Locating Catholic church records in Sandoval County, New Mexico

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Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico
Sandoval County

*	Films marked with * have been transcribed and indexed by NMGS.
€	Films marked with € have been transcribed and indexed by HGRC-NM.
( )	Parentheses indicate that the book is a partial transcription of that roll of film.

Churches

Parish

Location

Missions

Microfilm

San Buenaventura (17th Century)

Cochiti

Bapt. 1736-1831	AASF #4	*1
Bapt. 1736-1827	FHL 16757
Bapt. 1845-1873	AASF Pos #78	*1
Bapt. 1742-1745	AASF #51 Loose Documents	*1
Bapt. 1778-1799	AASF #52 Loose Documents	*1
Bapt. 1804-1815	AASF #53 Loose Documents	*1
Bapt. 1819-1830	AASF #54 Loose Documents	*1
Bapt. 1830-1844	AASF #55 Loose Documents	*1
Marr. 1776-1827	AASF #27 FHL 16757	€
Marr. 1846-1873	AASF #27, fr. 178	€
Deaths 1776-1873	AASF #35, fr. 344
Deaths 1776-1873	FHL 16757

*1	Cochiti baptism records marked with*1 have been transcribed and indexed by NMGS. See description at San Buenaventura de Cochiti Church. See book A13 at NMGS Press.
€	Cochiti marriages marked with € have been transcribed by HGRC-NM. See Book M7 at HGRC.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

(preceded in the same area by the Church of the Holy Trinity)

Peña Blanca

La Bajada; Sile: Domingo; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Cochiti Pueblo; San Felipe Pueblo

Bapt. 1841-1909	FHL 16863
Bapt. 1910-1956	FHL 16864
Marr. 1863-1956	FHL 16865	€
Deaths 1868-1890	FHL 1930438
Deaths 1890-1956	FHL 16866

San Jose (1620)

Jemez Pueblo

Bapt. Index (St. Didacus) 1852-1896	FHL 1930438
Bapt. 1701-1715; 1720-1829	FHL 16787
Bapt. 1852-1930	FHL 16788 AASF #84	€
Bapt. 1931-1956	FHL 16789 AASF #86
Marr. 1701-1776	FHL 16787
Marr. 1852-1904	AASF #84 FHL 16789
Marr. 1905-1956	FHL 16790
Deaths 1701-1776	FHL 16787
Deaths 1852-1956	FHL 16790
Bapt. 1704-1707; 1720-1829	AASF #5
Bapt. 1905-1930	AASF #85
Marr. 1720-1776	AASF #27, fr. 732
Marr. 1852-1949	AASF #86
Deaths 1701-1707	AASF #5, fr. 452
Deaths 1720-1776	AASF #36, fr. 002
Deaths 1852-1949	AASF #87

€ Jemez baptisms marked with € have been partially transcribed (1852 to Dec 1899) by HGRC-NM. See Book B26 at HGRC.

San Diego de Alcala (ca. 1617; 1724)

Jemez Pueblo

Santa Ana Pueblo; Zia Pueblo; San Isidro; Ponderosa; Cañon de Jemez

Bapt. 1701-1715 and 1720-1829	FHL 16787
Bapt. 1931-1956	FHL 16789
Bapt. 1852-1930	FHL 16788
Marr. 1852-1904	FHL 16789
Marr. 1701-1776	FHL 16787
Marr. 1905-1956	FHL 16790
Deaths 1701-1776	FHL 16787
Deaths 1852-1956	FHL 16790

Our Lady of The Assumption

Jemez Springs

Church records 1947-1956

FHL 16791

Nuestra Señora de Dolores y de San Antonio de Sandia

(Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Anthony of Sandia)
(1630-1681; 1796-1864; 1864-present in new location)

San Antonio de Padua (chapel, by 1680)

St. Francis, (first mission, to 1680)

Sandia Pueblo

Bapt. 1771-1846	FHL 16998
Bapt. 1771-1846	AASF #8
Marr. 1771-1864	AASF #28	*2
Marr. 1836, 1845, 1892	FHL 0564127, Item 44 FHL 0413262
Marr. and Deaths 1809-1857	FHL 16998
Deaths 1771-1858	AASF #36, fr. 662
Misc. 1811-1896	AASF #90

Note: For a history of the Sandia Pueblo church and its four patron saints, see The Missions of New Mexico since 1776, by John L. Kessell, UNM Press, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 135-140.

