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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 | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the following records: | ||
*''Miscellaneous Archives Relating to New Mexico Land Grants, 1695-1842''. These are in Spanish. (FS Library {{FSC|429873|title-id|disp=films 1016947-48}}; use{{FSC|430000|title-id|disp=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. (FS Library {{FSC|429873|title-id|disp=films 1016947-48}}; use{{FSC|430000|title-id|disp=Donaciano Vigil's index for 1681 to 1846 on film 1016949}}.) | ||
*''Records of land titles, 1847-1852''. Kept by the Secretary of the Territory. ( | *''Records of land titles, 1847-1852''. Kept by the Secretary of the Territory. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|429685|title-id|disp=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. (FS Library film{{FSC|429685|title-id|disp=s 1016950-74 items 2-4}}.) | *''Record of private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Surveyor General, 1855-1890''. These are indexed and written in English and Spanish. (FS Library film{{FSC|429685|title-id|disp=s 1016950-74 items 2-4}}.) | ||
*''Letters received, 1854 to 1892 from the New Mexico Territory''. ( | *''Letters received, 1854 to 1892 from the New Mexico Territory''. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|414843|title-id|disp=films 1017566-67}}; an index is included.) | ||
*''Private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims, 1891-1903''. ( | *''Private land claims adjudicated by the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims, 1891-1903''. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|411458|title-id|disp=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. ( | *''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. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|330890|title-id|disp=films 1016940-45}}.) | ||
For further information about Spanish and Mexican grants, see the Beers book listed under [[New Mexico Archives and Libraries]]. | For further information about Spanish and Mexican grants, see the Beers book listed under [[New Mexico Archives and Libraries]]. | ||
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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; | 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; FamilySearch Library {{FSC|157733|title-id|disp=book 978.9 R2w}}). | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has an online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 index] to land patents in New Mexico. The patent search usually provides a digital image of the original patent. | The Bureau of Land Management has an online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 index] to land patents in New Mexico. The patent search usually provides a digital image of the original patent. | ||
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=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent records, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the county clerk. The | After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent records, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the county clerk. The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of the deeds or other property records for each county. You can obtain copies by contacting the county clerk's office. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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