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Online Articles for Genealogists

Most of these articles are chosen from previous issues of NMGS publications.
A few are articles of particular genealogical interest written by members or other readers.
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1. Discovering Your Native American Heritage Using Genetic Ancestry Testing, by Ripan S. Malhi, Ph.D. and Amy J. Schilling, MS. From the New Mexico Genealogist, December 2005.
2. The Jaquez Family, by Carmalee Gallegos Owen. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 2005. (the first section of this article is printed here.)
3. Men from whom San Miguel and Guadalupe County's Quotas will be taken for 1917 draft,
by Armando Sandoval. From the Las Vegas Daily Optic, Las Vegas, New Mexico, July 23, 1917.

4. New Mexico's Participation in the Mexican Punitive Expedition: Prelude to World War I
by Karen Stein Daniel. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September, 2005.
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5. Union County History, by Jacqueline Chagnon Hill.
 Section from Union County Marriages, NMGS Press books C-3, C-0, and C-10.  Introduction to series.  

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 6. Out of Africa: Another Look at the Boers, by Karen Stein Daniel.
Another example of New Mexico's early rich blending of cultures. From the New Mexico Genealogist,
March, 2004. 
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7. GEDCOM Explained, by Richard Eastman. Computer technology expert Richard Eastman is a frequent presenter at national genealogical conferences. From the Richard Eastman Online Newsletter of 28 Nov 2004.
 

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8. Juan Antonio Benavides, Santa Fe Presidio Soldier and SAR Patriot, by Leroy Martinez.
 From the New Mexico Genealogist, December, 2003. (Special Military Issue.)
 

History 9. DAR New Mexico Colonial Patriot Soldiers and Alcalde Mayores, by Virginia Sanchez.
 From the New Mexico Genealogist, December, 2003. (Special Military Issue.)
History 10. American Battle Monuments Commission, by Virginia Sanchez.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, December, 2003. (Special Military Issue.)
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11. World War I Deaths: New Mexico - 1918. Compiled by Howard W. Henry, as found in the Albuquerque Morning Journal for the year 1918.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, December, 2003. (Special Military Issue.)

NMGS 12. Historiography for Genealogists -- a Perspective in Understanding.
By Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM .
Genealogists are also historians, although historians are not necessarily genealogists. As genealogical researchers, we pull our clues, facts, and insights from an enormous variety of disciplines.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, June, 2003.
NMGS 13. Zuni Training School Register of Employees. They came from across the country to work at Black Rock, New Mexico, 1905-1906. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Zuni Indian Agency, Zuni, New Mexico. Abstracted by Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM .
From the New Mexico Genealogist, March, 2003.
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14. Gallup Diocese 1777-1920. A Guide to the microfilm of the sacraental records of the Gallup Catholic Diocese. By Francisco Sisneros.
This is a reprint of an article published July, 2001 in Herencia, the quarterly journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.
*Additional information from California member Pauline Chavez Bent followed in the December issue. See Other Towns and Settlements in the Gallup-Atarque Area.
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15. Vital Record Information
Where to obtain birth, death, marriage, divorce, cemetery, and Coroner/Justice of the Peace records.
By Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM .
 An entire chapter from Genealogical Resources in New Mexico, by Karen Stein Daniel, C.G.SM
NMGS 16. The Genealogical Proof Standard
Five steps established as a guide to serious researchers for evidence when providing facts in their family history. By Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM.
A chapter from Genealogical Resources in New Mexico, by Karen Stein Daniel, C.G.SM
 
NMGS 17. Sapello New Mexico: A Case Study of New Mexican Changes.
By Salena B. Ashton.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, June 2002.
NMGS 18. Valencia County Death Register -- 1907-1909.
Extracted by Lenore Stober.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, June, September and December, 1988.
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19. About the AASF Loose Documents: Some information about these difficult-to-read records, which are being included in the latest publications by NMGS Press.
NMGS 20. Glossary of Physical descriptions of Spanish Enlistment Soldiers 1770-1816. Compiled by Evelyn Lujan Baca.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, March and June, 1998.
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21. Mora County Marriages --1875-1890.
Because the law required Catholic priests to send marriage records to the County Clerk, this record includes Catholic marriages as well as civil marriages. Compiled by Martha Gardner.
From the New Mexico Genealogist over five issues from July 1964 to December 1968.
 
NMGS 22. Grant County Marriages --1868-1872.
Found in a Grant County Mining Deed book by Ann L. Mossman.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, Mar 1990, pp. 10-12.
 
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23. Grant County Marriages --1909.
Extracted by Janet A. Curtis, C.G.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, Sep 1976, pp. 67-69, and Dec 1976, pp. 95-97.

