New Mexico County Resources
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This entry was originally written by Karen Stein Daniel, CG and Margaret Windham for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The county clerk's office in the county seat will have land records, including deeds, mining records, surveys, and plats; marriage records; and some probate records. Military discharges, liens, mortgages, powers of attorney, and miscellaneous affidavits may also be found there. Probate records may be found in the district clerk's office. Counties may have offices in towns other than the county seat, but these retain no permanent custody of records.
Some counties have Territorial and Mexican era records in their custody, and this will explain record holdings earlier than formal organization of the county. Earlier records should be available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. Consult the 'Online Archive of New Mexico' http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm for holdings. Former county seats are in parentheses below the address.
For official county information, please consult:
- Vigil-Giron, Rebecca, Secretary of State, compiler. New Mexico Blue Book 1999'2000. Santa Fe: Office of the Secretary of State, 1999, or consult the New Mexico Secretary of State's website www.sos.state.nm.us for updated and additional information.
For additional county information, please consult:
- Brylnski, Dorothy A. and Ann L. Mossman. New Mexico Genealogist Comprehensive Index Volumes 1-38, 1962'1999. Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2000.
- Daniel, Karen Stein. Genealogical Resources in New Mexico. 2d ed. Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2002.
- Julyan, Robert. The Place Names of New Mexico. Rev. ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998.
- Villegas, Jose L., compiler. Marriage Register Inventory. Santa Fe: New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, 1998.
| Map | County | County Address | Date Formed | Parent County(ies) | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | District Court # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1859 (became part of Dona Ana, 1861'62) | Tubac | ||||||||
| Part of Gadsden Purchase. | ||||||||||
| D4 | Bernalillo | One Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque 87102 | 1852 | original | 1885 | 1873 | 1861 | #2 | ||
| Libro Matrimonios (1885'1903) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives | ||||||||||
| E2 | Catron | P.O. Box 197, Reserve 87830 | 1921 | Socorro | 1921 | 1921 | 1921 | #7 | ||
| F7 | Chaves | 401 N. Main St., Roswell 88201 | 1889 | Lincoln | 1891 | 1887 | 1900 | #5 | ||
| Holds some territorial records. | ||||||||||
| D2 | Cibola | 515 W. High St., Grants 87020-2526 | 1981 | Valencia | 1981 | 1981 | 1981 | #13 | ||
| A6 | Colfax | P.O. Box 159, Raton 87740 | 1869 | Mora/Taos | 1869 | 1864 | 1884 | #8 | ||
| (Elizabeth Town, 1869; Cimarron 1872; Springer 1882). Typescript (1877'1907) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| D8 | Curry | 700 N. Main St., Ste 7, Clovis 88101-6664 | 1909 | Quay/Roosevelt | 1905 | 1903 | 1909 | #3 | ||
| E7 | DeBaca | P.O. Box 347, Fort Sumner 88119-0347 | 1917 | Chaves/Guadalupe/Roosevelt | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 | #10 | ||
| H3 | Dona Ana | 251 W. Amador Ave., Las Cruces 88005 | 1852 | Original | 1869 | 1803 | 1833 | #3 | ||
| (Mesilla, 1856) Part of Gadsden Purchase, 1854. | ||||||||||
| H7 | Eddy | P.O. Box 850, Carlsbad 88221 | 1889 | Lincoln | 1891 | 1884 | 1912 | #5 | ||
| Marriage Certificates (1891'1921) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| G1 | Grant | P.O. Box 898, Silver City 88062 | 1868 | Dona Ana | 1868 | 1872 | 1887 | #6 | ||
| (Pinos Altos, 1869'72). Register of Marriages (1868'1872) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| D6 | Guadalupe | 420 Parker Ave., Santa Rosa 88435-2361 | 1891 | Lincoln/San Miguel | 1895 | 1893 | 1907 | #4 | ||
