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*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nm.htm US City Directories] identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | *[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nm.htm US City Directories] identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | ||
====The Family History Library ==== | ====The Family History Library==== | ||
The [[Family History Library]] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of New Mexico including: | The [[Family History Library]] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of New Mexico including: | ||
'''Albuquerque''' | '''Albuquerque''' | ||
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|1923, 1940, 1952, 1960, 1965 | |1923, 1940, 1952, | ||
1960, 1965 | |||
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79085?availability=Family%20History%20Library FHL Book 978.961/A1 E4h] | |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79085?availability=Family%20History%20Library FHL Book 978.961/A1 E4h] | ||
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To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under: | To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under: | ||
:: NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES | ::NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES | ||
:: NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES | ::NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES | ||
==Libraries, Archives and Societies== | ==Libraries, Archives and Societies== | ||
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- New Mexico Resident Index, 1790 Index ($)
- Polk's Arizona and New Mexico pictorial state gazetteer and business directory : 1912-1913 ($)
- A Complete Business Directory of New Mexico, and Gazetteer of the Territory ... 1882
- Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5. Volume 1
Record Synopsis[edit | edit source]
A directory is defined as a “book containing names, addresses, and occupations of inhabitants.” It may also be “any list or compilation, usually in book or pamphlet form, of persons, professional organizations, firms or corporations.”[1] 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.
The sections below provide information about New Mexico directories. For further information about directories in general, see United States Directories.
Business Directories[edit | edit source]
- 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 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 Internet Archive.
- 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 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. FHL film 1000221.
City Directories[edit | edit source]
Typically, city directories are published on a local level, hence the name "city" directory. There are no statewide “city” directories for New Mexico. To find local New Mexico city directories, check the appropriate New Mexico city Wiki page. Researchers may also find the following resources helpful:
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Ancestry.com ($) has New Mexico directories available online in their U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 collection. The following cities are currently included: Albuquerque, Artesia, Carlsbad, Gallup, Hobbs, Roswell, and Santa Fe.
- US City Directories identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
The Family History Library[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of New Mexico including:
Albuquerque
| 1923, 1940, 1952,
1960, 1965 |
FHL Book 978.961/A1 E4h |
| 1905-1935 | FHL Film 1843249- 1843255 |
Roswell
| 1956 | FHL Books 978.943/R1 E4hd |
| 1979, 1991 | FHL Books 978.943/R1 E4p |
Santa Fe
| 1940, 1960, 1966, 1968 | FHL Book 978.956/S1 E4h |
| 1928-1935 | FHL Film 2309618 |
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- NEW MEXICO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Libraries, Archives and Societies[edit | edit source]
"Most libraries, historical societies, and archives at the state level have fairly extensive collections of in-state directories and may also have directories from major out-of-state cities."[2] The New Mexico History Museum's Fray Angelico Chavez History Library has a good collection of city directories.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Henry Campbell Black, Black’s Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern, 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 415, “directory.”
- ↑ Remington, Gordon L., "Directories," in Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, editors, The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, 3rd ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2006), chap. 8, p. 327.
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