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'''Bureau of Land Management'''<br>New Mexico State Office<br>Federal Building, <br>1474 Rodeo Road<br>P.O. Box 27115<br>Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115<br>Telephone: 505-438-7450<br>Fax: 505-438-7452<br>Internet: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en.html | '''Bureau of Land Management'''<br>New Mexico State Office<br>Federal Building, <br>1474 Rodeo Road<br>P.O. Box 27115<br>Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115<br>Telephone: 505-438-7450<br>Fax: 505-438-7452<br>Internet: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en.html | ||
''Miscellaneous Archives Relating to New Mexico Land Grants, 1695-1842''. These are in Spanish. (FHL films 1016947-48; use Donaciano Vigil's index for 1681 to 1846 on film 1016949.) | ''Miscellaneous Archives Relating to New Mexico Land Grants, 1695-1842''. These are in Spanish. (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=429873&disp=Miscellaneous+archives+relating+to+New+M++ films 1016947-48]; use[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=430000&disp=Vigil%27s+index%2C+1681-1846++ Donaciano Vigil's index for 1681 to 1846 on film 1016949].) | ||
''Records of land titles, 1847-1852''. Kept by the Secretary of the Territory. (Family History Library film 1016950.) | ''Records of land titles, 1847-1852''. Kept by the Secretary of the Territory. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=429685&disp=Records+of+land+titles%2C+1847-1852++ film 1016950].) | ||
''Record of private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Surveyor General, 1855-1890''. These are indexed and written in English and Spanish. (Family History Library | ''Record of private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Surveyor General, 1855-1890''. These are indexed and written in English and Spanish. (Family History Library film[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=429685&disp=Records+of+land+titles%2C+1847-1852++ s 1016950-74 items 2-4].) | ||
''Letters received, 1854 to 1892 from the New Mexico Territory''. (Family History Library films 1017566-67; an index is included.) | ''Letters received, 1854 to 1892 from the New Mexico Territory''. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=414843&disp=Letters+received%2C+1854-1892%2C+from+++ films 1017566-67]; an index is included.) | ||
''Private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims, 1891-1903''. (Family History Library films 1016975-96.) The first film has a list of the cases. | ''Private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims, 1891-1903''. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=411458&disp=Private+land+claims+adjudicated+by+the+U++ films 1016975-96].) The first film has a list of the cases. | ||
''Twitchell Archives, 1685-1898''. These are records compiled by Ralph E. Twitchell, including land disputes, appeals, grants, wills, mine claims, and judgments, in English and Spanish. They are records of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. (Family History Library films 1016940-45.) | ''Twitchell Archives, 1685-1898''. These are records compiled by Ralph E. Twitchell, including land disputes, appeals, grants, wills, mine claims, and judgments, in English and Spanish. They are records of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=330890&disp=The+Twitchell+archives%2C+1685-1898++ films 1016940-45].) | ||
For further information about Spanish and Mexican grants, see the Beers book listed under “[[New Mexico Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” section of this outline. | For further information about Spanish and Mexican grants, see the Beers book listed under “[[New Mexico Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” section of this outline. | ||
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The land was distributed through land offices. The first general land office was established in 1858 at Santa Fe. The land entry case files, indexes to pre-1908 patents, and original tract books and township plats of the general land offices are at the National Archives. Land records of the Santa Fe office are at the National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver). The patents and copies of the tract books and township plats are the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office. | The land was distributed through land offices. The first general land office was established in 1858 at Santa Fe. The land entry case files, indexes to pre-1908 patents, and original tract books and township plats of the general land offices are at the National Archives. Land records of the Santa Fe office are at the National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver). The patents and copies of the tract books and township plats are the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office. | ||
Further information on the donation, homestead, and other acts affecting land records is in Victor Westphall, ''The Public Domain in New Mexico, 1854-1891'' (Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico, 1965; Family History Library book 978.9 R2w). | Further information on the donation, homestead, and other acts affecting land records is in Victor Westphall, ''The Public Domain in New Mexico, 1854-1891'' (Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico, 1965; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=157733&disp=The+public+domain+in+New+Mexico%2C+1854%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.9 R2w]). | ||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
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After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent records, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the county clerk. The Family History Library does not have copies of the deeds or other property records available in each county. You can obtain copies by contacting the county clerk's office. | After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent records, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the county clerk. The Family History Library does not have copies of the deeds or other property records available in each county. You can obtain copies by contacting the county clerk's office. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=New_Mexico.ASP New Mexico Research Outline]. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=New_Mexico.ASP New Mexico Research Outline]. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
[[Category:New_Mexico]] | [[Category:New_Mexico]] |
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