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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''E-mail:'''<ref name="email">[Reference@state.nm.us New Mexico State Library]. </ref>Email address <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="ResAss">[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/research-assistance Research Assistance] in ''New Mexico State Library'' (accessed 25 January 2015).</ref><br>  


<br>  
:*Reference Desk  [mailto:reference@state.nm.us reference@state.nm.us]
:*Southwest Collection Desk  [mailto:SouthwestRoom@state.nm.us SouthwestRoom@state.nm.us]
:*[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/about-nmstatelibrary/ask-a-librarian Ask a Librarian] e-mail form<br>


'''Address:'''<ref name="address">[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections Visitor Information] at New Mexico State Library ] (accessed 01 March 2013).</ref> New Mexico State Library <br>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="Contact">[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/about-nmstatelibrary/contact-us Contact Us] in ''New Mexico State Library'' (accessed 25 January 2015).</ref><br>  


:New Mexico State Library
:1209 Camino Carlos Rey  
:1209 Camino Carlos Rey  
:Santa Fe, NM 87507
:Santa Fe, NM 87507-5166<br><br>
 
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Contact" />
 
:*Reference 505-476-9763
:*Southwest Collection 505-476-9790 <br><br>


<br> '''Telephone:'''<ref name="address" /> 505-476-9700 <br>'''Or'''<ref name="address" /> (505)819-3563 <br>  
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref>[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/research-assistance Research Assistance] in ''New Mexico State Library'' (accessed 25 January 2015).</ref>  


<br> '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hrs-Map">[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections Library Hours] in ''New Mexico State Library  '' (accessed 1 March 2013).</ref> The Second Floor reference desk is open from 12:00 noon to 4:30 Monday through Friday. The Southwest Collection's Research Room (Ground Floor) is open from 9 to 4:30, Monday through Friday.<br> [http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/about-nmstatelibrary/contact-us Directory for Assistance]
:*Second Floor Reference Room is open from 12:00 noon to 4:30 Monday through Friday.  
:*Southwest Collection Room (Ground Floor) is open from 9 to 4:30, Monday through Friday.<br><br>


'''Call a Librarian'''<br>
'''Map, Directions, and Public Transportation'''  


*[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=3&Itemid=66 Click to go to site to call a librarian]<br>
*'''Map:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+Mexico+State+Library/@35.657068,-105.983841,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87185a64577ea96b:0x1bea60b1f20e57cb Google map: New Mexico State Library]
*[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=82 Research Assistance]<br>


<br> '''Maps:'''<br>
*'''Directions:'''<ref>Based on [http://www.mapquest.com/ MapQuest] directions.</ref> <br>  
**'''''From Southwest of Santa Fe on I-25 (Canam Hwy):''''' Merge onto I-25 N/US-85 North toward Santa Fe. Take the NM-14 N/Cerrillos Road exit, EXIT 278. 1.0 mi. Stay straight to go onto Cerrillos Rd/NM-14. 4.3 mi. Turn right onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.3 mi. Start a loop-back-around by taking the 2nd right onto Calle de Oriente. 0.03 mi. Take the 1st right onto Calle de Oriente Norte. 0.1 mi. Turn left onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.05 Keep right at the road median to continue on Camino Carlos Rey. 0.01 The parking lot for 1209 CAMINO CARLOS REY will be on the right.
**'''''from North of Santa Fe on US-84 S/US-285 (Taos Hwy):''''' Turn onto US-84 S/US-285 (Taos Hwy) South toward Santa Fe. Turn right onto Cerrillos Rd/NM-14. 2.3 mi. Turn left onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.3 mi. Start a loop-back-around by taking the 2nd right onto Calle de Oriente. 0.03 mi. Take the 1st right onto Calle de Oriente Norte. 0.1 mi. Turn left onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.05 Keep right at the road median to continue on Camino Carlos Rey. 0.01 The parking lot for 1209 CAMINO CARLOS REY will be on the right.
**'''''from East of Santa Fe on I-25 (Canam Hwy):''''' Merge onto I-25 S/US-85 S/US-84 North toward Santa Fe. Take the NM-466/Old Pecos Tr exit, EXIT 284. 0.2 mi. Turn slight right onto NM-466/Old Pecos Trl. 0.09 mi. Take the 1st left onto Rodeo Rd/NM-300. 3.0 mi. Turn right onto Camino Carlos Rey. 1.2 mi. Keep right at the road median to continue on Camino Carlos Rey. 0.01 mi. The parking lot for 1209 CAMINO CARLOS REY will be on the right.


