1923, 1940, 1960, 1965, and 1970 Family History Library {{FHL|156075|title-id|disp=book 978.961/A1 E4h}}


*'''1882.''' ''A Complete Business Directory of New Mexico and Gazetteer of the Territory for 1882''. Santa Fe, New Mexico: New Mexican Printing and Publishing Company, 1882. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=P0VOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=New+Mexico+State+Business+Directory&hl=en#v=onepage&q=New%20Mexico%20State%20Business%20Directory&f=false Google Books].


*'''1883-84.''' McKenney, L.M. ''Pacific Coast Directory, for 1883-84. Giving name, business, and address of business and professional men of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico. Together with sketches of the different towns, giving location, population, Etc.'' San Francisco: L.M. McKenney & Co., 1882. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/cihm_17236 Internet Archive].
'''Santa Fe'''  
 
*1940, 1960, 1968, and 1983 Family History Library {{FHL|749961|title-id|disp=book 978.956/S1 E4h}}
*'''1884-85.''' ''Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5''. Volume 1. R.L. Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser, 1884. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2CIzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA287&dq=New+Mexico+State+Business+Directory&hl=en#v=onepage&q=New%20Mexico%20State%20Business%20Directory&f=false Google Books].
 
*'''1938.''' ''New Mexico State Business Directory, 1938: Including El Paso, Texas Department and Denver, and Western Cities Classification''. Denver: Gazetteer Pub. and Printing Co., 1938. {{FSC|42790|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1000221}}.
 
===Directories Online===
 
*[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) has New Mexico directories available online in their [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989] collection. The following cities are currently included: Albuquerque, Artesia, Carlsbad, Gallup, Hobbs, Roswell, and Santa Fe.
*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nm.htm US City Directories] identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
 
===The FamilySearch Library===
The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of New Mexico including:
 
'''Albuquerque'''
{|
|1940, 1952, 1960, 1965
|FS Library Book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22978.961%2FA1%20E4h*%22 978.961/A1 E4h]
|-
|1905-1935
|{{FSC|618213|item|disp=FS Library Film 1843249- 1843255}}
|}
'''Roswell'''
{|
|1956
|FS Library Book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22978.943%2FR1%20E4hd*%22 978.943/R1 E4hd]
|-
|1979, 1991
|FS Library Book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22978.943%2FR1%20E4p*%22 978.943/R1 E4p]
|}  


'''Santa Fe'''
=== Web Sites  ===
{|
|1940, 1960, 1966, 1968
|FS Library Book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22978.956%2FS1%20E4h*%22 978.956/S1 E4h]
|-
|1928-1935
|{{FSC|1108427|item|disp=FS Library Film 2309618}}
|}
To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under:


::NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nm.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
::NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
*http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/library.html


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==Websites==
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Revision as of 20:25, 29 August 2011

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Resources for New Mexico Directories[edit | edit source]

Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]

The Museum of New Mexico History Library has a good collection of city directories.

Directories Online[edit | edit source]

The Family History Library[edit | edit source]

The Family History Library has directories for:

Albuquerque


Santa Fe

Web Sites[edit | edit source]