About four years ago I posted lists of genealogy links for every New Mexico County. I have not updated it much since then. Take a look at what I have posted:
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Please check to see if there are any links that are broken, and/or suggest links that you think I should post on these pages. You may send me an email at president@nmgs.org. Please put in the header of your email: "New Mexico County Links".
Thank you very much.
Robert J.C. Baca
President, New Mexico Genealogical Society
Showing posts with label Corrections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corrections. Show all posts
25 August 2013
17 April 2009
New Mexico County Histories Online
While updating the Eddy County Genealogy Links page, (to be posted on Sunday, April 19th) I remembered that a history of New Mexico counties is online. The two volumes of "The Leading Facts of New Mexico, Volume III" and Volume IV, were edited, compiled and annotated by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, and published by the Torch Press in 1917. Although the series is not perfect (what history is), it does have good historical and genealogical information about all the counties of New Mexico. It includes a list of government officials, and photos of prominent men of New Mexico. (Volume III Link) * (Volume IV Link)
I will be updating the New Mexico County Links pages that I already posted on this site. Until then, here are links for the counties I've already posted:
* Bernalillo
* Catron - created on February 25, 1921 out of the western part of Socorro County
* Chaves
* Cibola - created on June 19, 1981 out of the western part of Valencia County
* Colfax
* Curry
* De Baca - created February 28, 1917 out of the Western part of Chaves County
* Dona Ana
Another book that has good local and county histories is "History of New Mexico: It's Resources and People - Volume II" This book was published by Pacific States Publishing in 1907. (Link)
I will be updating the New Mexico County Links pages that I already posted on this site. Until then, here are links for the counties I've already posted:
* Bernalillo
* Catron - created on February 25, 1921 out of the western part of Socorro County
* Chaves
* Cibola - created on June 19, 1981 out of the western part of Valencia County
* Colfax
* Curry
* De Baca - created February 28, 1917 out of the Western part of Chaves County
* Dona Ana
Another book that has good local and county histories is "History of New Mexico: It's Resources and People - Volume II" This book was published by Pacific States Publishing in 1907. (Link)
26 December 2008
Explanation: Blog Post about Senator Salazar
To the NMGS Blog readers:
Since I have received correspondences about my post "Obama Pick Claims New Mexico Ties", I wanted to make a few things clear. I was not meaning to be disrespectful in any way towards United States Senator Ken Salazar's claim that he can trace his lineage back to 1598 New Mexico. The point of the post was to inform my readers about Senator Salazar's claim. However, being a responsible genealogist, I wished to point out that his claim has not been verified, at least to my knowledge. In order to clarify what I meant, I wish to make a few more arguments
1.) When Senator Salazar made the claim at a press conference, he did not have the time or resources to support his claim. The purpose of the press conference was to announce his appointment and to give a little bit of biographical information about himself. It wasn't a genealogical presentation and wasn't meant to be.
2.) There may be research out there that shows that Senator Salazar can trace his lineage back to 1598 New Mexico. He, or someone else, may have published an article or book showing proof of this lineage. The fact is, I personally don't know of any such research. Therefore, I wasn't going to say that his claim is supported by facts. It may be, it may not be, the fact is, I don't know so I won't say that it is true.
3.) I noted that saying that his roots going back to 1598 Santa Fe is not true. Santa Fe was not founded until 1610. Settlers were living in Santa Fe prior to 1610, but Santa Fe was not the first settlement in New Mexico. There were settlers in New Mexico in 1598, but not in Santa Fe.
4.) I noted that Fray Angelico Chavez's book "Origins of New Mexico Families" claims that the first Salazar that came to New Mexico shows up in records in 1625. I understand that there is other research out there, and there may be others who found Salazars who were in New Mexico in 1598. I used this reference to Chavez's book because the book is well known by New Mexican researchers.
5.) I also mentioned that Senator Salazar could be refering to another line in his genealogy, other than the one following his Salazar surname. There were plenty of other Spaniards who were in New Mexico in 1598 that he could have, and probably is, descended from.
6.) I wish to quote a paragraph from my previous blog post:
I was not saying that I did not believe that Salazar had roots going back to 1598. I was simply saying that I personally did not have proof. That's it; that's all.
Robert Baca
President, New Mexico Genealogical Society
P.S.: "Joe" wanted me to share this picture of Senator Ken Salazar that was taken at an Obama rally. I believe that Joe took it himself. Since the election is already over, I hope no one thinks that I'm trying to support a certain political view, party or candidate. This is simply a photo that I'm sharing with you that one of our readers shared with us. And it's a good visual for this post.
United States Senator Ken Salazar
Since I have received correspondences about my post "Obama Pick Claims New Mexico Ties", I wanted to make a few things clear. I was not meaning to be disrespectful in any way towards United States Senator Ken Salazar's claim that he can trace his lineage back to 1598 New Mexico. The point of the post was to inform my readers about Senator Salazar's claim. However, being a responsible genealogist, I wished to point out that his claim has not been verified, at least to my knowledge. In order to clarify what I meant, I wish to make a few more arguments
1.) When Senator Salazar made the claim at a press conference, he did not have the time or resources to support his claim. The purpose of the press conference was to announce his appointment and to give a little bit of biographical information about himself. It wasn't a genealogical presentation and wasn't meant to be.
2.) There may be research out there that shows that Senator Salazar can trace his lineage back to 1598 New Mexico. He, or someone else, may have published an article or book showing proof of this lineage. The fact is, I personally don't know of any such research. Therefore, I wasn't going to say that his claim is supported by facts. It may be, it may not be, the fact is, I don't know so I won't say that it is true.
3.) I noted that saying that his roots going back to 1598 Santa Fe is not true. Santa Fe was not founded until 1610. Settlers were living in Santa Fe prior to 1610, but Santa Fe was not the first settlement in New Mexico. There were settlers in New Mexico in 1598, but not in Santa Fe.
4.) I noted that Fray Angelico Chavez's book "Origins of New Mexico Families" claims that the first Salazar that came to New Mexico shows up in records in 1625. I understand that there is other research out there, and there may be others who found Salazars who were in New Mexico in 1598. I used this reference to Chavez's book because the book is well known by New Mexican researchers.
5.) I also mentioned that Senator Salazar could be refering to another line in his genealogy, other than the one following his Salazar surname. There were plenty of other Spaniards who were in New Mexico in 1598 that he could have, and probably is, descended from.
6.) I wish to quote a paragraph from my previous blog post:
It would be interesting to find out more about Senator Salazar's family. Of course, until proof is offered, his claim is unverified. However, it is not unlikely that he does have New Mexico roots going back a number of centuries.
I was not saying that I did not believe that Salazar had roots going back to 1598. I was simply saying that I personally did not have proof. That's it; that's all.
Robert Baca
President, New Mexico Genealogical Society
P.S.: "Joe" wanted me to share this picture of Senator Ken Salazar that was taken at an Obama rally. I believe that Joe took it himself. Since the election is already over, I hope no one thinks that I'm trying to support a certain political view, party or candidate. This is simply a photo that I'm sharing with you that one of our readers shared with us. And it's a good visual for this post.
27 September 2008
Correction: New Mexico Digital History Project
On page 117 of the September New Mexico Genealogist, we posted an web address for the Office of the State Historian. As we mentioned in our article, the website is a great place to "...check out documents and maps of the past(,) (r)esearch land grants(,) (and) (e)xplore family genealogy...."
We inadvertently mispelled the web address for that site. It should read:
http://www.newmexicohistory.org
Please pass along this information.
We inadvertently mispelled the web address for that site. It should read:
http://www.newmexicohistory.org
Please pass along this information.
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