*[http://library.cabq.gov/hours-locations One map showing all]<br>
*'''Public transportation''' [http://www.santafenm.gov/route_maps_and_schedules Santa Fe Trails] city bus routes '''2''', '''4''', and '''5''' stop within 2 blocks of the New Mexico State Library.
*[http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/1558/432753/Map_2-13.pdf Searchable and printable map for the Whole University]<br>
*[http://lib.nmsu.edu/directory/directory.php Library Directory]<br>


'''Internet sites and databases:'''<br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:'''<br>  
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**[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/collections/map-collection Map Collection] The State Library has many maps which are found in our southwest, Federal government, and state government collections. <br>  
**[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/collections/map-collection Map Collection] The State Library has many maps which are found in our southwest, Federal government, and state government collections. <br>  
**[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/collections/digital-archive New Mexico State Library Digital Archive] The State library has been collecting and preserving state government materials since 2003. The state publications range from the Brand Book and Legislative Orders, to Fish Stocking Reports and traffic pattern maps. The digital archive is a work in progress.<br>  
**[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/collections/digital-archive New Mexico State Library Digital Archive] The State library has been collecting and preserving state government materials since 2003. The state publications range from the Brand Book and Legislative Orders, to Fish Stocking Reports and traffic pattern maps. The digital archive is a work in progress.<br>  
*[http://salsa.stlib.state.nm.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile= New Mexico State Library Searchable Catalog]
*[http://salsa.polarislibrary.com/default.aspx Salsa: New Mexico State Library Searchable Catalog] by keyword, browse, phrase and more.
 
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


<br>  
Largest book collection in New Mexico including government documents, maps, periodicals, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB79" /> Reference librarians are available to help find sources in the Southwest Collection (of New Mexico state history, geography, culture, ethnology, government, and economics), state documents, federal documents, censuses since 1790, historic newspapers online and on microfilm since 1849, maps, and digital archives including livestock brand books.<ref>[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/collections Collections] in ''New Mexico State Library'' (accessed 25 January 2015).</ref>  


*[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/research-and-collections/collections Overview] Collections maintained include:<br>
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
*New Mexico State Library Collections serve as a resource for public libraries statewide; legislative staff; state employees; historians; genealogists; visually impaired residents; and students of state government, history and culture.


<br>
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.
 
=== Alternate Repositories  ===


<br>  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. <br>  
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
*[[New Mexico State Records Center and Archives]], Santa Fe, Roman Catholic church records, censuses, district court, land grants, wills, diaries, family papers, prisons, family and local histories, newspapers. NM's best genealogy repository because of its original territorial, state, and county records.<ref name="DB79">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 79. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>


