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==== New Mexico State Library  ====
==== New Mexico State Library  ====


1209 Camino Carlos Rey<br>Santa Fe, NM 87507<br>Telephone: 505-476-9700  
1209 Camino Carlos Rey<br>Santa Fe, NM 87507<br>Telephone: 505-476-9700<br>Internet: [http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/ http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/]


==== Albuquerque Public Library  ====
==== Albuquerque Public Library  ====

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United States Gotoarrow.png New Mexico Gotoarrow.png Archives and Libraries

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research in New Mexico.

New Mexico Records Center and Archives[edit | edit source]

1205 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Telephone: 505-476-7948
Fax: 505-476-7909
Email: archives@state.nm.us

National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)[edit | edit source]

National Archives, Rocky Mountain Region
Building 48
P.O. Box 25307
Denver, Colorado 80225
Telephone: 303-407-5700
Fax: 303-407-5707
Internet: http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/

Note that all the records for New Mexico are at the Denver National Archives office, not Texas.

New Mexico Genealogical Society[edit | edit source]

P.O. Box 27559
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Internet: http://www.nmgs.org/

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico[edit | edit source]

P.O. Box 27250
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Internet: http://www.hgrc-nm.org

Historical Society of New Mexico[edit | edit source]

P.O. Box 1912
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Internet: http://www.hsnm.org/

Albuquerque Public Library[edit | edit source]

501 Copper Avenue, N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Telephone: 505-768-5100
Fax: 505-768-5191
Internet: http://www.cabq.gov/library/

New Mexico State Library[edit | edit source]

1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Telephone: 505-476-9700
Internet: http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/

Albuquerque Public Library[edit | edit source]

Special Collections
423 Central Ave, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Telephone: 505-848-1376
Internet: http://www.cabq.gov/library/

A historical account and description of records from the Spanish and Mexican periods is Henry P. Beers, Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographic Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources (Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1979); Family History Library book 973 A3bh.

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of New Mexico counties, use the 15 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. These inventories are available at the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org .