Free Websites for New Mexico Genealogists

The following was distributed as a handout at the May 16, 2009 NMGS presentation "Internet Genealogy"

Free Websites for New Mexico Genealogists

By Robert J. C. Baca

Note: I often use a website called TinyURL.com that creates shortened web addresses, or URLs, for sites with long addresses. If you see a website with a URL beginning with tinyurl.com, know that this is not its original address. After you click on a page using the TinyURL.com link, the website's original URL will show up in the address box on the top of the page.

Volunteer contributed sites (transcriptions, inquiries, etc.)

• USGenWeb Project– http://www.usgenweb.com/
  
• Rootsweb - http://http://www.rootsweb.com/
  
• Genealogy Trails - http://genealogytrails.com/
  

Databases

• FamilySearch – http://www.familysearch.org/
  
• Heritage Quest on the Rio Rancho Library website (Update: you need a Rio Rancho Library card to access this database. Previously, it was accessable by Albuquerque Public Library patrons, but that is no longer true.)- http://tinyurl.com/rrlibrary
  
• World Connect – http://wc.rootsweb.com/
  
• The Great New Mexico Pedigree Database Project – http://tinyurl.com/gnmpdp
  
• Albuquerque Journal Obituaries - http://obits.abqjournal.com/
  
• Newspaper Abstracts - http://tinyurl.com/r3yhlb
  

Bulletin Boards

• Rootsweb Bulletin Boards - http://boards.rootsweb.com/
  
• CousinConnect - http://cousinconnect.com/
  
• GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/
  
• GenCircles - http://www.gencircles.com/
  

Regional Genealogy Societies

• New Mexico Genealogical Society – http://www.nmgs.org/
  
• Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico - http://www.hgrc-nm.org/
  
• Genealogical Society of Hispanic America - http://www.gsha.net/
  
• Albuquerque Genealogy Society - http://www.abqgen.swnet.com/
  
• Southern New Mexico Genealogical Society - http://tinyurl.com/snmgen
  
• Daughters of the American Revolution/New Mexico - http://tinyurl.com/ozddjp
  
• Olibama Lopez Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center - http://hispaniclegacy.org/
  

Libraries and Online Archives

• Family History Centers - http://tinyurl.com/pno9he
  
• Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/
  
• National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/
  
• Albuquerque Special Collections Library - http://www.cabq.gov/library/specol.html
  
• Center for Southwest Research - http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/index.php
  
• New Mexico State Records Center and Archives - http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/
  
• National Hispanic Cultural Center Library - http://tinyurl.com/ox87nz
  
• Menaul School Historical Library of the Southwest - http://tinyurl.com/create.php
  
• Spanish Colonial Research Center - http://www.nps.gov/history/spca
  
• Rocky Mountain Online Archive - http://rmoa.unm.edu/
  
• New Mexico's Digital Collections - http://econtent.unm.edu/
  

  
  

Help Sites

• About.com – Genealogy - http://genealogy.about.com/
  
• Help for Genealogy Researchers - http://usgenweb.org/research/index.shtml
  

Blogging

• Blogger – http://www.blogger.com/
  
• WordPress - http://wordpress.com/
  
• Genealogy Blog Finder - http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/
  
• New Mexico Genealogical Society Blog – http://nmgsblog.blogspot.com/
  

Social Networking

• Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/
  
• Twitter – http://twitter.com/
  

Google Books

• Google Books - http://tinyurl.com/reknf
  
• The Leading Facts of New Mexican History - http://tinyurl.com/ppb3d3
  
• History of New Mexico - http://tinyurl.com/p6dgos
  
• New Mexico Historical Review, Volume 1 (1926)- http://tinyurl.com/o8mgzo
  

  
  

Genealogy Directories, Lists and Links

• Linkpendium/USA - http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA
  
• Cyndi's List - http://www.cyndislist.com/
  
• EPodunk - http://www.epodunk.com/
  
• Genealogy Directory - http://www.gendir.com/
  
• New Mexico County Genealogy Links (NMGS) - http://tinyurl.com/nmcounty
  

  
  

  Cemeteries and Tombstones
  

• Find a Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/
  
• The Political Graveyard - http://politicalgraveyard.com/
  
• Internment Net - http://www.interment.net/
  

  
  

  Genealogy Projects and Research
  

• Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families - http://tinyurl.com/p2v7sj
  
• Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico - http://tinyurl.com/nmchurch
  
• The New Mexico Death Index Project - http://tinyurl.com/o3fyqb
  

Freebies

• Free PAF Family History Software - http://www.familysearch.org/
  
• Free Genealogy Toolkit - http://tinyurl.com/q3hmxc
  
• Free Interact Pedigree Chart - http://tinyurl.com/onywlb
  
• 101+ Fun Family History Activities for Kids - http://tinyurl.com/q25wjs
  
• Free Genealogy Charts - http://tinyurl.com/y5p3qc