'''''Overlapping Collections''''' <br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp;amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. fckLR*[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html National Archives II], College Park, MD, Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury all after 1900. <br>  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  
*[http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/ New Mexico State Records Center and Archives] Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Diocese of Gallup, censuses, district court, land grants, wills, diaries, family papers, prisons, family and local histories, newspapers. <br>  
*[[Fray Angélico Chávez History Library]], Santa Fe, colonial and territorial manuscripts, papers, newspapers, rare books, maps, and photos—rivals in size the ''State Records Center and Archives''.<ref name="DB79" />
*[http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/archives.htm Yellowstone National Park Archives] records of major park projects, concessionaires, donated manuscripts, personal papers, hundreds films and oral history recordings.
*[[Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC)]] of New Mexico, Albuquerque, maintains the ''Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD) '' for Hispanic ancestors of New Mexico.<ref>[http://www.hgrc-nm.org/ HGRC Home] in ''Hispanic Genealogical Research Center'' (accessed 21 January 2015).</ref>
*[[National Hispanic Cultural Center]], Albuquerque, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and genealogies.<ref>[http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=77&amp;Itemid=150 Archives] in ''National Hispanic Cultural Center'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref> The library contains 12,500 book titles about the history and culture of the Hispano world from the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, Central America, Latin America to Spain, and Portugal.<ref>[http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=76&amp;Itemid=151 Research Library] in ''National Hispanic Cultural Center'' (accessed 20 January 2015).</ref>
*[[New Mexico State University Library Rio Grande Historical Collections|NMSU Rio Grande Historical Collections]], Las Cruces, early colonial Spanish records since 1598 for families along the [[Camino Real de Tierra Adentro|Camino Real]] (Spanish mission road) from southern Colorado to Mexico City.<ref name="DB79" />
*[[Center for Southwest Research (UNM)|UNM Center for Southwest Research]], Albuquerque, Includes manuscripts of Southwestern U.S. families, organizations, and businesses, 40,000 books and periodicals, and 120,000 images since the 1850s.<ref>[http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/strengths.php CSWR Collection Strengths] in ''University of New Mexico University Libraries'' (accessed 17 Jan 2015).</ref>


<br> '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/archives/archives_hm.htm Archives and Historical Services Division is the central archives of New Mexico State Government] The agency is mandated by law to collect, preserve and make available to the public and all branches of government, permanent public records, historical manuscripts, photographs and other materials that contribute to the understanding of New Mexico history
*[http://www.santafecountynm.gov/clerk/publicrecordsrequest Santa Fe County Clerk] marriages (restricted for 50 years), death certificates, wills, deeds, mortgages, DD Form 214 soldier discharges.  
*[[National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)]]Serves Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.Includes Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, Air Force Acadamy, Bureau of Indian Affiars, National Park Service, naturalizations for CO, MT, NM, UT,[ U.S. Food Administration, Denver Mint, Internal Revenue Service, Forest Service, federal censuses 1790-1930 and selected indexes, Indian censuses, passenger arrival lists, military service through the Spanish American War, World War I draft registrations for CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY, military pension and bounty land, Utah polygamy trials, court records of appeals, bankruptcy, criminal and civil cases in CO, MT, NM, ND, SD, UT, WY, and other states,U.S. diplomacy, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Native American-Government relations, westward expansion, and World War II, tours, genealogy workshops, and presentations.  
*[http://www.santafecountynm.gov/probate Santa Fe County Probate Court] recent wills.
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.  
*[http://www.countyoffice.org/nm-santa-fe-county-medical-coroner/ Santa Fe County Coroner] selected death records.  
*[http://www.nmgs.org/index.php New Mexico Genealogical Society] manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos.  
*[https://firstdistrictcourt.nmcourts.gov/ First Judicial District Court of New Mexico], Santa Fe, civil, and criminal court records.
*[http://www.hgrc-nm.org Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico] Hispanic Genealogical Research.
*[http://nmhealth.org/about/erd/bvrhs/vrp/ New Mexico Dept. of Health Vital Records], Santa Fe, adoption, births (restricted for 100 years), and deaths (restricted for 50 years).
*[http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html Historical Society of New Mexico] We offer links to organizations, museums and other historic points of interest in New Mexico. .
*[http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html Historical Society of New Mexico], Santa Fe, offers links to organizations, museums and other historic points of interest in New Mexico.
*Courts: city, state, and federal.  
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe|Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archives]], Santa Fe NM, created in 1850, it once also included Arizona, and Colorado. <ref>[https://archdiosf.org/about About the Archdiocese of Santa Fe] in ''Archdiocese of Santa Fe'', accessed 15 March 2021.</ref>  The Archives houses records from 1678-1950 for dozens of parishes in three states.
*[[http://library.cabq.gov/home Albuquerque Public Library]] includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps.  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Bernalillo County, New Mexico Genealogy|Bernalillo]], [[Los Alamos County, New Mexico Genealogy|Los Alamos]], [[Mora County, New Mexico Genealogy|Mora]], [[Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Genealogy|Rio Arriba]], [[San Miguel County, New Mexico Genealogy|San Miguel]], [[Sandoval County, New Mexico Genealogy|Sandoval]], and [[Torrance County, New Mexico Genealogy|Torrance]].  
*[http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/ New Mexico State Libraries], history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, government documents.  
*[[Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library Genealogy Center|ABC Library Genealogy Center]], Albuquerque, genealogy and Southwestern history, including New Mexico vital records, history, biography, periodicals, and family folders.<ref name="DB79" />
*[http://library.cabq.gov/specialcollections Albuquerque Public Library] Special Collections.<br>
*[[Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library Special Collections|ABC Library Special Collections]] Albuquerque and New Mexico history and culture. In-house use only.<ref>[http://abclibrary.v1.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=specialcollections Overview - Special Collections] in ''Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library'' (accessed 20 January 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.nmgs.org/index.php New Mexico Genealogical Society], Albuquerque, manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos.  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or nations):''''' [[Arizona Archives and Libraries|AZ]], [[Colorado Archives and Libraries|CO]], [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|OK]], [[Texas Archives and Libraries|TX]], [[Utah Archives and Libraries|UT]], and [[Mexico Archives and Libraries|Mexico]].  
*[[Bancroft Library]], Berkeley, CA, premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, ethnic groups.  
*[[National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)]] Includes old New Mexico court records and naturalizations, federal and Indian censuses, passenger arrival lists, World War I draft registrations.  
*[http://www.agn.gob.mx/ Archivo General de la Nación] (AGN), Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land. Copies of colonial New Mexico records of were often sent to Mexico and Spain.<br>