NMGS 24. Grant County Marriages --1910.
Extracted by Janet A. Curtis, C.G.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, Sep 1976, pp. 67-69, and Dec 1976, pp. 95-97.
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25. Colfax County Marriages from Justice of the Peace Records, 1889-1893 and 1897-Jan 1901. From the New Mexico Genealogist, June 1988.
NMGS 26. Correcting a 154 year old mistake in the 1845 Colonial Census. Submitted by Maximo Martinez. From the New Mexico Genealogist, December 1999.
NMGS 27. Tres Piedras Cemetery, Taos County, NM. Submitted by Dorothy Brylinski. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1998.
NMGS 28. Rio Arriba County Marriages 1902-1904. Abstracted by Ann Mossman. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1996.
NMGS 29. Mora County Guardianships 1882-1885. Abstracted by Ann Mossman. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1997.
NMGS 30. Valencia County Probate Journal, 1882-1888. Abstracted by Priscilla Innerbichler Greene. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September 1998 through September 1999.
NMGS 31. New Mexico Land Grant Records: An Index to the Files of the Surveyor General and the Court of Private Land Claims. Compiled by Patricia Black Esterly. From the New Mexico Genealogist, December 1997.
NMGS 32. New Mexico's Spanish and Mexican Land Grants, by Robert J. Torrez, New Mexico State Historian, recently retired. There was more to receiving a land grant than just signing for it. Former New Mexico State Historian Robert Torrez tells about the ceremony involved in accepting a land grant, and provides a glimpse of one of the documents. From the New Mexico Genealogist, December 1997.
NMGS 33. ¿Quién Eres?, a poem by Sabine R. Ulibarri, Ph.D. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September 1999, p. 115.
NMGS 34. District Courts in New Mexico Territory, with a chart of New Mexico Judicial Districts and Their Counties. By Ann L. Mossman and Al Perrin. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September 1996, updated. 
NMGS 35. Guardianship Law in New Mexico, Territorial Period forward. By Robert Greene. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1997.
NMGS 36. Luna County Applications for Marriage Licenses, Book 1
Abstracted by Ann L. Mossman.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, June, September, and December 1997.
NMGS 37. Civil War Commissions New Mexico 1861-1863, as published in the Albuquerque Daily Citizen of 22 July 1891.Abstracted by Howard W. Henry. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September 1997.  
NMGS 38. 1890 Census: Special Schedule Doña Ana County, NM, Part 1. Abstracted by Mary Ruiz Cárdenas. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September 1997.  
NMGS 39. Early Railroad Families of Albuquerque, compiled by Donald S. Dreesen. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1980.
 
NMGS 40. Availability of U.S. Federal Census Population Schedules for New Mexico Counties, by Ezekiel Gutierrez.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1999.  
NMGS 41. Death Records -- Grand Army of the Republic, 1898, GAR Carleton Post No. 3, New Mexico, by MaeAllen Form.
From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1999.
 
NMGS 42. The First Thanksgiving (the Pilgrims Missed it), by Pauline Chavez Bent. The first recorded act of thanksgiving by colonizing Europeans on this continent occurred on the 30th of April, 1598. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1999.
 
NMGS 43. Josefa Antonia de Pas Bustillos y Ontiveros, Matriarch of the Bustos Family of Colonial New Mexico, by José Antonio Esquibel.
From our Cuarto Centennial Series: Early Settlers in the New World. Published in the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1998.
NMGS 44. 1890 Poll Tax List, Valencia County NM, by Priscilla Innerbichler Greene. From the New Mexico Genealogist September 1998.
NMGS 45. Genealogists, Historians and Historical Sources,
by Oakah L. Jones, Ph.D.
An excellent resource article for Southwest research, particularly in Spanish Colonial New Mexico. Features a thorough list of sources, finding aids, and bibliographic materials. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1997.
NMGS 46. Filiaciones Español: Spanish Enlistment Papers 1770-1816, by Evelyn Lujan Baca.
A compilation of transcribed and translated records of soldier enlistments, not included in earlier published records. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March and June, 1998.
NMGS 47. Passport Records 1828-1836. by Luis G. Padilla y Baca.
Mexican Records from the Port of Entry at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. From the New Mexico Genealogist, June 1997.
NMGS 48. 21st Century Genealogy: Where Will the Records Be?
by Robert E. Esterly, Ph.D.
The Decline of the Census as an Information Source. From the New Mexico Genealogist, March 1997.
NMGS 49. The Civil War in New Mexico
by Oliver James Stevens.
The battles in New Mexico ended the attempt by the Confederacy to capture the West. From the New Mexico Genealogist, September 1997.
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