| B7 | Harding | P.O. Box 1002, Mosquero 87733-1002 | 1921 | Mora/Union | 1921 | 1921 | 1921 | #10 | ||
| J1 | Hidalgo | 300 S. Shakespeare St., Lordsburg 88045-1927 | 1919 | Grant | 1920 | 1879 | 1920 | #6 | ||
| G8 | Lea | P.O. Box 1507, Lovington 88260 | 1917 | Chaves/Eddy | 1917 | 1918 | 1917 | #5 | ||
| Also has transcribed records from parent counties starting 1913. | ||||||||||
| F5 | Lincoln | P.O. Box 338, Carrizozo 88301 | 1869 | Socorro/Dona Ana | 1882 | 1869 | 1881 | #12 | ||
| (Rio Bonito, formerly called Los Placitas then Lincoln, 1869'70) County clerk has complete indexes for all records. | ||||||||||
| B4 | Los Alamos | 2300 Trinity Dr./P.O. Box 30, Los Alamos 87544-0030 | 1949 | Sandoval/Santa Fe | 1949 | 1949 | 1950 | #1 | ||
| H2 | Luna | 700 S. Silver, Deming 88030-4173 | 1901 | Dona Ana/Grant | 1901 | pre-1901 | 1901 | #6 | ||
| Applications for Marriage Licenses (1909'1912) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| C1 | McKinley | P.O. Box 1268, Gallup 87305 | 1899 | Bernalillo/Valencia/San Juan/Ria Arriba | 1901 | 1901 | 1901 | #11 | ||
| B6 | Mora | P.O. Box 360, Mora 87732-0580 | 1860 | Taos | 1891 | 1861 | 1920s | #4 | ||
| H5 | Otero | 1000 New York Ave., Alamogordo 88310 | 1899 | Dona Ana/Lincoln/Socorro | 1899 | 1890s | 1890s | #12 | ||
| D7 | Quay | P.O. Box 1225, Tucumcari 88401 | 1903 | Guadalupe/Union | 1893 | 1903 | 1892 | #10 | ||
| A3 | Quay | P.O. Box 158, Tierra Amarilla 87575 and P.O. Box 1256 Espanola 87532-1256 | 1852 | original | 1884 | 1852 | 1852 | #1 | ||
| E8 | Roosevelt | 101 W. First, Portales 88130 | 1903 | Chaves/Guadalupe | 1903 | 1892 | 1903 | #9 | ||
| C3 | Sandoval | P.O. Box 40, Bernalillo 87004-0040 | 1903 | Bernalillo | 1926 | 1926 | 1926 | #13 | ||
| Record loss, 1926. | ||||||||||
| A1 | San Juan | 100 S. Oliver Dr., Aztec 87410 | 1887 | Rio Arriba/Taos | 1887 | 1887 | 1909 | #11 | ||
| C6 | San Miguel | 500 W. National, Las Vegas 87701, (San Miguel 1852'64) | 1852 | original | 1888 | 1887 | 1859 | #4 | ||
| Marriage Certificates (1912'14) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| Santa Ana | 1850 (became part of Bernalillo, 1876) | original | ||||||||
| C4 | Santa Fe | 102 Grant/P.O. Box 1985, Santa Fe 87501 | 1852 | original | 1900* | 1848 | 1894 | #1 | ||
| *Marriage Record A (1863'99) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| G3 | Sierra | 300 Date St., Truth or Consequences 87901 | 1884 | Socorro/Dona Ana/Grant | 1865 | 1884 | 1884 | #7 | ||
| (Hillsborough, 1884; Truth or Consequences, originally called Hot Springs)Marriage Licenses, Book B (1865'82) and Marriage Certificates (1887'1931) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| E3 | Socorro | P.O. Box 1, Socorro 87801 (Limitar 1854'67) | 1850 | Original | 1885 | 1912* | 1912* | #7 | ||
| *Original records before 1912 are at the New Mexico State Record Center and Archives. Roll 1, book A, pages 479'495 (1863'65) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| A5 | Sierra | Taos, 105 Albright St., Ste. D, Taos 87571 | 1852 | original | 1905* | 1880s | 1912 | #8 | ||
| *Marriage Register A-1 (1863'1905) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
| D5 | Torrance | Ninth and Allen/P.O. Box 48, Estancia 87016 | 1903 | Lincoln/San Miguel/Socorro/Santa Fe/Valencia/Bernalillo | 1910 | 1910 | 1909 | #7 | ||
| A7 | Union | P.O. Box 430, Clayton 88415 | 1893 | Colfax/Mora/San Miguel | 1894 | 1894 | 1911 | #8 | ||
| D3 | Valencia | P.O. Box 969, Los Lunas 87031 | 1852 | original | 1869 | 1880s | 1870 | #13 | ||
| Original territorial records were filed at Valencia, 1852'72; Tome, 1872'74; Belen, 1874'76. Registro Matrimonios (1869'1905) and Marriage Certificates (1885'1912) available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. | ||||||||||
