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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. ( | ''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.) | ||
''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 film 1016950.) | ||
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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; Family History Library book 978.9 R2w). | ||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
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. | ||