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 24 October 2023

New Mexico State Library

Contact Information

E-mail:[1]

Address:[2]

1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507-5166

Telephone:[2]

  • Reference 505-476-9763
  • Southwest Collection 505-476-9790

Hours and holidays:[3]

  • Second Floor Reference Room is open from 12:00 noon to 4:30 Monday through Friday.
  • Southwest Collection Room (Ground Floor) is open from 9 to 4:30, Monday through Friday.

Map, Directions, and Public Transportation

  • Directions:[4]
    • From Southwest of Santa Fe on I-25 (Canam Hwy): Merge onto I-25 N/US-85 North toward Santa Fe. Take the NM-14 N/Cerrillos Road exit, EXIT 278. 1.0 mi. Stay straight to go onto Cerrillos Rd/NM-14. 4.3 mi. Turn right onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.3 mi. Start a loop-back-around by taking the 2nd right onto Calle de Oriente. 0.03 mi. Take the 1st right onto Calle de Oriente Norte. 0.1 mi. Turn left onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.05 Keep right at the road median to continue on Camino Carlos Rey. 0.01 The parking lot for 1209 CAMINO CARLOS REY will be on the right.
    • from North of Santa Fe on US-84 S/US-285 (Taos Hwy): Turn onto US-84 S/US-285 (Taos Hwy) South toward Santa Fe. Turn right onto Cerrillos Rd/NM-14. 2.3 mi. Turn left onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.3 mi. Start a loop-back-around by taking the 2nd right onto Calle de Oriente. 0.03 mi. Take the 1st right onto Calle de Oriente Norte. 0.1 mi. Turn left onto Camino Carlos Rey. 0.05 Keep right at the road median to continue on Camino Carlos Rey. 0.01 The parking lot for 1209 CAMINO CARLOS REY will be on the right.
    • from East of Santa Fe on I-25 (Canam Hwy): Merge onto I-25 S/US-85 S/US-84 North toward Santa Fe. Take the NM-466/Old Pecos Tr exit, EXIT 284. 0.2 mi. Turn slight right onto NM-466/Old Pecos Trl. 0.09 mi. Take the 1st left onto Rodeo Rd/NM-300. 3.0 mi. Turn right onto Camino Carlos Rey. 1.2 mi. Keep right at the road median to continue on Camino Carlos Rey. 0.01 mi. The parking lot for 1209 CAMINO CARLOS REY will be on the right.
  • Public transportation Santa Fe Trails city bus routes 2, 4, and 5 stop within 2 blocks of the New Mexico State Library.