Our Lady of Sorrows

Bernalillo

San Antonio at Sandia Pueblo; Algodones; Angostura; Placitas

Bapt., Marr., Deaths 1700-1712	FHL 0016725
Bapt. 1846-1928	FHL 0016726
Bapt. 1928-1956	FHL 0016727
Marriages 1864--Dec 1910	FHL 0016728	€
Marriages 1858-1864	FHL 0016998
Deaths 1858	FHL 0016998
Deaths 1858-1956	FHL 0016728

Our Lady of Sorrows of Bernalillo was destroyed by flood in 1735 and rebuilt in 1857, a period of 122 years during which time the town had been without a church. In the interim the people of Bernalillo attended church at Sandia Pueblo. (Information taken from "Viva El Pasado: A History of the Bernalillo Area," p. 37, by the Southwest History Class, Bernalillo High School 1974-75 and published by Bernalillo High School in 1976. By email from from Karen S. Daniel CGsm, 8 Apr 2008.)

San Francisco (ca. 1700) "Yglesia de Nuestro Padre San Francisco del puesto de Vernalillo."

Bernalillo

Bapt. 1700-1712	AASF #3
Marr. 1700-1711	AASF #3, fr. 419
Deaths 1700-1709	AASF #3, fr. 437

*2	San Antonio de Sandia marriage records marked with *2 have been transcribed and indexed by NMGS. The book is available as Book C-1 at NMGS Press.

€	Bernalillo marriage records marked with € have been transcribed and indexed by HGRC-NM. FHL #16728 is in Book M-14; #16865 marriages through 1926 are in Book M-23.

San Isidro (1868)

Corrales

Nuestra Señora de La Asuncion (1706; 1750)

Zia Pueblo

Bapt. 1694-1772	AASF #25
Marr. 1697-1713	AASF #33 , fr. 1149
Deaths 1727-1772	AASF #43, fr. 1352

Santa Ana (1750)

Santa Ana Pueblo

Bapt. 1771-1844	FHL 0017003
Marr. 1694-1711; 1772-1828	FHL 0017003
Marr. 1772-1845	AASF #29, fr. 825
Deaths 1726-1752; 1765-71:	FHL 0017003
Deaths 1726-1771	AASF #36, fr. 203
Deaths 1727-1771	AASF #38, fr. 405

Santo Domingo 1)__ 2) 1899

Santo Domingo Pueblo

Bapt. 1771-1777	AASF #17, fr. 962
Bapt. 1777-1826	AASF #29, fr. 899
Bapt. 1845-1861	AASF #82
Bapt. 1771-77; 1829-46	FHL 0017004
Bapt. Index 1846-1887	FHL 1930439
Bapt. 1861-1886	FHL 1930439
Bapt. (Santa Ana) 1777-1827	FHL 0017003
Marr. 1771-1777	AASF #32
Marr. 1844-1853	FHL 17004
Marr. 1788-1845	AASF #29, fr. 1203
Marr. Information 1835-1845	FHL 17004
Marr. (Santa Ana) 1778-1845	FHL 17003
Deaths 1771-1869	FHL 17004

St. Thomas

Rio Rancho

San Felipe (1605, 1598, 1706, 1736

San Felipe Pueblo

Bapt. 1765-1829	AASF #8, fr. 941
Bapt. 1767-1829	FHL 16999
Bapt. 1811-1863	AASF #82
Marr. 1726-1814	AASF #28; FHL 16999
Marr. 1854-1857	AASF #29, fr. 120
Deaths 1726-1860	AASF #37, fr. 385; FHL 16999

Immaculate Conception (1916)

Nacimiento (Cuba)

La Jara; San Luis

Church of the Incarnation (Jul 2003)

Rio Rancho

Film Codes:
AASF: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
FHL: Catholic church records filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (LDS).
(For locations of the research facilities, see Records.)

County:
Sandoval County was created March 10, 1903 and named for the distinguished family that lived in the region in the 18th century. Bernalillo, the county seat, has been a thriving community since the late 17th century. The Sandoval County Courthouse address is P.O. Box 40, Bernalillo, NM 87004. Phone (505) 867-7572; FAX (505) 867-7600.

Diocese: This county is within the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe (see map). Where can you search the records, books, and microfilm? See Records for the sources and addresses known to date.

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) Some articles from the Genealogist continue to be 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.

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