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Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico
Santa Ana County

County:
Santa Ana County does not exist today. It was one of the seven original partidos created under Mexican rule. Then, under U.S. rule, it became a U.S. Territorial county in 1852 until 1876, when it was absorbed by Bernalillo County.

To see the Santa Ana boundaries, see 1852 map.

Santa Ana County was in Judicial District No. 1 from 1847 to 1863, then in JD 2 until 1876, when it was absorbed by Bernalillo County. For more information about New Mexico's Judicial Districts, see our online article, District Courts in New Mexico Territory, from the New Mexico Genealogist Sept 1996 and June 1999.

The 1850 Santa Ana County census is on FHL microfilm #0443666. It is also available as a published book with surname index from the New Mexico Genealogical Society. See NMGS Press, Book B1d.

Published records:
New Mexico Genealogist: Since its first issue in 1962, the Genealogist has been publishing a continuous stream of county, state, and church records as well as other informative articles. Available:
1) a CD containing every issue published in the first forty years of publication: See NMG-CD.
2) a printed topic index 1962-1999: Book #E4b at NMGS Press.
3) An index for each current year is provided within the Genealogist in that year's December issue.
4) There are also some articles from the Genealogist being published on this web site. For a list, see Genealogist online.

Most Catholic church records are available on microfilm, and volunteers have extracted, translated, and published many of those records with indexes. Click on the links below to see which other books are already available from these two societies:

New Mexico Genealogical Society (NMGS)		(www.nmgs.org/books.htm)
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC-NM)		(www.hgrc-nm.org/saleitms/pubs&oth.htm)

Assistance:
Due to the volume of incoming mail, this webmaster is not able to answer online research questions. Instead, please try our extensive link section. Two other volunteer groups are New Mexico GenWeb and New Mexico Ancestors. Both are linked to larger networks of sites covering the entire state of New Mexico.

Introduction

Maps: NM So.CO

Records and Sources

Cities and Towns

To the best of our knowledge, the information presented here is accurate and up to date. If you have corrections or additions to contribute, please add the words "Catholic Church Project" in the subject line, include your source reference, and email to: info@nmgs.org. Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico is a work-in-progress and the pages will be updated as additional information is received.

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