Internet sites and databases:

  • New Mexico State Library :New Mexico State Library provides specialized reference and research service to public libraries statewide; legislative staff; state employees; historians; genealogists; and students of New Mexico state government, history and culture.
  • Collections:
    • Southwest Collection Information on New Mexico state history, geography, culture, ethnology, government, and economics.
    • State Documents Collection An extensive collection of both current and historical documents published by all New Mexico State Agencies and vital to the educational, business, personal, civic, legislative and research needs of New Mexico citizens.
    • Federal Document Collection The New Mexico State Library was designated as a federal depository library in 1960.
    • Census Collection Statistical reports issued by the U.S. Census Bureau from 1790 to the present are available for use at the New Mexico State Library. This includes the Decennial Census of Population, Economic Census, and Census of Agriculture. Statistics for the United States, New Mexico, all other states, cities, counties and smaller census geographies are available.
    • Newspaper Collection Newspaper collection includes current issues on paper and historic newspapers on microfilm with some searchable online. We currently subscribe to about 50 daily and weekly newspapers from throughout New Mexico. The microfilm collection consists of thousands of reels of newspapers (including many that are now no longer being published) dating back to 1849.
    • Map Collection The State Library has many maps which are found in our southwest, Federal government, and state government collections.
    • New Mexico State Library Digital Archive The State library has been collecting and preserving state government materials since 2003. The state publications range from the Brand Book and Legislative Orders, to Fish Stocking Reports and traffic pattern maps. The digital archive is a work in progress.
  • Salsa: New Mexico State Library Searchable Catalog by keyword, browse, phrase and more.

Collection Description

Largest book collection in New Mexico including government documents, maps, periodicals, biographies, and genealogies.[5] Reference librarians are available to help find sources in the Southwest Collection (of New Mexico state history, geography, culture, ethnology, government, and economics), state documents, federal documents, censuses since 1790, historic newspapers online and on microfilm since 1849, maps, and digital archives including livestock brand books.[6]

Alternate Repositories

If you cannot visit or find a source at the New Mexico State Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
  • New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, Roman Catholic church records, censuses, district court, land grants, wills, diaries, family papers, prisons, family and local histories, newspapers. NM's best genealogy repository because of its original territorial, state, and county records.[5]

Similar Collections

  • FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, Santa Fe, colonial and territorial manuscripts, papers, newspapers, rare books, maps, and photos—rivals in size the State Records Center and Archives.[5]
  • Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC) of New Mexico, Albuquerque, maintains the Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD) for Hispanic ancestors of New Mexico.[7]
  • National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and genealogies.[8] The library contains 12,500 book titles about the history and culture of the Hispano world from the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, Central America, Latin America to Spain, and Portugal.[9]
  • NMSU Rio Grande Historical Collections, Las Cruces, early colonial Spanish records since 1598 for families along the Camino Real (Spanish mission road) from southern Colorado to Mexico City.[5]
  • UNM Center for Southwest Research, Albuquerque, Includes manuscripts of Southwestern U.S. families, organizations, and businesses, 40,000 books and periodicals, and 120,000 images since the 1850s.[10]

Neighboring Collections

Sources

  1. ↑ Research Assistance in New Mexico State Library (accessed 25 January 2015).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Contact Us in New Mexico State Library (accessed 25 January 2015).
  3. ↑ Research Assistance in New Mexico State Library (accessed 25 January 2015).
  4. ↑ Based on MapQuest directions.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 79. At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
  6. ↑ Collections in New Mexico State Library (accessed 25 January 2015).
  7. ↑ HGRC Home in Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (accessed 21 January 2015).
  8. ↑ Archives in National Hispanic Cultural Center (accessed 20 January 2015).
  9. ↑ Research Library in National Hispanic Cultural Center (accessed 20 January 2015).
  10. ↑ CSWR Collection Strengths in University of New Mexico University Libraries (accessed 17 Jan 2015).
  11. ↑ About the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in Archdiocese of Santa Fe, accessed 15 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Overview - Special Collections in Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library (accessed 20 January 2014).
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