GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico:NM-3

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library. Special Collections
423 Central Avenue Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phone: 505-848-1376

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1678-1956 

Volume: Ca. 2 cubic feet

Description: 6 microfilm collections include Native Catholic records.

 

/1 “Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe”

Inclusive dates: 1678-1956

Volume: 95 reels of microfilm

Description: Parish sacramental records (baptisms, marriages, burials) and diligencias matrimoniales [prenuptial investigations] of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (New Mexico and El Paso, Texas); from Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

 

/2 “Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Series A”

Inclusive dates: ca. 1694-1956

Volume: 31 reels of microfilm

Description: Parish sacramental records (baptisms, marriages, burials) of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; from Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

 

/3 “Spanish Archives of New Mexico. Series I, Land Grant Records”

Inclusive dates: 1685-1912

Volume: Less than 1% within 63 reels of microfilm

Description: Records of land titles and grants in colonial New Mexico; includes Native American missions of New Mexico and El Paso, Texas; from New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

 

/4 Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series II

Inclusive dates: 1821-1621

Volume: Less than 1% within 22 reels of microfilm

Description: Includes correspondence and reports between officials of church and state, re: Native American missions of New Mexico and El Paso, Texas; from New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.   

 

/5 “Mexican Archives of New Mexico”

Inclusive dates: 1821-1846

Volume: Less than 1% within 42 reels of microfilm

Description: Includes correspondence and reports between officials of church and state, re: Indian missions of New Mexico and El Paso, Texas; from New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

 

/6 “Territorial Archives of New Mexico”

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1821

Volume: Less than 1% within 189 reels of microfilm

Description: Includes correspondence and reports between officials of church and state, re: Indian missions of New Mexico; from New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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